Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.
Join other Thomistic Institute Alumni for an Intellectual Retreat!
Alumni will have the opportunity to attend talks about Wisdom and Dominican mysticism, participate in Mass, attend Eucharistic Adoration, pray the Divine Office with the Dominican community, and attend socials with other retreatants and friars throughout the weekend.
Programming, meals, and housing will be provided free of charge, thanks to the generosity of our benefactors. Donations are encouraged to help offset the cost of this retreat and future retreats for university students.
Schedule:
Begins with check-in from 3:00 - 4:00 pm on Friday, May 2
Concludes after lunch at 1:30 pm on Sunday, May 4
Speakers:
Fr. James Dominic Brent O.P. is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Chaplain to Commuter Students at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington DC. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and an article forthcoming on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology.
Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P. is a Coordinator for Campus Outreach at the Thomistic Institute. In this role, he acts as a chaplain for the intellectual retreats and travels across the country to support our campus chapter leaders. He is an Ohio native who studied architecture at Virginia Tech and practiced for several years in a religious architecture firm before entering the Dominican Order in 2013. He was ordained a priest during the quarantine of 2020, and after completing his STL in 2021 and before joining the TI in June of 2023, Fr. Irenaeus served as an assistant chaplain and adjunct faculty member at Providence College. His courses covered the Dominican intellectual tradition, ancient philosophy, and the intersection of theology and architecture.
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Questions? Contact Ms. Bridget Arbuckle at barbuckle@dhs.edu.