Staff

The Studium Catholicum Staff

On this page you will find a short biographical note on each of the people who work at the Studium Catholicum. In addition to the staff, the centre is frequently used by various volunteer groups. Find out more about them on the Groups page.

Fr. Gabriel Salmela OP

Gabriel Salmela OP

Director of the Studium

Priest

M.Theol. Univ. of Helsinki (Philosophy of religion & theological ethics), STB Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Diplôme de la langue et la culture francaise/L'univ. de Lille

I was born in Rauma in Western Finland. I received the sacrament of confirmation in St. Henry's Cathedral in 2006 and entered in the novitiate of the Order of Preachers in 2009. My fields of interest are St. Thomas Aquinas's philosophy & theology, global ethics and Human Rights' philosophical foundations. Ecumenics and inter-religious dialogue are close to my heart.

Father Marie-Augustin
Laurent-Huyghues-Beaufond OP

Marie-Augustin Laurent-Huyghues-Beaufond OP

Strategy Advisor

Priest

I was born in Aix-en-Provence, in southern France, to a Catholic family. After completing an engineering degree and working in Japan and France, I joined the Dominican Order in 2008. My previous assignation was in the Strasbourg priory, where I ran the university's Catholic chaplaincy. I was ordained a priest in June 2015. I am interested in fundamental theology, theology of creation, and contemporary metaphysics.

Diana Kaley

Secretary General of the Studium

M.A., Libera Università degli Studi Sociali (LUISS), Rome, major in French Language and Literature.

I was baptized in the Catholic Church in Rome in 1962. I am a member of St. Henry's Parish. I worked in Italy for the safeguarding of the cultural and artistic heritage, administering restoration projects and carrying out art-historical research first in Venice and then in Sicily.
I am a Finnish citizen and have lived permanently in Finland since 2000.

Lucia Indrén

Project Secretary

Graduated from the University of Indonesia Faculty of Economy, majoring in Management and Finance

I feel so fortunate and blessed to be born as a Catholic in the biggest muslim country in the world with a total population of 230 million people. I came to Finland and planned to live here for only 2 years but God had a better plan; now I have been living here with my husband and son for a more than 7 years. I am active in Indonesian community activities here and have been a chairperson of MAKRO IF ry (Indonesian-Finnish Christian Ecumenical Association) for 2 periods. At the Studium Catholicum I am responsible for planning and handling projects.

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