COLLEGE NEWS
Dr Christina Pal has been appointed at the new Academic Director for the Pontifical Beda College. She will begin in the second semester (but will be here from 24th January for a handover period). There is some information below on Dr Christina. 
The joy of new arrivals is always accompanied by the sadness of partings. On Wednesday 28th January we will be having a special leaving event for Sr Patricia McDonald (with solemn Vespers and a festal meal). It will be an occasion to say an enormous ‘thankyou’ to Sr Patricia for her great service and contribution to this college over so many years. 
Please hold Sr Patricia and Dr Christina in your prayers at this time of transition. 
Dr Christina Pal 
Dr Christina Pal is a senior lecturer for Lux in Tenebris and Claritas Spiritual Theology, and she is an adjunct lecturer for Oscott College (Seminary) and at St Mary’s University, Twickenham.  Prior to founding Lux in Tenibris, Dr Pal was an adjunct professor for the Augustine Institute and for Christendom College’s Rome programme, as well as Adjunct Professor of Theology for the Institute for Continuing Theological Education and Priestly Formation at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. She was also Senior Academic Tutor for the School of the Annunciation at Buckfast Abbey and the Academy of the Annunciation in Bournemouth. Dr Pal is a convert to the Catholic faith.  She specialises in Systematic Theology & Biblical Theology.
Dr Christina is a consecrated lay woman. 
Education
Doctorate in Sacred Theology, Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, (Angelicum) Rome.
Licentiate in Sacred Theology (Specialisation: Dogmatic Theology), Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, (Angelicum) Rome.
Master of Arts in Sacred Theology (Specialisation: Thomistic Studies) Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, (Angelicum) Rome.
Sacred Theology Baccalaureate, Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, (Angelicum) Rome.
Philosophy,  Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, (Angelicum) Rome.
Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Southern California.