.- The
Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C., has a new
interim director. Fr. Steven Boguslawski, a Dominican priest, began in
his new post Aug. 1st. The 50-year-old cleric had served as rector of
Detroit’s Sacred Heart Major Seminary since 2003.
Having concluded his tenure at Detroit’s seminary, Fr. Boguslawski was
assigned to his new post after conversation with the Eastern province
Dominicans and the directors of the Center. Fr. Boguslawski will also
become regent of studies for the St. Joseph Province, a roll which he
will conduct from the Dominican House of Studies. Both the Cultural
Center and the House of Studies sit on the edge of The Catholic
University of America. Fr. Boguslawski’s will remain at the JP II
Cultural Center while a search continues for a long-term director.
The Pope John Paul II Cultural Center opened in the spring of 2001. It
was established to foster greater understanding among people of
different religious, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds through art,
cultural programs, and study. Cardinal Adam Maida of Detroit is the
president of the center and chairman of its 13-member board of
directors.
"The engagement of faith and culture is at the heart of the New
Evangelization and emphasizes Christian freedom and responsibility,”
said Fr. Boguslawski. “Pope John Paul II challenged the Church in the
U.S. to focus considerable energy on this dialogue.”
In collaboration with the bishops who oversee the center, the priest
said he would like to see the center “engage an array of strategic
partnerships fulfilling its mission with ever greater scope and
intensity for the service of the whole Church.”
Fr. Boguslawski was ordained to the priesthood in 1987, and has been a
professed member of the Dominicans since 1981. He holds a number of
graduate degrees, including two master’s degrees and a PhD from Yale
University, as well as a STB and STL from the Dominican House of
Studies.
He is currently on the executive committee of the Midwest Association
of Theological Schools and a member of the board of advisors of the
English edition of the international theological journal Nova et
Vetera.
Dominican named director of Pope John Paul II Cultural Center
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