Friars Prepare for National March for Life in DC

Friars Prepare for National March for Life in DC

Friars Prepare for National March for Life in DC

Posted in: Life Issues, Media, News, Province, Vocations|By: Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P.|
Our friars will be at the National March for Life 2012 here in Washington DC.  Here is the schedule of events:

Saturday January 21 – 10-11:30AM Friars from Dominican House of Studies will
                                                           peacefully pray outside 16th Street abortion clinic
                                      5:20PM Rosary & Vespers I at Dominican House of Studies
                                        7-8PM Holy Hour for Life/Compline (Night Prayer)
                                        at Dominican House of Studies

Sunday January 22 – 11:15AM Mass at Dominican House of Studies
                                   1:00PM Tours of Chapel & public spaces of Dominican House of Studies
                                     4:20PM  Rosary & Vespers II
       6:30PM Vigil Mass for Life  – Basilica of National Shrine
       15 MINUTES AFTER CONCLUSION OF VIGIL MASS: Compline (Night Prayer)
                    at Dominican House of Studies, follow friars from shrine across street
                                           
Monday January 23 – 6-7AM Dominican Holy Hour with Lauds/Preaching/Benediction
                                      led by the Dominican House of Studies in the Crypt Church
                                      of the Shrine (conclusion of all night adoration)
                                      8:00AM Conventual Mass Dominican House of Studies
                                      11:30AM  Friars depart for March from Dominican House
                                      5:30PM  Office of Readings & Vespers

10 of our friars will be present at the 2012 Youth Rally & Mass for Life at the Verizon Center (ticket only event)

Due to construction on the ellipse, we will meet on the National Mall at the eastern end of the Smithsonian Castle near the Carousel; look for our banner:  ”Dominican Friars for Life” – come march with the friars of Washington DC and all over our province for a peaceful end to abortion.

About the author

Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P.

Born in 1968 in Arizona, Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P., grew up in Colorado as the youngest of nine children in a family that has since grown to include 27 nieces and nephews. Before entering the Order of Preachers, he studied at Colorado State University and Conception Seminary College for the Archdiocese of Denver. He obtained a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from Providence College while discerning a vocation to religious life. He entered the novitiate of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1992, and was ordained a priest in 1998. Fr. Benedict was assigned first to St. Gertrude Church and Priory in Cincinnati, Ohio as associate pastor for four years. In 2002 he was assigned to the Province's Vicariate of Eastern Africa, serving in Kenya for five years. He had the responsibility of being Novice Master in the Vicariate for novices from seven African countries. Returning from the missions, he ministered briefly at the University Church of St. Joseph at New York University before continuing studies in Rome. In June 2010 he completed the License in Sacred Theology (Spiritual Theology) from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) where he also served as a chaplain for two years. In 2010 he was appointed Director of Vocations for the Province of St. Joseph.

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