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News & Events
October 16 - Rev. Melvin C. Blanchette, S.S. is installed as the 14th rector of Theological College at a special Mass and installation ceremony celebrated at TC by Washington Archbishop Donald D. Wuerl, D.D. November 19 - CUA president, Father David O'Connell, C.M., announces the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the campus of Catholic University in April. November 24 - Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Basselin '72, is installed by Pope Benedit XVI as the first cardinal archbishop of Galveston-Houston, a large metropolitan region of the southwest that boasts a population of more than 2 million Catholics. Cardinal DiNardo received his B.A. and M.A. summa cum laude in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in 1972. Following his studies in theology at the North American College in Rome, he earned a doctorate in sacred theology from the Gregorian University and a licentiate in patristics from the Augustinianum. He was odained in 1977 for the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He was named coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Sioux City and later installed as bishop in 1998. In 2004 he was named coadjutor bishop of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and was installed as the ordinary in 2006, following the retirement of Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza. He was later named co-adjutor archbishop when the diocese was elevated to the level of an archdiocese. January 7 - Father Jerry Hall, S.J., Ph.d., joined the formation faculty at Theological College as an advisor and spiritual director. Father Hall also teaches courses on liturgy and sacramental theology at Washington Theological Union, a graduate school of theology and ministry located in nearby Takoma Park, MD. January 22 - Theological College hosted 200 seminarians from around the country gathered in D.C. for annual March for Life activities. February 11 - Twenty-five seminarians were installed as acolytes and readers at a special Monday evening liturgy celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop W. Francis Malooly, D.D., vicar general from the Archdiocese of Baltimore. March 29 - Four TC seminarians in third theology were ordained as deacons at a Mass and diaconate ordination celebrated at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Bishop Arthur J. Serratella of the Diocese of Paterson presided at the ceremony. The newly ordained deacons include: Matthew Larsen (Spokane); Paul Barboutz, David Pickens and Dallas Herold (Paterson). April 16-17 - Pope Benedict XVI to address Catholic college, university and arch/diocesan educators at the Pryzbyla Center on the campus of Catholic University as part of his upcoming 3-day visit to the nation's capitol. |
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