ALUMNI &
F A C U LT Y
Photo by Fr. Lawrence Lew, O.P.
Fr. Gabriel O’Donnell, O.P. (STB ’69),
delivered the commencement address at
Aquinas College in Nashville on May 14.
The Catholic University of America
Press has published Aquinas and the
Theology of the Body: The Thomistic
Foundations of John Paul II’s Anthropology,
by Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. (STL ’06,
Vice President and Academic Dean.)
This book is Volume 7 in the Thomistic
Ressourcement series.
Dawn Eden Goldstein (MA ’10, STB ’13,
STL ’14) became the first woman to
receive a doctorate of sacred theology
from the University of St. Mary of the
Lake, Mundelein, Illinois. The story was
covered in a front-page article on the
Chicago Tribune.
Fr. Gary Selin (MA ’99) recently had his
first book, Priestly Celibacy: Theological
Foundations, published by The Catholic
University of America Press.
Two Dominicans from the Province of
St. Joseph were among the speakers at a
colloquium sponsored by the Pontifical
University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
(Angelicum) in Rome to celebrate the 8th
centenary of the Order of Preachers and
the 50th anniversary of the constitution
Dei verbum: Fr. Thomas Joseph White
(faculty, STL ’08) spoke on “Revelation
in an ecumenical and interreligious
context,” and Fr. Nicholas Lombardo, O.P.
(MDiv ’03, STL ’05), spoke on “The Text of
Sacred Scripture and the Intention of the
Divine Author.”
Dom Alban Baker, C.R.N.J. (MDiv ’12, STL
’16), wrote on “The Remarkable Influence
of the Maternal Heart” for Seton Magazine,
a publication for Catholic homeschoolers.
Fr. John Vidmar, O.P. (STB ’78; STL ’80),
lectured at the Mission of Faith Lecture
Series at the Knights of Columbus
Museum on the topic, “The Dominicans
Come to the United States – but from
England?”
The Incarnate Lord: A Thomistic
Study in Christology, by Fr. Thomas
Joseph White, O.P., was awarded best
theology book of 2015 by the Catholic
Press Association.
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