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ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS
13 Novices
,
16 Simple Professions, 9 SolemnProfessions
The Conversion of Dr. Peter Kreeft and the DominicanFriars
Fr.
Carleton Jones, O.P. Reflects on Blessed John HenryNewman
"...(We) realized that we have to be the voices for truephilosophy in the wilderness..."
Dominican Prayers Go Mobile
Dear Friend,May God’s grace and peace be with you andyour loved ones. I hopethis finds you well at theheight of the summer, asyou take time for vacation and perhapssome travel, seekingrefreshment andrenewal. In your leisure,may you, echoing our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI “revivify your spirits by contemplating the splendors of Creation,” and may you take time to contemplatethe One who makes all things new.St. Thomas Aquinas, O.P. said, “the Good Newsis aboutGodHimself.”Wecontinue toshare thisGood News,GodHimself,throughoutthesummer months,throughouttheProvinceof St.Joseph,across the country at large, as well as in missionterritories far and wide. Our Student Brothers information are deployed in various apostolates andwe take advantage of opportunities that summer brings for youth conferences, summer workshopsand the like. We preach, teach, communicate,and share God’s love for each person and Hissaving Truth, as made manifest in the One who
Dear Colleague,I hope this finds you well during this blistering heat of summer. As a layman observingthe challenges theChurch is facing inthese times, I couldnot be more thankfulto God for the blessingof the DominicanFriars. He has seen fitto bless the Provincethis year with 13 new Novices, who recently arrived at my homeparish of St. Gertrudein Cincinnati wherethe Novitiate islocated. It seemsmore and more,echoing what theFriars haverecognized andspoken about, thatGod is blessing theProvince, and theChurch, with so many vocations, becausethe Dominicancharism is so urgently needed at this time. With their holy witness to the Truth,through theDominicanintellectual traditionthat equips them toengage the culture andthe challenging issuesof our day at thehighest levels, they are bringing Light intothis ever-darkening world. Furthermore,as a grandparent I amso thankful that these young Dominican menare going to be thereduring the course of the lives of my grandchildren. As the mission and work of the Friarscontinues to grow with the steady increase of vocations,so too do thechallenges to providefor and maintain themany good works andapostolates, includingthe formation of the young Friars. Hence,the Friars’ need of ourcollaboration andsupport grows, too.
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Himself is Love, and is the Truth. Our HolyFather Pope Benedict XVI recently stated, inspeaking of the Church, that the Christiancommunity must “promote sound and demanding journeys of faith.” Dear friend, no matter whereyour summer plans may take you, you are a partner and collaborator with us in promoting andindeed, travelling this demanding journey of faith,through the Dominican charism of preachingreconciliation for all, ‘in season and out of season’. Thank you for your faithful friendship.Please read on for snapshots of the manifoldworks of the Friars that you, through your steadfast support, participate in and help make possible.
FRIARS PREACHING ANDTEACHING
Summer Conferences, Workshops, Urban Pilgrimage
Workshop
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St. Thomas Aquinas andContemporary Philosophy:
On the highesttheological and philosophical planes, the Friarsare on the forefront of an effort to apply theintellectual tradition of St. Thomas Aquinas —known as Thomism—to problems incontemporary philosophy, in particular the searchfor Truth. Last month, the Thomistic Institute of the Pontifical Faculty of the ImmaculateConception (PFIC) at the Dominican House of Studies (DHS) in Washington, D.C. and theCatholic and Dominican Institute of Mount St.Mary College, a 4-year liberal arts college guided by the Catholic and Dominican traditions since itsfoundation by the Sisters of Saint Dominic in1960 in Newburgh, NY, co-sponsored aworkshop designed to formally inaugurate the project.Laying a foundation for ongoing dialogue, theconference gathered leading Catholic theologiansand philosophers for what is hoped will be thefirst of many dialogues
on developing ways tocounteract today’s dominant schools of philosophy that reject faith perspectives outof hand.
Representing the Province were Fr.Thomas Joseph White, O.P., Acting Director of the Thomistic Institute and Fr. James Brent, O.P.,whoteaches philosophy at Catholic University of America. They were joined as speakers by Fr.Charles Morerod, O.P., Rector of the Angelicum
May God bless you allfor your dedicationand commitment tothe mission we share with the DominicanFriars.Sincerely in Christ,Ray Clark President
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in Rome and a Friar of the Swiss Province; Fr.Joseph Koterski, S.J., Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University in the Bronxand Editor-in-Chief of the
International Philosophical Quarterly
, and many other distinguished scholars. Reporting on theworkshop, Br. Ambrose Little, O.P. wrote that“many of us realized that
we have to be thevoices for true philosophy in the wilderness of the contemporary philosophical world
.” Readherehis complete report.
Summer Workshop on Adult & AlternativeStem Cell Research
: In an example of applyingCatholic moralthought to
urgentcontemporary issues
, the Province was honoredthat Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P.—a Professor of Biology at Providence College in Providence, RI,and a distinguished bioethicist—was among aneminent panel of experts gathered at Notre DameUniversity to discuss alternatives to the use anddestruction of embryonic stem cell tissue. Click herefor more details.
Ignite Your Torch 2011
: Earlier this month theseventh annual
Ignite Your Torch
Catholic YouthConference, capturing the mission and spirit of WorldYouthDay,offeredCatholic high school youth a dynamic program of Liturgies, workshops and presentations inrecognition of their vital role in the future of theChurch. As is true each year, the conferencereached its capacity quickly and held a recordnumber of 220 students. Friars of the Provincewere well-represented at the four-day event heldat St. CatharineCollege inSpringfield, KY,administered bythe DominicanSisters of Peace.Among thespeakers, preachers andfacilitators wereFr. William P.Garrott, O.P.; Fr.James Cuddy,O.P.; Fr. PiusPietrzyk, O.P.; Fr.James Brent, O.P.;Rev. Br. MichaelDominicO'Connor, O.P.; Br. Cassian Derbes, O.P., and
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