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On Thursday, June 21, 2007, Edward Cardinal Egan, Archbishop of New York, came to our church of St. Catherine to bless our new priory there. St. Catherine’s is located on east 68th street in New York’s Upper East Side. In addition to the parish, the friars of St. Catherine minister to three hospitals located in the area: Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, and New York Presbyterian.
The new priory is located in the new research facility of Memorial Sloane-Kettering. Formerly the site of an dold priory and elementary school, these were sold to Memorial Sloane-Kettering for their new cancer research building. As part of the sale, space was reserved in the building for a new priory for the Dominican friars. In addition, the lower floors will provide much needed meeting and classroom space for the parish of St. Catherine.
Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P., a Dominican friar of the Eastern Province, speaks about Humanae Vitae and parish preaching. (Video 19 min.) of a talk given at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C. on June 18, 2007.
Rev. Carleton Jones, OP, leads the the Corpus Christi procession at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, in New York City. Fr. Jones is assisted by Rev. Br. Pius Pietrzyk, OP, serving as deacon. The Eucharistic procession makes is way through the church under the traditional canopy, this one adorned with the shield of the Dominican Order.
Click on the photo to see the album which follows the construction of the new Dominican Academic Center & Theological Library.
Father Robert Christian O.P. a professor at the Angelicum speaks about a former classmate of mine Father Ragheed Ganni.
On Sunday 10 June, the Feast of Corpus Christi, Catholics of Oxford took part in a Eucharistic Procession from the Oxford Oratory to the Catholic Chaplaincy, pausing at Blackfriars Priory for a sermon given by Bishop William Kenney CP, auxiliary of Birmingham.
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The latest issue of the Dominican Review, the Journal of the Student Brothers of the Eastern Province, is now available. This issue includes a reflection by the editor on the relationship between the theological virtue of hope and the Blessed Sacrament. Also, Br. Ignatius Schweitzer, O.P., writes on “The Holy Name of Jesus and Blessed Henry Suso, O.P.” In an article entitled “Our God is Not Like Other Gods”, Br. Austin Litke, O.P., constasts God’s revelation of himself to Israel and in Christ to the understanding of gods in the ancient pagan religions. Finally, Rev. James Cuddy, O.P., who was just ordained to the priesthood this past May, reflects on the nature of the Holy Eucharist and the feast of Corpus Christi.
The latest issue of the Dominican Review can be read as a .PDF file here.
Brs. Francis de Sales Johnston, OP, and Ignatius Schweitzer, OP, will be co-hosting a summer lecture series at our parish of St. Patrick in downtown Columbus, OH. The series will be on Thursday nights from June 7 to July 26 at 7:00pm in the parish hall. The title of the Series is “Exploring Catholicism: Rediscovering the Splendor of a Catholic Life” and will include topics on faith & reason, biblical interpretation, and the uniqueness of Christ.
St. Patrick church is located at 280 N. Grant Street, Columbus, OH 43215.
They can be found on the Web at http://home.catholicweb.com/stpatrickcolumbus/index.cfm
“In life today, which is often noisy and scattered, it is more important than ever to recover the capacity for interior silence and recollection: Eucharistic adoration permits one to do this…”
- Pope Benedict XVI, Angelus Message, June 10, 2007
Rev. Br. Pius Pietrzyk, OP, who was ordained a transitional deacon this past January, has been assigned to our parish of St. Vincent Ferrer on New York’s Upper East Side. As a part of his ministry, Br. Pius will offer adoration and benediction of the Blessed Sacrament each Friday throughout the summer. Exposition will being shortly following the 12:10pm parish Mass and end with benediction at 1:30pm. Within the context of adoration, Br. Pius will also offer a preaching series entitled: Eucharistic Adoration & Virtue”. This series will focus on the relationship between the spiritual life (adoration) and the moral life (virtue).
When: Every Friday During Summer (June 15 to August 10, 2007)
Exposition following the 12:10 Mass, Benediction at 1:30
Beginning on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Where: St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church
869 Lexington Ave. (Lexington at East 66th Street)
New York, NY 10065
For information, call the parish at (212) 744-2080.
(10 min video) Fathers James Cuddy, O.P., Dominic Legge, O.P. and Allen Moran, O.P. were ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Donald Wuerl at St. Dominic Church, Washington, D.C.
Sen. Thomas Dodd a true servant- The friars at Providence College are mentioned in this article by JULIE SHERMAN For the Norwich Bulletin
“Since Tom (Dodd) shared the Catholic faith with the priests, he was stimulated by the opportunity to blend academic work with continuous personal exposure to the spiritual outlook that underlay the pedagogy of his instructors. He sought them out for conversation outside of class. These relationships would be of lasting help to him later, as he strove to achieve a balance between spirituality, free inquiry and practicality.”
