On Oct. 11, 50 years to the day of the opening session of the Second Vatican Council,
the Department of Theology and the School of Ministry will present the first of two
events held in honor of Vatican II. Mark Goodwin, chair of theology and interim dean
of the School of Ministry (SOM), will moderate an opening discussion with Abbot Denis
Farkasfalvy, O. Cist. (pictured at right), who is a current member of the Pontifical
Biblical Commission, and Fr. Roch Kereszty, O.Cist (pictured at left).
Fr. Kereszty and Fr. Farkasfalvy were young priests in Rome at the time and were able to attend the first session of the Second Vatican Council. Both will speak from their deep experience and memory of the conciliar times about the need for the Council and what the Council was meant to accomplish. Opened under Pope John XXIII and concluded five years later under Pope Paul VI, Vatican II sought to recover and renew the foundational sources of Catholic tradition in a variety of areas, including liturgy, revelation and the Church.
Then, on Thursday, Oct. 18, three UD theological thinkersMsgr. Michael Olson, rector of Holy Trinity Seminary, Marti Jewell, assistant professor of theology in the SOM, and Ron Rombs, associate professor of theologywill explore the on-going significance of the Council as part of a panel discussion moderated by John Norris, associate professor of theology. Both events will be held in the Art History Auditorium from 7-8:30 p.m.
On Thursday, Sept. 26, several members of the university community gathered to celebrate the completion of Course II of the Studies in Catholic Faith and Culture program, the first component of UD's Liberal Learning for Life initiative. The course is titled "The Person: Tradition and History."
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+ Read MoreThis summer, the University of Dallas invites students, alumni, faculty and staff to join its first-ever tour abroad of Russia, led by Professor of Physics Richard Olenick and Affiliate Instructor of Spanish, French and Italian Irina Rodriguez. From June 8 to June 16, 2020, Olenick and Rodriguez will guide participants through the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg, taking them on a cultural and literary tour of the "Russian soul."
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