The Dominican House of Studies, officially the Priory of the Immaculate Conception, is a community of the Province of St. Joseph of the Order of Preachers dedicated to the theological education of the friars of the Province who are preparing for the Catholic priesthood.
It houses:
- The Priory of the Immaculate Conception.
- The Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception (PFIC), an Ecclesiastical, and therefore Pontifical, Faculty of theology.
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