A Weekend Intellectual Retreat for students from the University of Virginia, exploring St. Thomas’s teaching on prayer and the role of prayer in his own friendship with God.
St. Thomas Aquinas once remarked that he learned more from praying in front of a crucifix than he did from all his work of scholastic inquiry. The theology of the Church’s Common Doctor receives its vitality, depth, and eloquence from the fact that St. Thomas was a man of deep, intense prayer.
During this retreat, we will learn from St. Thomas’s doctrine on prayer, reflect on the role of prayer in St. Thomas’s own life, and consider the place that prayer holds, more broadly, in a Thomistic vision of reality.
In addition to the retreat talks, retreatants will participate in the liturgies of the friars at the Dominican House of Studies: Mass, the Divine Office, and Eucharistic adoration. There will also be the opportunity to share meals and conversation with the retreat speakers and the friars and staff of the Thomistic Institute in DC.
This retreat is FREE for all students associated with the Thomistic Institute’s UVA chapter!
Beginning/End Times:
Begins with check-in at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, January 28th
Concludes at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 30th
Speakers:
Prof. Adam Eitel (Yale Divinity School)
Dr. Joshua Revelle (Mount St. Mary’s College)
For more information, contact Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P. at jmteller@dhs.edu
N.B. Attendance is limited to UVA-affiliated students.
