Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.

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

Students will have the opportunity to attend talks about silence and study, participate in Mass, attend Eucharistic Adoration, pray the Divine Office with the Dominican community, and attend socials with students and friars throughout the weekend.

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

Schedule:

• Begins with check-in from 3:00 - 4:00 pm on Friday, November 7

• Concludes with check-out at 1:30 pm on Sunday, November 9

Speakers:

Prof. Adam Eitel (University of Dallas) is an Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Dallas. Before joining the UD faculty in 2023, he taught for eight years at Yale University, holding appointments in the Divinity School, the Program in Medieval Studies, and the Humanities Program. A specialist in medieval scholasticism, his research interests include doctrinal and moral theology, with a particular focus on the works of Thomas Aquinas and his contemporaries. His teaching and research bring historical Christian theology into dialogue with contemporary moral and political issues.

Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P. (The Catholic University of America) is a Dominican priest from Harrisburg, PA. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2014 and was ordained a priest in 2020, spending his first year of priesthood working with the Thomistic Institute. His recent research focuses on the concept of Dionysian hierarchy in medieval and modern theology, and his dissertation is about St. Bonaventure's Conferences on the Six Days.

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Questions? Contact Ms. Bridget Arbuckle at barbuckle@dhs.edu.