Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.
This retreat is being offered for current university students.
Step away from the daily rush of life to pray and contemplate beauty and truth with the Thomistic Institute. The retreat will have seminars and discussions framed by the traditional elements of a retreat (Mass, adoration, the Divine Office, etc.).
Thanks to the generosity of our benefactors, meals and housing will be provided free for accepted applicants. Travel scholarships are available. Please contact Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P. (idunlevy@dhs.edu) to inquire.
Schedule:
Begins with check-in at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, April 5
Concludes with check-out at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 7
The deadline to apply for this intellectual retreat is Monday, March 18.
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Speakers:
Prof. Benedict Whalen (Hillsdale College) completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of Dallas, and his graduate degrees at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He then taught at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi before coming to Hillsdale College in 2014. Much of his teaching is in the literature of the Renaissance, including especially the works of Shakespeare and his fellow playwrights. He also regularly teaches courses on English Renaissance lyric poetry, including the metaphysical poets. Dr. Whalen delights in Hillsdale College’s genuine devotion to the liberal arts, and in the College’s sincere commitment to the formation of the whole person through balanced and integrated study in its core curriculum.
Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) entered the Order of Preachers in 2008 and was ordained to the priesthood in 2015. From 2015 to 2018, Fr. Innocent served as parochial vicar at the Parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena in New York City. From 2018 to 2021, he lived in Munich while completing a doctorate in liturgical studies at the University of Regensburg. From 2021 to 2023, Fr. Innocent served as Assistant Professor of Homiletics at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore. In 2023, he joined the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. Fr. Innocent’s teaching and research interests include liturgy, homiletics, sacramental theology, ecclesiology, and sacred music. His S.T.L. thesis, “In Collecta Dicitur: The Oration as a Theological Authority for Thomas Aquinas,” explored the importance of the liturgy as a source for scholastic theology. His monograph Bible Missals and the Medieval Dominican Liturgy focuses on medieval manuscripts of the Bible that also contain liturgical texts for the celebration of Mass
Questions? Contact Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P. at idunlevy@dhs.edu