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  • About Us
    • Welcome
    • Mission and Vision
    • History of the Aquinas Center
    • Our Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Our Partners
    • Map & Directions
  • Community
    • Lectures >
      • Lectures Events
      • Major Catholic Speaker
      • What's Next?
      • Aquinas Day
      • Consistent Ethic of Life Lecture
      • Catherine of Siena Lecture
    • Archdiocese of Atlanta & Our Community Engagement >
      • Partnership the Archdiocese of Atlanta
      • Resources for Lay Leaders, Parishes, & Cath Organizations
      • Catholic Lay Interparish Partnership (CLIP)
      • Adult Faith Formation
    • Catholic-Orthodox Initiative
    • Comunidad Hispana
    • YouTube Channel
    • Subscribe
  • Students
    • Undergraduate >
      • Catholic Studies Minor
      • Aquinas Travel Scholarship
      • Catholic Center & Catholic Student Union
      • Orthodox Student Group
    • Graduate >
      • MDIV, CATH STUDIES at Candler School of Theology
      • Aquinas Center's Chair in Catholic Theology
      • Pitts Theology Library
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Our Team


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Pictured from L to R: Front Row - Mary Priniski, Callie Tabor, Theresa Williams. Back Row - Alice Cameron, Deacon Bob Hauert, Damellys Sacriste.
Mary Priniski
​Executive Director

Mary Priniski, OP, an Adrian Dominican Sister, has served on the Aquinas Center Board of Directors from 2010 to 2015 and then again from 2016 until 2019 when she was appointed the Executive Director.
 
Sister Mary received her PhD in Theology from the Union Institute and University with an interdisciplinary approach to engaging in mission across social boundaries. She also has a MA in Catholic Healthcare Mission from the Aquinas Institute in St. Louis. 
 
From the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Mary has served in parish ministry in Illinois, California and Michigan. Beginning in 1979, she began her work in social justice ministry including serving as coordinator of Connective Ministries, an association of community organizers across the south; staff for Interfaith Worker Justice and the Service Employees International Union; and the director of the Labor Guild for the Archdiocese of Boston.
 
In 2009 she began a six-year term as the Chapter Prioress (regional superior) of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Adrian Dominican Sisters. Before her appointment as Executive Director of the Aquinas Center, Sister Mary served as the project coordinator of Gathering for Mission, engaging church leaders (particularly bishops, priests and diocesan leaders) in a process of dialogue with the voice and vision of Pope Francis.
 
In addition to being the Executive Director of the Aquinas Center, Mary has been appointed as the Vicar for Religious for the Archdiocese of Atlanta.​​
Alice Cameron
​Programming Coordinator 

Alice Cameron is from Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has been with the Aquinas Center since 2016.  She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from Immaculata University and is currently pursuing a Master Degree in Nonprofit Administration at the University of Notre Dame. Alice has served in various Catholic ministries, and has worked as a volunteer with St. Francis Table, St. Monica's Catholic Church, St. John Neumann Regional Catholic School and St. Pius X Catholic High School. ​​
Bob Hauert
Catholic-Orthodox Initiative Coordinator

Deacon Bob was ordained a Permanent Deacon in the Roman Catholic Church on February 6, 2010.  He earned a Master's Degree in Pastoral Theology from St. Mary-of-the-Woods College in May 2012.  Deacon Bob is the full-time Pastoral Associate at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Atlanta focused on Discipleship, and is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta (FAMA) representing the Archdiocese of Atlanta for Ecumenical and Interfaith Dialogue.  Deacon Bob serves on the Archbishop's Committee for Ecumenical and Interfaith Dialogue, Catholic-Jewish Committee, the Catholic-Orthodox Committee and teaches in the Diaconate Formation program of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.  He has also served for several years as a Hospice Chaplain.

Bob and his wife, Louise, have been married for forty-six years and have four adult, married children and seven perfect grandchildren.  Bob and Louise love to spend their free-time camping and stand up paddle boarding.
Damellys Sacriste
Hispanic Outreach Coodinator

Damellys Sacriste is a native of Valencia, Venezuela. Her own journey back to her Catholic faith has given her a unique perspective to minister to others returning to the faith. Since 2007, Damellys has shared her experiences in parish and diocesan ministry with youth and adults across cultural communities. She holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in Religious Studies from Saint Leo University. She runs the Formation programs at the historic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Atlanta.​
Callie Tabor​
Managing Editor of the Blog/Social Media Coordinator 

​Callie Tabor is the program assistant and social media communications coordinator for the Aquinas Center, as well as the managing editor of Aquinas Emory Thinks.  ​In addition to these roles, she is involved in the Aquinas Center’s interparish outreach efforts as a member of CLIP and our Adult Faith Formation consultation, where she writes the study guides that accompany our “What’s Next?” series. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Aquinas Center. Callie is currently a doctoral candidate in the Graduate Division of Religion at Emory, working on a dissertation entitled “Seeing Beauty: A Lyrical Theology.” This project focuses on the question of how poetic modes of expression shape our ways of attending to God and the world.
Fostering intellectually vibrant Catholic communities
​The Aquinas Center was formed in 1987 to bring Catholic scholarly resources to Emory University, the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the broader community. 
Aquinas Center of Theology at Emory University
1531 Dickey Drive, Suite 257
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-8860
a​quinasemory@gmail.com

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