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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.”
While serving at St. Mary’s in New Haven I’ve come upon several interesting stories. This video is an excerpt (5 min) from EWTN’s Life on the Rock in which three Yale Bulldogs speak about living their faith on campus and St. Mary’s Church.
Br. Jim McCormack, MIC (a Marian seminarian) is no stranger to the Dominicans, currently a student at the Dominican House of Studies, Br. Jim recalls his time at Yale attending Mass at St. Mary’s and his call to the priesthood.
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CATHOLICISM AT IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITIES SPECIAL REPORT- May 2007
Pockets of orthodoxy exist. But students and teachers face secularist intolerance and some of them succumb to it, reports Jeff Ziegler. The Dominican Friars are mentioned for their campus ministry at Dartmouth and Columbia. Yale’s Stephen Schmalhofer also speaks of the Friars at St. Mary’s…
Yale Bulldogs: David Miller, Stephen Schmalhofer and Stephen Bassermann appeared on EWTN’s Life on the Rock speaking about living their faith on campus and their experience with the Dominican Friars at St. Mary’s Parish. Also check out Stephen Schmalhofer’s blog.
