Our Lady of Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi, TX
This regional retreat is open to all current students in Texas.
Step away from the daily rush of life to pray, study, and contemplate the role of festivity in the Christian life. Featured speakers are Fr. Dominic Verner, O.P. (Providence College) and Prof. Michael Foley (Baylor University).
At this retreat, you will attend a series of talks within the context of the traditional elements of a retreat, including daily mass, Eucharistic adoration, and chanting the Liturgy of the Hours with Dominican friars and your fellow retreatants.
Thanks to the generosity of our benefactors, meals and housing will be provided free for accepted applicants. Travel scholarships are available. Please contact Klarissa (kblank@dhs.edu) to inquire.
Schedule:
Begins with check-in at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 8th
Concludes with check-out at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 10th
Speakers:
Fr. Dominic Verner, O.P. (Providence College) after earning a B.S. in electrical engineering from Purdue University and an M.A. in philosophical studies from Mount St. Mary's University, Fr. Dominic Verner, O.P. entered the Order of Preachers and was ordained to the priesthood in 2016. He has an S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and a Ph.D. in moral theology/Christian ethics from the University of Notre Dame, where he wrote his dissertation "Saving Honor: A Thomistic Ethics of Honor." He joined the Theology Faculty at Providence College as an Assistant Professor in the Fall of 2022. His research and teaching interests especially concern Thomistic moral theory and the role that honor, friendship, and glory play in practical reason and the quest for beatitude.
Prof. Michael Foley (Baylor University) is Professor of Patristics in the Great Texts Program at Baylor University and a Catholic theologian who works principally on the writings of St. Augustine. He is the author of 400 articles and fourteen books, including Drinking with the Saints, Drinking with Saint Nick, and Drinking with Your Patron Saints.
Applications to this retreat are due by Friday, February 2nd.
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Questions? Contact Ms. Klarissa Blank at kblank@dhs.edu.