- Sr.
- Catherine Joseph
- Droste, O.P.
- Professore Straordinario
- Section: Moral
Academic degrees earned
BA, (History), Christendom College, Front Royal, Virginia, 1987
STB, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy, 2000
MA (History) Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 2001
MEd, (Education Administration) Marymount University, Washington, D.C., 2007
STL, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy, 2002
STD, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy, 2009
Courses at the Angelicum
Brief biography
Sister Catherine Joseph Droste, O.P. is a Professor Straordinaria of theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), where she has also served as Vice Dean, Dean of the Faculty of Theology, and Director of Collaboration. Her areas of research include virtues and the moral life, the ecclesiology of religious life, and the theology of St. Catherine of Siena. She is a native of Iowa and a member of the Congregation of Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, Nashville, Tennessee. Her studies include an MA (history – Middle Tennessee State University), M.Ed (Administration – Marymount University), STB, STL, STD (Angelicum).
Areas of Academic Specialization and Interest
Virtues and Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Identity of Religious Life
Catherine of Siena
Academic honors and awards
Catholic Media Productions “Our Lady of TV and Radio Award” (2010)
Nashville, Tennessee. Teacher of the Year (1995-1996) – Overbrook School, Nashville, Tennessee
Current research/writing projects
Virtue in the Writings of Catherine of Siena
Religious Life
Select Publications
Vivere nella crisi la pazienza di Caterina da Siena in Roma e la risposta delle donne alle crisi: Dall’inizio del Cristianesimo ai giorni nostri. A cura di Kinga Araya. Angelicum University Press, 2023: 76-101.
Mulier Fortis: The Valiant Woman in Donne e Chiesa: per un laboratorio di idee. A cura di M. Rodriguez. Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2021: 191-214.
“Saint Dominic de Guzmán (c. 1170-1221) at San Marco al Campidoglio, San Sisto Vecchio and the Church of Santa Sabina” in People and Places of Rome, An Educated Traveler’s Guide, Ed. Dr. Peter Hatlie (ARC Humanities Press, 2019): 17-28.
“Catholic Education and Social Capital in the United States of America” in Oikonomia: Rivista di etica e scienze sociali / Journal of Ethics & Social Sciences (October 2018): 24-27.
“The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church: Arguments for students in Catholic schools to consider: Part 2: The Case Against.” International Studies in Catholic Education (ISCE) Vol 7.No. 1. March 2015: 4-14
Editor. Servais Pinckaers: Renewing the Lamp of Moral Theology. Concili OP 5. Angelicum University Press, 2014.
Co-author with Terry Polakovic, Madelynn Winstead, Ph.D., Setting the World Ablaze: St. Catherine of Siena. Denver: ENDOW, 2014.
“If you will be perfect…” – St. Thomas Aquinas on Evangelical Poverty. Angelicum 89 (2012): 529-590.
“From Rupture to Reform: Towards a Contemporary Theology of Religious Life.” Angelicum Vol.88 (2011): 123-162.
Curriculum Vitae
