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A Theologian's Call

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2019

Shannon Schrein OSF
Shannon Schrein OSF*
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Lourdes University
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“Theology is Taught by God, Teaches of God and Leads to God.”

(Theologia a Deo docetur, Deum docet, et ad Deum ducit)

—Thomas Aquinas

In 1972, I was twenty-two years old and had recently made my first vows with the Sisters of St. Francis. The sisters gave me a New American Bible; I had never before owned a Bible, and I promptly put it in my storage trunk for the move to my new mission to teach fifth grade in Minneapolis. Once I arrived, the Bible remained in the trunk.

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College Theology Society Presidential Address
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Horizons , Volume 46 , Issue 2 , December 2019 , pp. 355 - 362
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Copyright © College Theology Society 2019

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References

1 The following is the presidential address delivered at the 2019 College Theology Convention banquet on Saturday evening, June 1, 2019, at Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.

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