A Century of Service to the Catholic Church

As the Pontifical Theological 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 low student-to-faculty 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 Theological Faculty of the Immaculate Conception.

Scenes from the August 25th Mass of the Holy Spirit which opened the 2008 - 2009 Academic Year at the PFIC (more images are here):

   
   

See pictures of previous PFIC events here.

Notice: The current PFIC Academic Catalog is available online here (in PDF format). It is a large file and might take some time to load.

  

Firm Foundations for a Second Century of Church Leaders

Laying of the Cornerstone
Academic Center & Theological Library (Nov. 21st). Learn more about our Building Project. And a view from the south side:

Laying of the Cornerstone

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Updates in the last month:

Nov. 26th: More pictures are available here.

Nov 21st: Pictures of the Academic Center are here:

Nov 18th: This week the PFIC is moving into the New Academic Center, with the Theological Library to soon follow.

12/12 Dr. Gregory LaNave published an article entitled “God, Creation, and the Possibility of Philosophical Wisdom: Perspectives of Bonaventure and Aquinas” in Theological Studies, vol. 69, no. 4 (December 2008): 812-33.

12/10 Fr. Stephen Ryan, OP presented a paper entitled "The Origin, Purpose, and Theological Significance of the Septuagint in Recent Research" to the faculty and graduate student seminar of the Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity program at the University of Virginia on Dec. 4th, 2008.

10/28: PFIC graduate Fr. Carl Gismondi, FSSP (STL, ’08) has been appointed the new pastor of St. Anne Church in San Diego, which was officially erected by Bishop Robert Brom as a personal parish for the extraordinary form of the Mass. More information here.

9/29 PFIC Instructor Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP (class of '08) recently led a Theology on Tap discussion: "Are Religious Truth Claims Intolerant?" for the  Young Adult Ministry of the Archdiocese of Washington. The audio file of the event is available here.

9/15 Alumni publication news: Two of our alumni have articles in Pro Ecclesia (Winter 2008). Fr. Andrew Hofer’s (class of 2002) article is entitled “The Humble Speech of the Lord: Revelation and Conversion According to St. Ephrem” (pp. 224-242). Fr. Thomas Joseph White (class of 2008) and now a member of the PFIC faculty, entitled his work “The Universal Possibility of Salvation” (pp. 269-280).

8/28 You may watch PFIC President Fr. Steven Boguslawski, O.P. preach at this year's opening Mass of the Holy Spirit at our recent events page.

8/27 The PFIC is happy to welcome four new full-time faculty members for the Fall 2008 semester: Fr. Timothy Bellamah, OP, Fr. John Baptist Ku, OP, Fr. Bernard Mulcahy, OP and Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP.

 

 

Building updates:

 

More photos of the Academic Center construction. For all photos, click here.

Slideshows of the building progress:  


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