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Virtuous Friendship

An Intellectual Retreat for Duke, North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

When:

October 24 - October 26, 2025 | 3:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT

Location:

Dominican House of Studies | Washington, DC

Join other students of the Thomistic Institute for an Intellectual Retreat!

Students will have the opportunity to attend talks with top-notch theologians and scholars, pray the Liturgy of the Hours, attend Mass, spend time in personal prayer, and enjoy meals and times of fraternity with the Dominican friars and other students.

Thanks to the generosity of our benefactors, meals and housing will be provided free for accepted applicants. Limited travel scholarships are available upon request.

Professor Scott Cleveland (University of Mary) received his PhD in philosophy (Baylor University) and is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Catholic Studies at the University of Mary (Bismarck, ND). His research interests are in ethics, moral psychology, and philosophy of religion. He is especially interested in the study of virtues and emotions, the relation between the two, and the role of each in the moral and intellectual life. His thought is deeply influenced by Aristotle and Aquinas and his work has appeared in journals such as American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Res Philosophica, Religious Studies, Religions, and the Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. He is the co-editor with Adam Pelser of Faith and Virtue Formation: Essays in Aid of Becoming Good with Oxford University Press.

Sr. Mary Ignatius Nesbit, O.P. is a member of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. She entered the Dominicans in 2008 and made final profession in 2016. After earning a degree in elementary education from Eastern Michigan University, she taught elementary, middle, and high school across four states. She earned a master’s in theology and catechetics from the Franciscan University of Steubenville and served with Openlight Media, the Dominican Sisters’ media apostolate, for two years. Sister is currently teaching second grade in Saint Clair Shores, MI.

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