Faith & Reason Volume IV, Issue I | Page 8

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Fr . Thomas Joseph White , O . P . ( STL ’ 08 ; faculty ), was recently interviewed about his book , Wisdom in the Face of Modernity , now in its second edition from Sapientia , the academic press of Ave Maria University . Fr . White will speak at the Colloquium on the Thought of St . Thomas Aquinas at Aquinas College in Nashville on March 8 , 2017 , on the topic “ Can Beauty Save the World ? Aquinas on Art and the Liturgy .”

Three Dominican friars — all ordained in 2016 — reflected on the ongoing impact of their experiences at World Youth Day in Kraków in an article by Kathryn Jean Lopez for Aleteia . The priests are Fr . Patrick Mary Briscoe , O . P ., ( STB ’ 15 , MDiv ’ 16 ), Fr . Joseph-Anthony Kress , O . P . ( STB ’ 15 , MDiv ’ 16 ), and Fr . Dominic Mary Verner , O . P . ( STB ’ 14 , MDiv , STL ’ 16 ).

Fr . Thomas Petri , O . P . ( STL ’ 06 , Vice President and Academic Dean ), offered thoughts on assisted suicide , in the light of the District of Columbia ’ s “ Death with Dignity ” Act , in an article for LifeSiteNews . com .

Dr . Ralph Martin ( STL ’ 09 ), president of Renewal Ministries and professor at

Detroit ’ s Sacred Heart Major Seminary , recently traveled to India to provide training for religious and lay leaders , as well as to deliver a paper at an academic colloquium in the Diocese of Trivandrum .

Arina Grossu ( MA ’ 08 ) wrote an article for The Federalist on the health dangers of hormonal birth control , arguing that policy is driven by politics , in “ Hormonal Birth Control Is Too Dangerous To Dispense Without A Prescription .”

Dr . John W . Romanowsky ( MA ’ 02 ), director of the Archdiocese of Baltimore ’ s Department of Evangelization , described the archdiocesan “ Be Missionary Disciples ” initiative , a response to the call of Pope Francis to conversion of the entire church , in the Catholic Review .

Amy MacKinnon ( STB ’ 13 ) wrote an article for Celebrate Life Magazine on her journey from Catholic to New Ager and back to Catholic , and her accompanying changing views on abortion .

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