Events
St. Leo the Great on Love of the Poor and the Weak
A lecture by Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)
When:
May 3, 2026 | 11:00 AM EDT
Chapter:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location:
W11 Main Dining Room
This lecture is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required.
About the speaker:
Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., (Ph.D. Notre Dame) is professor of patristics and ancient languages at the Pontifical Faculty of the Dominican House of Studies where he serves as the director of the doctoral program. He authored Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press, 2013) and The Power of Patristic Preaching: The Word in Our Flesh (Catholic University of America, 2023). He co-authored A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life (Vianney Vocations, 2019). Editor-in-chief of the academic journal The Thomist, Hofer is editor or co-editor of several volumes including The Oxford Handbook of Deification, The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's Sermons, and Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers. He enjoys speaking with students about their theological and spiritual questions.