On March 15^th, Br. James Brent O.P., a student of the PFIC, successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in Philosophy at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. His dissertation was on the relationship between faith and reason in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.

3/31: Fr. Lawrence Donohoo, O.P., who teaches systematic and moral Theology at the PFIC, received his PhD in Theology from the University of Munich after taking the Rigorosum (comprehensive final exam) on February 15th. He submitted his dissertation on the topic of experience in the early thought of George Tyrrell last summer and plans to have it published soon.

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3/27: Fr. Stephen Ryan, O.P., Associate Professor of Sacred Scripture, has received a grant from the American Philosophical Society. He is editing a manuscript on the Wisdom Books of the Old Testament, and the grant will support work at the University of Fribourg during the summer months of 2008 and 2009.

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Available for purchase Our Friars have produced a CD: "Sunday Vespers with the Dominicans”. The CD features musical tones used for the psalms and canticles of Sunday Evening Prayer of the Church, composed by the friars of the Priory of the Immaculate Conception, in collaboration with the Immaculate Conception Lay Dominican Chapter. This is a beautiful and prayerful way to sing the Divine Office as a chapter, family or for private meditation.