Rev. Luke D. Buckles - Adjunct Instructor of Spiritual Theology

Fr. Luke entered the Dominican Order on September 8, 1972 and was ordained on March 17, 1978, having completed an M.Div (Master of Divinity) and a Master of Arts in Theology.  After a year of ministry at Holy Rosary Church, he was sent to Rome and, in 1985, earned his licentiate and doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelicum.  He taught at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology until 2003 when he was invited to teach at the Angelicum.  He finished his assigned terms as a member of the faculty and rector of the International Convitto of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome and currently has been teaching again at the Dominican School in California every fall semester and for every spring semester since 2021 at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, Louisiana.  He is currently appointed as an adjunct faculty member of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in California and adjunct professor of spiritual theology at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans.