A Dialogue Renewed:
Scholasticism and the Ressourcement Movement on the Nature of Catholic Theology
June 12-14, 2025 | Washington, DC
Featuring: D.C. Schindler, Vincent Strand, S.J., and
Cajetan Cuddy, O.P.
Host: Theological College
Sponsors: The School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America
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The Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies
Conference Details
Conference Dates:
Thursday, June 12 (4pm on)
Friday, June 13 (all day)
Saturday, June 14 (all day)
Attendance Mode:
This conference offers in-person attendance only.
N.B. Conference presenters should expect to have 20 minutes to present, with 10 minutes of dicussion to follow.
Conference Location:
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Theological College
401 Michigan Ave., NE
Washington, D.C. 20017
40140
Conference Fees:
Registration, Meals, and Lodging: $500
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Registration and Meals: $200
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Registration, no Meals or Lodging: $100
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Members of the Sacra Doctrina Project receive a discount of $50 when registering, applicable to any tier.
Those who do not pay for meals may not eat the food provided at the conference.​ The meals include dinner on Thursday and three meals per day on Friday and Saturday.
Lodging includes three nights on site at Theological College or across the street at The Catholic University of America. Space is limited. Rooms will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
Conference Travel:
By Plane: Fly to Baltimore-Washington International (BWI), Regan National (DCA), or Dulles (IAD). Taxies can be taken from all airports to Theological College. But for more affordable options: From BWI the MARC Train can be taken to Union Station in Washington, DC, from which the Metro can be taken to Theological College, which is located near the Brookland-CUA stop on the Red Line. The Metro serves DCA and IAD directly.
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By Train: Amtrak serves Union Station in Washington, DC. From there, the Metro can be taken to Theological College. Get off at the Brookland-CUA stop on the Red Line.
​By Car: Drive to 401 Michigan Ave NE, Washington, DC 20017 and park on site. There is ample parking available.
Note: Registration Closes APRIL 1. Space is limited so Register Now.​
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Conference Registration:
Keynote Speakers
D.C. Schindler
Professor of Metaphysics and Anthropology,
JP II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family
D.C. Schindler is Professor of Metaphysics and Anthropology at The John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. Dr. Schindler's work is concerned above all with shedding light on contemporary cultural challenges and philosophical questions by drawing on the resources of the classical Christian tradition, especially as they pertain to metaphysics and anthropology. His work however, also includes political philosophy, phenomenology, the philosophy of science, and other subjects. This work has included more than a dozen books —including two volumes of a planned trilogy on the nature of freedom with the University of Notre Dame Press and a Robert Spaemann Reader with Oxford University Press— and more than 70 articles and book chapters. Administratively, Dr. Schindler is an editor of the English-language edition of Communio: International Catholic Review and a board member of The Review of Metaphysics and New Polity: A Journal of Post-Liberal Thought Dr. Schindler will hold the office of President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association for the 2024-25 academic year.
Vincent Strand, S.J.
Assistant Professor of Historical Theology,
The Catholic University of America
Rev. Vincent L. Strand, S.J., is a priest of the Society of Jesus and Assistant Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America. Fr. Strand entered the Jesuits in 2005, was ordained a priest in 2016, and joined The Catholic University of America in 2022. He holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame (Ph.D.), Boston College (S.T.L.), the Pontifical Gregorian University (S.T.B.), Fordham University (M.A.), and Marquette University (B.S.). His research and teaching focuses on the theology of grace, Christology, fundamental theology, and political theology. Fr. Strand’s scholarly and popular writing has appeared in journals such as Theological Studies, The Thomist, International Journal of Systematic Theology, Nova et Vetera, The New Ressourcement, America, and First Things.
Cajetan Cuddy, O.P.
Assistant Professor of Dogmatic and Historcal Theology,
Dominican House of Studies
Rev. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P., is Assistant Professor of Dogmatic and Moral Theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He is the General Editor of the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CATHOLIC THEOLOGY (www.ect.org). He also serves as the General Editor of the “THOMIST TRADITION SERIES,” and he is co-author of Thomas and the Thomists: The Achievement of St. Thomas Aquinas and His Interpreters (Fortress Press, 2017). He has written for numerous publications on the philosophy and theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Thomist Tradition. Some recent publications include chapters on “Cajetan’s Reception of Aquinas” in The Oxford Handbook of the Reception of Aquinas (Oxford, 2021), “St. Thomas Aquinas on Conscience” in Christianity and the Laws of Conscience: An Introduction (Cambridge, 2021), and “Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P., (1877–1964)” in the T&T Clark Handbook of Modern Theology (T&T Clark, 2025).