Becoming a Better Confessor


July 20, 2015

The Thomistic Institute recently sponsored their fourth annual Conference for Priests: “Becoming a Better Confessor: Using the Virtues and Vices in the Confessional.” The conference, cosponsored with the Archdiocese of Baltimore,  took place on July 7-9, 2015 in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and at the Basilica of the Assumption.  Approximately 160 priests attended from all over the United States and Canada.  Photos  are available here.
The following Dominican friars and diocesan priests spoke at the conference:
Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P.: “Charity, Mortal Sin, and Spiritual Life
Fr. Basil Cole, O.P.:  “Chastity, Lust, and Taming the Appetites
Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.: “Hope, Despair, Sloth, and Presumption
Fr. Fred Miller, “Humility, Pride, and Vainglory
Msgr. Charles Pope, “The Beatitudes in the Confessional
Next year the Thomistic Institute’s annual Conference for Priests will again take place in Baltimore, on Aug. 9-11, 2016.

 

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