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This Sunday, April 29, is the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.  Last October, Pope Benedict XVI issued his message in honor of that day, which is reprinted below.  Also, below is an audio file of Fr. Benedict Croell, OP, the Vocations Director of the Province of St. Joseph, on WAOB Catholic Radio in Latrobe, PA.  Fr. Croell is speaking with Fr. Boniface Hicks, OSB, on the Holy Father’s message for this World Day of Prayer.

The 49th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, which will be celebrated on 29 April 2012, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, prompts us to meditate on the theme: Vocations, the Gift of the Love of God.

The source of every perfect gift is God who is Love – Deus caritas est: “Whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him” (1 Jn 4:16). Sacred Scripture tells the story of this original bond between God and man, which precedes creation itself. Writing to the Christians of the city of Ephesus, Saint Paul raises a hymn of gratitude and praise to the Father who, with infinite benevolence, in the course of the centuries accomplishes his universal plan of salvation, which is a plan of love. In his Son Jesus – Paul states – “he chose us, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him in love” (Eph 1:4). We are loved by God even “before” we come into existence! Moved solely by his unconditional love, he created us “not … out of existing things” (cf. 2 Macc 7:28), to bring us into full communion with Him.

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Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. hosts another edition of Word to Life with Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. and FOCUS Missionary at NYU, Chris Schilmoeller.

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In this episode of Word to Life, Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P and Fr. Thomas Showalter discuss the readings for the Thirty First Sunday in Ordinary Time.

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In this episode of Word to Life, Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. and Fr. Bruno Shah discuss the readings for the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. They are joined by Fr. Allen Moran, O.P. to discuss the New Translation of the Roman Missal.

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In this episode of Word to Life, Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. and Fr. Bruno Shah discuss the readings for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

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In this episode of Word to Life, Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. and Fr. Bruno Shah, O.P discuss the readings for the Twenty-six Sunday in Ordinary Time. Chris Mueller also joins the show again this week, he is the Director of Music for the Church of Notre Dame and also directs the choir of the Columbia University Catholic Ministry. Chris has composed over 200 sacred choral works, the bulk of which were written for parish liturgies. Chris discusses the people’s parts which have been changed in this new translation of the Ordinary – that is, the parts included in nearly every Mass: Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei – and his new musical settings of the new texts. Below is a link to his website:

http://www.benesonarium.com/roman-missal

Fr. Darren Pierre, O.P. also discusses the New English Translation of the Roman Missal

Listen above to Br. Gabriel Torretta, O.P. on Sacred Heart Radio speaking about discerning God’s will for our lives. Br. Gabriel writes for Dominicana, a publication of the Dominican Students of the St. Joseph Province. The online edition is updated every weekday, and the print edition appears twice a year.

Listen above to the Most Rev Anthony Fisher O.P.’s World Youth Day Catechesis for Friday 19 August 2011, Parroquia Sta Teresa y San Jose, Plaza de Espana, Madrid. Fr. Boniface Hicks OSB and Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P. recently discussed the catechesis on “We are One Body Radio station” out of Latrobe PA. (Click here for the Fr. Benedict Croell’s radio show).

In this episode of Word to Life, Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. and Fr. Bruno Shah, O.P., discusses the readings for the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time. They are joined by Fr. Jonathan D. Kalish, O.P. and Peter Blair from Dartmouth College to speak about their experiences of World Youth Day in Spain.

Priest from the archdiocese of New York Fr. Thomas D’Angelo and Dominican Friar from St. Albert the Great Province (Central) Fr. Dominic Holtz, O.P. join in the discussion of this Sunday’s lessons.

Deacon Greg Kandra joins Fr. Bruno M. Shah for “Word to Life.” Deacon Kandra is the author of the blog, The Deacon’s Bench, and is the Executive Editor of One, the magazine of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) — a papal agency that provides humanitarian aid and supports the pastoral outreach of the Eastern Catholic churches. Before his ordination to the diaconate, Deacon Kandra wrote and produced for CBS, winning many awards during his 26 year career. He presently lives and serves in Queens.

Provincial Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P. and Brooklyn priest Fr. Thomas Caserta join Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. to discuss this upcoming Sunday’s readings.

On this episode of Word to Life, Fr. John Coughlin, O.F.M., and Fr. Darren Pierre, O.P., join Br. Innocent Smith, O.P., in studio to discuss the readings for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

On this episode of Word to Life, Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., Fr. Bruno Shah, O.P., and Br. Innocent Smith, O.P., discuss the readings for the 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A), speaking particularly about Jesus’s three parables about the treasure buried in the field, the pearl of great price, and the net full of fish. They also talk about the feast of St. Mary Magdalene (July 22) and its relation to the Dominican order.

A Production of Owensboro Catholic Radio with Fr. Thomas Petri, OP

From Owensboro Catholic Radio, “The Moral Minute” features Fr. Thomas Petri, OP, a priest of the Dominican Order of the Province of St Joseph. This clip is a part of a series of short lessons on Moral Theology produced by Owensboro Catholic Radio that aired daily on the radio channel. Fr. Thomas Petri grew up in the diocese of Owensboro, KY. Fr. Petri entered the Dominican Order in the Province of St Joseph on August 8, 2003. He made his solemn profession of vows in November of 2007, was ordained a priest in May of 2009. Fr. Petri has a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as well as a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America. His area of expertise is moral theology and ethics with special interests in St. Thomas Aquinas’s moral theory, the thought of Pope John Paul II, and the Theology of the Body. Currently, Fr. Petri is an assistant professor of theology at Providence College in Rhode Island.

Dominican brother participates in folk music CD fundraiser

Br. Innocent Smith, O.P., a student brother of the Province of St. Joseph, recently recorded a track of Irish dance music on the wooden flute for a CD fundraiser project for his alma mater, St. Gregory’s Academy, a boarding school in Northeastern Pennsylvannia. You can listen to a preview of the track with the player at the top of the post. The CD brings together alumni of the Academy who sing and play traditional folk music of Ireland, Scotland, and America. The CD title, “Soulbutter & Hogwash”, is taken from a description of music in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: “Music is a good thing; and after all that soul-butter and hogwash I never see it freshen up things so, and sound so honest and bully.”

To purchase the CD, visit this site. All of the proceeds go to support St. Gregory’s Academy. To read a reflection on the importance of folk music by Br. Innocent, see the latest issue of Dominicana.

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

In this episode of Word to Life, the recently ordained Fr. Austin Litke, O.P., joins Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., and Br. Innocent Smith, O.P., to discuss the readings for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A).