Passions and the Life of Virtue | Sr. Catherine Joseph Droste, O.P.
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🗓️ 26 June 2019
⏱️ 59 minutes
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This lecture was offered on May 15th, 2019 at the University of Oxford. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events
Speaker Bio:
Sr Catherine Joseph Droste, OP is a Dominican Sister of St. Cecilia, Nashville, TN. Sr. Catherine Joseph currently serves as Professor and Vice-Dean of Theology at the Pontifical University of St Thomas in Rome (The Angelicum).
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. Yeah, that works. Okay. So I'd like to welcome Sister Catherine Joseph Drosty. |
| 0:08.8 | She has a doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. |
| 0:15.7 | Her other degrees included a Bachelor of Arts in History from Christendom College, |
| 0:20.4 | a Masters in History from Middle Tennesseeom College, a Masters in History from Middle |
| 0:22.1 | Tennessee State University, and a Masters in Educational Administration for Marymount University. |
| 0:27.8 | As, as you can see, a Dominican sister of St. Cecilia, she's a long history of teaching |
| 0:32.2 | holding administrative positions at various schools of the congregation. |
| 0:37.3 | Sister Catherine is currently the vice dean of the theology faculty of the |
| 0:41.2 | Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, |
| 0:44.3 | researching and teaching on subjects that include the role of the women in the church, |
| 0:49.2 | Catherine of Siena and religious life. |
| 0:51.3 | But if you get a chance to talk to her, something I'd recommend. |
| 0:53.8 | You're sure to learn a lot |
| 0:55.0 | on all things worth knowing. |
| 0:57.0 | Today she's talking to us on passions and the virtue of life, taming the menagerie within. |
| 1:02.0 | This is Catherine welcome. |
| 1:03.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:04.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:05.0 | I just noted a book on Catherine of Sienna right at the edge here. |
| 1:14.9 | I'll have to look at that one later, but anyway. |
| 1:19.4 | Good evening. Thank you for the invitation to speak here this evening. |
| 1:23.8 | At Blackfriars for the Timistic Institute, it's an honor to be here. |
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