Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology

The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (often abbreviated DSPT) is a Roman Catholic college, seminary, and graduate school in Berkeley, California. It is located at 2301 Vine Street in Berkeley. The DSPT is sponsored by the Dominican Order (specifically, by the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, also known as the Western Province). It is a member of the interfaith Graduate Theological Union (GTU), and offers certificate and degree programs to lay men and women, Catholics and non-Catholics, as well as training for the Dominicans of the Western Province. In 1851, Dominican missionary Francis Sadoc Vilarrasa and six Dominican novices arrived in Monterey, California, and established a school to prepare the young men for the...