A Century of Service to the Catholic Church

As the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception (PFIC) begins a new century of theological education in the heart of the nation's capital, we remain committed  to imparting to our graduate students the capacity for serious scholarship in the Thomistic tradition.  With a small student enrollment and a highly favorable faculty to student ratio, we foster personal formation conducive to preaching, teaching, and pastoral effectiveness. Our students value learning in a house of prayer and the Dominican charism which links study and spirituality.

The Dominican House of Studies is an apostolate of the Dominican Friars, Province of St. Joseph. Located in Washington DC, it houses the Priory of the Immaculate Conception and the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception.

 
The PFIC is
happy to announce a new degree program:
Masters of Arts in Thomistic Studies

We are offering two classes this summer for the
M.A. in Thomistic Studies.
Find the schedule here.

Once again the PFIC is offering intensive summer philosophy and Latin courses. Click below for schedules and registration information:

Summer Intensive Philosophy Courses
Summer Intensive Latin Course


THE MIDDLE STATES COMMISSION
ON HIGHER EDUCATION
AND THE
ASSOCIATION OF
THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS

will be conducting an accreditation visit
of the
Pontifical Faculty of Immaculate Conception
at the Dominican House Of Studies
 
APRIL 22-25, 2012
 Comments and observations are welcome: dean@dhs.edu
 
  (in PDF format). These are large files that might take some time to load.
 
Notice: View the 2011-2013 PFIC Academic Catalog here (1st half) and here (2nd half)

 

Please read our latest issue of

The 487 Correspondent




The Saint Catherine of Siena Chair
in Catholic Health Care Ethics
will be announced on
Monday, April 30th
at St. Catherine of Siena Parish, NYC

The Announcement of the Saint Catherine of Siena Chair in Health Care Ethics will include the appointment of a faculty member to the Pontifical Faculty of Theology of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. and an endowment of $1.5 million. This generous gift will ensure that students receive proper formation in the field of health care ethics. To this end, the Endowed Chair will specifically benefit the pastoral formation and academic education of Dominican-student Friars in Health Care Ethics for the ministries of the Province of Saint Joseph and throughout the Church.

Please see the Press Release here.


  
Dominican Pontifical Faculty Spring Gala Logo
Join us for our 2nd Annual
Dominican Spring Gala
April 20!

Click here for more information.

All Saints Vigil


CREATION AND MODERN SCIENCE

Saturday, April 14, 2012
9:30 am to 3:00 pm


Dr. William E. Carroll
"Contemporary Cosmology, Metaphysics, and Creation"
9:30 a.m.

Rev. Nicanor Austriaco, OP
"What Can Paleo and Human Genomics Tell Us About Adam and Eve: A Catholic Perspective"
10:45 a.m.

Dr. Edward Feser
"Neuroscience and the Immaterial Aspects of Thought"
1:30 p.m.

download the flyer here

For information, please contact:
Ms. Honya Weeks at assistant@dhs.edu

The event is free and open to the public

www.thomisticinstitute.org

This Lent, Student Brothers from the PFIC at the Dominican House of Studies will give conferences on the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, helping the faithful to enter more deeply into the Lord’s Passion so as to prepare for His Resurrection at Easter. The conferences will be given at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish (Zanesville, OH), St. Patrick’s Parish (Columbus, OH), St. Dominic’s Parish (Washington, DC), St. Thomas Aquinas Parish (Charlottesville, VA), and the Dominican House of Studies (Washington, DC).

Click here for the full schedule and talk descriptions.

Every year on the Feast of St. Thomas, the patron of The Catholic University of America, a Dominican is invited to preach at CUA’s patronal Mass, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. This year, on the 125th Anniversary of the founding of CUA, it was especially fitting for Fr. Brian Shanley, OP (STL ‘88) who served on their Philosophy faculty for many years, to return to campus for this Feast and lecture. You can listen to his lecture, entitled “St. Thomas Aquinas: Companion and Patron” here.

FOLLOW US
for the most up-to-date information:

March 10: Diaconate Ordination of the Dominican Brethren

April 4: Tenebrae: Office of Shadows: 7:30 PM at the Dominican House of Studies. Please click here for the flyer.


April 14: Thomistic Circles Symposium
'Creation and Modern Science'


Dominican Pontifical faculty Spring Gala
April 20: 2nd Annual Dominican Pontifical Faculty Spring Gala

April 22-25: Accreditation visit of Middle States Commission and Association of Theological Schools

April 30: Presentation of the St. Catherine of Siena Chair for Catholic Bio-Ethics (please see a press release here.)
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