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Fr. Kevin Gabriel Gillen, O.P., was ordained to the priesthood in 2000, Fr. Gillen joined the Order of Preachers in 2005 after earning degrees from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, commonly known as the Angelicum, in Rome. Prior to answering the call to priesthood he worked several years as a stock broker on Wall Street. Fr. Gillen is currently assigned to Saint Joseph in Greenwich Village, New York City, where he serves to promote evangelization through media for the Province and hosts the weekly program “Word to Life” on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
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Thomistic Circles is a work of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, in Washington, D.C. Serving as a forum for the exchange of theological and philosophical ideas, it seeks to consider contemporary cultural and intellectual issues from within the Thomistic tradition. As a work of the faculty, it involves collaboration from a variety of scholars from other institutions as well, and invites the participation of students at the PFIC, as well as outside guests who wish to register. It is a series of events meant to facilitate the development of the Thomistic Institute at the Dominican House of Studies.
Thomistic Circles Schedule, Academic Year 2009-2010
September 24, 2009
Honorary Lecture by Dr. Alasdair MacIntyre
"What Should a Philosophical Education be Nowadays ?"
Dominican House of Studies, 7 PM
October 16-17, 2009
"Thomism and the Renewal of Contemporary Theology"
A Theological Conference
Fr. Richard Schenk, O.P. (DSPT, Berkeley, CA)
Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P. (St. John's Seminary, Boston)
Dr. Rudi Te Velde (University of Amsterdam)
Dr. Matthew Levering (University of Dayton)
Dr. Reinhard Hütter (Duke Divinity School)
Dr. Bruce D. Marshall (Perkins School of Theology at SMU, Dallas)
Dr. Greg La Nave (PFIC, Washington, D.C.),
Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. (PFIC, Washington, D.C.).
February 19-20, 2010
"Secularism and the Natural Desire to Know God"
A Theological Conference
Keynote Address: His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I.
Fr. John Corbett, O.P. (PFIC, Washington, D.C.)
Dr. Russell Hittinger (Warren Chair of Catholic Studies, University of Tulsa)
Dr. Paul Griffiths (Warren Chair of Catholic Studies, Duke Divinity School)
Dr. Bruce D. Marshall (Perkins School of Theology at SMU, Dallas)
Dr. Reinhard Hütter (Duke Divinity School)
For more information please contact:assistant@dhs.edu
Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
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