Thomas Proposes a Toast: The Festive Joy of Honoring God | Fr. Dominic Verner, O.P.

This lecture was given on March 9th, 2024, at Our Lady of Corpus Christi Retreat Center as a part of an intellectual retreat titled: Honorable Festivity, The Texas Retreat.

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About the Speaker:

After earning a B.S. in electrical engineering from Purdue University and an M.A. in philosophical studies from Mount St. Mary's University, Fr. Dominic Verner, O.P. entered the Order of Preachers and was ordained to the priesthood in 2016. He has an S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and a Ph.D. in moral theology/Christian ethics from the University of Notre Dame, where he wrote his dissertation "Saving Honor: A Thomistic Ethics of Honor." He joined the Theology Faculty at Providence College as an Assistant Professor in the Fall of 2022. His research and teaching interests especially concern Thomistic moral theory and the role that honor, friendship, and glory play in practical reason and the quest for beatitude. Fr. Verner is Assistant Professor of Theology at Providence College in Providence, RI.