 Fr.
Alejandro Crosthwaite, OP
Fr. Alejandro Crosthwaite, O.P. was born in Mexico City February 17, 1968. He was raised in
Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico, and San Diego, California. He joined the Dominicans in 1990. He
was ordained to the ministerial priesthood May 29, 1998. Fr. Crosthwaite obtained the Bachelor of Arts in
philosophy from the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in 1993 as well as a Master of Divinity in
1998. In 1998 the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley conferred upon Fr. Crosthwaite the Master of Arts
in theology. After four years of pastoral and pedagogical ministry at the University of San Diego,
California, and Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska, Fr. Crosthwaite completed a doctoral program
in Theology and Society at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI in 2006 (Theological Ethics focusing on
Political Theology and Mass Communication/Media Studies concentrating on Film). Upon completion of his
doctoral program at Marquette, Fr. Crosthwaite assumes a teaching position in the faculty of social
sciences at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome. Father Crosthwaite is
currently a member of the Society of Christian Ethics, The Catholic Theological Society of America, and
the American Academy of Religion.
Updated: 9-14-06
- Pontifical University of
Saint Thomas Aquinas, also know as "the Angelicum."
First teaching assignment, Fall of 2006.
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Dominican,
film fanatic says life as priest is ‘wonderful
life’
September 23, 2004
- General Chapter of the Friars Preachers 2001.
Served as a translator.
Photo
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In the chapel where St. Dominic used to pray,
(L-R) Brs. Bryan Kromholtz, Alejandro Crosthwaite, David Orique,
and French Student Brother.
Toulouse, France.
May 3, 2000
- Ordination:
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