The Western Dominican Province is pleased to announce that the next President of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology will be Fr. Michael Sweeney, OP, effective June 16, 2004.

Fr. Sweeney comes to our graduate school from Seattle, Washington.  There he founded the St. Catherine of Siena Institute, which has grown very rapidly.  This ministry is dedicated to the lay apostolate and mission in the Church.  The Institute's popularity speaks of the thirst of the laity for the further exploration of their unique role in the Church and the innovation and leadership of Fr. Sweeney.

The Province owes a debt of gratitude to Fr. Gregory Rocca, OP, the current President.  He has worked very hard to further the efforts of our school in educating our seminarians and making Catholic higher education available to the laity.  Thank you to Fr. Gregory for his nine years of leadership as the DSPT President.

This is an exciting time for Catholic higher education and for our Province.  The DSPT will be relocating and is in the process of acquiring a new property.  We look forward to continuing our presence at the Graduate Theological Union and bringing our solid and unique Thomistic tradition into this academic arena!