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The Vocation of Parenthood | An Intellectual Retreat to accompany the March for Life


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

Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.


Students will have the opportunity to attend talks about the vocation of parenthood, participate in Mass, attend Eucharistic Adoration, pray the Divine Office with the Dominican community, and attend the March for Life in DC!

Thanks to the generosity of our benefactors, meals and housing will be provided free for accepted applicants. Limited travel scholarships are available upon request.

APPLY BY DECEMBER 15!

Schedule:

  • Begins with check-in from 3:00 - 4:00 pm on Thursday, January 23

  • Concludes with check-out at 4 pm on Saturday, January 25

Speakers:

Prof. Jane Peters is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, NY. Her dissertation explored Thomas Aquinas's reception of Greek patristic and Byzantine biblical interpretation for his four-volume commentary on the Gospels, the Catena Aurea. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and two sons.

Dr. Nathaniel Peters is the Director of the Morningside Institute. He received his B.A. from Swarthmore College in linguistics, with a focus on French and Latin, his M.T.S. from the University of Notre Dame, and his Ph.D. in theology from Boston College. He has published articles and reviews on many topics in historical theology and ethics and serves as a contributing editor at Public Discourse.

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Questions? Contact Ms. Bridget Arbuckle at barbuckle@dhs.edu.

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