Special Guest Speaker – Dr. Robert Fastiggi

Please join us for our Advent lecture by Dr. Robert Fastiggi on Thursday, December 21 from 6:30-8:00pm at St. Robert. As we near the feast day of Christmas and celebrate the birth of Jesus, Dr. Fastiggi will discuss Mary, the Mother of God and Model of Discipleship.

Dr. Robert Fastiggi has been at Sacred Heart Majory Seminary since 1999. Prior to coming to Detroit, he taught at St. Edward University in Austin, TX from 1985-1999. Dr. Fastiggi received an A.B. in Religion (summa cum
laude) from Dartmouth College in 1974; a M.A. in Theology from Fordham University in 1976; and a Ph.D. in Historical Theology from Fordham in 1987. He has done private research in Paris and Montréal, and he took part in a study-tour of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain sponsored by the National Council for U.S.-Arab relations. During his time at Sacred Heart, Dr. Fastiggi has taught courses in Ecclesiology, Christology, Mariology, church history, sacramental theology, and moral theology. He is
a member of the Society for Catholic Liturgy, the Mariological Society of America, the International Marian Association, and a corresponding member of the Pontifical Marian Academy International (P.A.M.I). Dr. Fastiggi served as the executive editor of the 2009-2013 supplements to the New Catholic Encyclopedia and the co-editor of the English translation of the 43rd edition of the Denzinger-Hünermann compendium published by Ignatius Press in 2012. He also revised and updated
the translation of Ludwig Ott’s Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma for Baronius Press in 2018.