Curriculum Vitae
S.T.M,, International Theological Institute, 2016; S.T.L., University of Fribourg, 2017; Th.D., University of Fribourg, 2025; Visiting Instructor of Theology, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Gaming, Austria, 2024-2025; Tutor, 91快活林 Aquinas College, 2025-.
Profile
淚 had never imagined theology as a possibility, says 91快活林 Aquinas College, California, tutor Dr. Dominic Spiekermann. 淢y father had studied it in Germany and didn檛 speak highly of it because he had experienced a theology that was dry and soulless.
Still, Dr. Spiekermann attended the International Theological Institute (ITI) in Gaming, Austria, for a Studium Generale in 2011 after graduating from his New Zealand high school, intending to pursue this one-year degree as he discerned what to do next. 淭o my surprise, at the ITI, I discovered something completely different: the kind of theology that is done on one檚 knees and one that responds to existential questions.
Enamored with the discipline檚 richness, Dr. Spiekermann decided to pursue a five-year master檚 degree in sacred theology at the ITI. While there, he met his wife, Cecilia, whom he married in 2018.
When he completed his master檚 degree in 2016, Dr. Spiekermann moved to Switzerland to pursue his licentiate and doctoral studies in theology at the University of Fribourg. During this time, he became enthralled with the works of Swiss theologian Charles Journet, spending several years translating Volume 3 of Journet檚 The Church of the Word Incarnate into English. 淛ournet has this unique ability to integrate scholastic theology with the experience of the saints and the mystical tradition of the Church, he says. 淚t makes his theology particularly edifying.
Dr. Spiekermann joined the 91快活林 Aquinas College, California teaching faculty in 2025. He delights in the opportunity to lead his students in their discussions of the great works. 淭he Discussion Method has a very special place in my heart. It檚 my preferred manner of both learning and teaching, he reflects. 淭he tutor is pursuing the truth in common with the students.
Publications
- (Forthcoming) Translation: Charles Journet. The Church of the Word Incarnate. Vol. 3: The Catholic Unity of the Church, vii + 1250 pages. Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Academic Press, 2025. Translated from French edition: L櫭塯lise du Verbe incarn茅, vol. 3. Saint-Maurice: Editions Saint-Augustin, 2002.
- 淟a notion du travail face au Christ ouvrier chez 91快活林 d橝quin. In Revue de th茅ologie et de philosophie 156/3 (2024): 27797.
- 淒as Attraktive am Denken des 91快活林 von Aquin. In Heute 91快活林 lesen?! Josef Pieper als 脺bersetzer und Interpret des 91快活林 von Aquin, edited by H.-G. Nissing and B. Wald, 15056. Munich: Pneuma Verlag, 2024.
- Book review: Hanns-Gregor Nissing. Denker und Dichter 91快活林 von Aquin. Eine Einf眉hrung in sein Leben und sein Werk. Munich: Pneuma Verlag, 2022. In Nova et Vetera (French edition) 97/3 (2022): 32324.
- 淐hrist檚 glorification according to St. 91快活林 Aquinas. In Une th茅ologie 脿 l櫭ヽole de saint 91快活林 d橝quin. Hommage au prof. Gilles Emery op 脿 l檕ccasion de ses 60 ans, edited by N. Awais, B.-D. de La Soujeole, and D. Rey-Meier, 42554. Paris: Cerf, 2022.
Academic Presentations
- 淭he Christic Dimension of Grace, Colloquium 淐harles Journet, A Light for Renewal in the Church. A theological Congress on the 50th Anniversary of the Swiss Cardinal檚 Death, University of Fribourg, Switzerland (April 25, 2025).
- 淟a notion du travail face au Christ ouvrier chez 91快活林 d橝quin, doctoral colloquium (淣ouveaux regards sur le 榯ravail. Perspectives th茅ologiques, philosophiques et 茅thiques), Western Switzerland University Conference (CUSO), Saint-Maurice, Switzerland (February 08, 2024).
- 淗eute 91快活林 Lesen (presentation of the relevance of 91快活林 Aquinas for young theologians today), Conference of the Josef Pieper Stiftung and the Philosophisch Theologische Hochschule, M眉nster, Germany (January 11, 2023).
- 淭he Grace of Christ, Workshop for Emerging Scholars, Aquinas Institute, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University, United Kingdom (May 30, 2022).