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The Protestant Reformation From a Catholic Perspective: Then & Now | An Intellectual Retreat


  • Dominican House of Studies 487 Michigan Avenue Northeast Washington, DC, 20017 United States (map)

Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.

This retreat is open to all current university students. Travel scholarships are available.

Step away from the daily rush of life to pray and contemplate the Reformation 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 Emilie (ecrimmins@dhs.edu) to inquire.

Schedule:

  • Begins with check-in at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 2

  • Concludes with check-out at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 4

The deadline to apply is Friday, January 12.

Speakers:

Prof. Bruce Marshall (Southern Methodist University) is the Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine at Southern Methodist University. He holds a masters from Yale Divinity School and a doctorate from Yale University. His teaching interests include medieval and reformation theology and systematic theology. His research interests include doctrine of the Trinity, christology, philosophical issues in theology, sacramental theology, and Judaism and Christian theology.

Prof. Michael Root (Catholic University of America) is formerly Ordinary Professor of Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.  Root is a native of Norfolk, Virginia and studied at Dartmouth College (B.A.) and Yale University (Ph.D. in theology).  He was received into the Catholic Church in August, 2010.  His particular theological interests are ecumenical relations, eschatology/last things, and grace and justification.  Root has been a member of the US and international LutheranCatholic dialogues, the US LutheranUnited Methodist dialogue, the AnglicanLutheran International Working Group, and the Anglican Lutheran International Commission.  He served on the drafting teams that produced the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification. 

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Questions? Contact Ms. Emilie Crimmins at ecrimmins@dhs.edu.

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