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Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P.
Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, OP was raised in Phoenix, AZ where he attended Brophy College Preparatory. He graduated from the University of Arizona with a double major in English and Philosophy. From there, he went to law school at the University of Chicago, where he obtained his Juris Doctor. Upon graduation, he worked for three years in the Corporate and Securities practice of Sidley & Austin, a large international law firm based in Chicago. Upon reflection and discernment, he left the practice of law to enter religious life. He entered the novitiate for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2002, where he took the religious name "Pius", after Pope St. Pius V, one of the four Popes who were first Dominicans. As part of his initial formation, Fr. Pius studied for the License in Sacred Theology. His thesis was on St. Thomas Aquinas's account of Knowledge and Love in understanding the persons of the Trinity. Fr. Pius was ordained to the priesthood on May 23, 2008 and served at the parish of St. Thomas Aquinas in Zanesville, OH. In 2010, Fr. Pius was appointed by President Barack Obama to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation, an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that promotes equal access to justice and provides grants for high-quality civil legal assistance to low-income Americans. Fr. Pius is currently in studies pursuing a degree in Canon Law at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum).
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St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture at Providence College
Thomas Aquinas and Why the New Atheists are Right
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on January 18, 2011
This year, Providence College has invited Fr. Robert Baron, the Francis Cardinal George Chair of Faith and Culture at the Universty of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, to offer the Annual St. Thomas Aquinas Day Lecture. The lecture can be heard on Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. in Aquinas Hall Lounge of Providence College, with reception to follow in the Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Fr. Barron's describes his talk: "The 'new atheists' have emerged as strident critics of religion. I have found that, more often than not I agree with them, for the God they deny is one that I would deny as well. I want to explore this curious situation with the help of St. Thomas Aquinas. I will look especially at Thomas' treatment of the non-competitive relationship between God and the world."
Father Robert Barron is a sought-after speaker on the spiritual life-from prestigious universities to YouTube to national conferences and private retreats. The prominent theologian and podcasting priest is one of the world's great and most innovative teachers of Catholicism. His global media ministry called Word on Fire has a simple but revolutionary mission - to evangelize the culture. Ordained an Archdiocesan priest in Chicago in 1986, he also has published numerous books, essays and DVDs. Fr. Barron lectures extensively in the United States and abroad, including the Pontifical North American College at the Vatican and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He also is a passionate student of art, architecture, music and history. To learn more about Fr. Barron, please visit his website: Word on Fire.