St. Albert’s Priory | Oakland, CA
This West Coast retreat is being offered exclusively for current university students
Step away from the daily rush of life to pray and study the riches of the Church’s intellectual tradition on eschatology and the parousia 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 Lauren (LFrawley@dhs.edu) to inquire.
Schedule:
Begins with check-in at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, December 1st
Concludes with check-out at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 3rd
The deadline to apply for this intellectual retreat is Friday, November 3.
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Speakers:
Prof. Adam Eitel (University of Dallas) is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Dallas. Before joining the UD faculty in 2023, he taught for eight years at Yale University, where he held appointments in the Divinity School, the Program in Medieval Studies, and the Humanities Program. His research and teaching bring topics in the history of Christian theology to bear on questions of fundamental moral concern. A specialist in medieval scholasticism, his particular research interests span topics in doctrinal and moral theology, especially in the works of Thomas Aquinas and his contemporaries.
Fr. John Corbett, O.P. (St Gertrude’s Priory) is a native of Columbus Ohio. He graduated from Providence College in 1973 and was ordained a Dominican priest in 1980. He received the Doctorate in Sacred Theology from Fribourg University in Switzerland. He has taught moral theology at Providence College, The Josephinum in Columbus and the Dominican House of Studies in Washington D.C. He is currently helping both in the Novitiate with spiritual direction and in the wider parish with Mass, preaching, and confessions.
Questions? Contact Ms. Lauren Frawley at lfrawley@dhs.edu.