Word to Life
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Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on 04 Sep 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
I join Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. for The Catholic Channel’s “Word to Life” to discuss this Sunday’s readings. Also in the conversation over the phone are Fr. Paul Keller, O.P., who presently teaches at the Athenaeum seminary of Cincinnati, OH, as well as Patrick Coffin, author of numerous apologetics materials and host of the radio show, Catholic Answers Live.
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on 29 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
I join Fr. Gabriel Gillen in the studios of Sirius Radio for The Catholic Channel. Over the phone, our guests were Fr. Charles Connor, a well known historian and author, and Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle, another well known author and friend of the Missionaries of Charity. Because of the prominent theme of humility, Fr. Connor helps us discuss St. Therese of Lisieux, and Donna-Marie, Bl. Teresa of Calcutta.
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on 21 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
I am joined by Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. in the studios of The Catholic Channel for “Word to Life.” In the third segment, we have a conversation with Fr. Ben Luedtke, a priest from MI.
“Word to Life” airs every Friday at 1pm (EST) on Sirius 159 XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on 14 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
I am joined in the studios of Sirius 159/ XM 117 for The Catholic Channel‘s “Word to Life” by Frs. Basil Cole, O.P. and John Chrysostom Kozlowski, O.P. We are also joined over the telephone by Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P., who has recently published a book of meditations on the Church’s feasts of Our Lady, Mysteries of the Virgin Mary: Living Our Lady’s Graces (Servant Books, 2010).
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on 31 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., assigned to the Church of St. Joseph in the West Village, discusses this Sunday’s reading’s for The Catholic Channel’s Word to Life. He is joined by Fr. Richard Donahoe, a diocesan priest from Birmingham, AL, and former rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul in Birmingham.
Word to Life airs every Friday at 1 PM (EST) on Sirius 159/XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on 24 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
I join Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. for The Catholic Channel’s Word to Life. We are joined in the studio by Fr. John Chrysostom Kozlowski, O.P., who is recently ordained for our province, and assigned this summer to St. Catherine of Siena in NY for hospital ministry. Also joining us by phone is Bro. Austin Litke, O.P., a deacon serving this summer at St. Mary in New Haven, CT.
Word to Life airs every Friday at 1 PM (EST) on Sirius 159/XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on 17 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
I join Fr. Gabriel Gillen for The Catholic Channel in the studios of Sirius Radio/XM to discuss this week’s upcoming readings.
We were joined by Mrs. Gina Loehr, a mother of two who helps her husband run their dairy farm in Wisconsin. She is the author of books on spirituality for women. (She is also sister to Fr. Anthony Giambrone, O.P., whom some of you may remember was here for a month as a deacon).
Also with us was Fr. Luke Bett, O.P., a Dominican priest from the vicariate in Kenya.
“Word to Life” airs every Friday at 1 PM (EST) on Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on 10 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
I join Fr. Gabriel Gillen for the Catholic Channel at Sirius/XM to discuss this Sunday’s readings. Joining us by telephone are Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P., who teaches moral theology at Providence College (and is my classmate), and Fr. James Mary Sullivan, O.P., whom some of you may remember as having lived here a few years ago, and is now the Novice Master for our upcoming class of 21.
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on 03 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
I join Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. and Br. Thomas Aquinas Dolan, O.P. for the Catholic Channel in the studios of Sirius/XM to discuss this Sunday’s readings.
Brother “TA” is a veteran missionary, who served nearly thirty years and founded as many churches in Pakistan.
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on 25 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
I join Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. and Fr. James Brent, O.P. in the studios of The Catholic Channel on Sirius/XM for this week’s edition of Word to Life.
We focus on the notion of “vocation” and “call,” but also discuss some of the relevant themes from Fr. Brent’s lecture at St. Vincent Ferrer this past Thursday on faith and reason (see below).
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on 19 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
I join Fr. Carlos Quijano in the studio of Sirius/XM for the Catholic Channel to discuss this Sunday’s readings. Click below to listen to our discussion.
We were joined by Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P., who will also be at St. Vincent Ferrer this Thursday, to give a lecture, “Faith and Reason: Friends or Foes?” (See post below.)
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 20 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 09 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me on today’s show to discuss the readings for the Second Sunday of Easter, now known as Divine Mercy Sunday, were Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., who serves the University Parish of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village, and Fr. Dan Cambra, M.I.C., the Provincial Superior of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception here in the United States. Fr. Dan will be preaching this Sunday to thousands of pilgrims gathered at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA, and during our interview he shared with us some of the points he hopes to emphasize in light of the grace of this weekend’s feast.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 26 Mar 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me on today’s program to discuss the readings for Passion Sunday (Palm Sunday) were two Dominican friars stationed here in Manhattan: Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., who serves the University Parish of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village, and Fr. Jordan Kelly, O.P., the parochial vicar of the Church of St. Catherine of Siena on the Upper East Side.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 19 Mar 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me on the show today to discuss the readings for the Fifth Sunday of Lent were Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., who serves the University Parish of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village, and Mary Karr, author of the popular memoir Lit.
Mary is an award-winning poet, a best-selling author, and a convert to the Catholic faith. During her interview she shared with us details of her conversion story, as well as her insights into the Season of Lent. Available now only in hardcover, Lit will be released in paperback in July.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 12 Mar 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me on today’s program to discuss the readings for Laetare Sunday were: Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP, who serves the University Parish of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village; Deacon Corey Campeaux, a seminarian for the Diocese of Lafayette completing his priestly formation at Theological College in Washington, DC; and Fr. Paul Keller, OP, who teaches theology at the Athenaeum of Ohio in Cincinnati.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 09 Mar 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me in the studio to discuss the readings for the Third Sunday of Lent were Fr. Augustine Judd, O.P. and Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., who both serve the University Parish of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village, and Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P., the parochial vicar of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Zanesville, OH.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 27 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me in the studio to discuss the readings for the Second Sunday of Lent were Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., who serves the University Parish of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village, and Fr. John Farren, O.P., who resides at the Priory of St. Vincent Ferrer in Manhattan.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 23 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me on the program to discuss the readings for the First Sunday of Lent were Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., who serves at the University Parish of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village, and Br. Ezra Sullivan, O.P., one of four newly ordained deacons at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 12 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life

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Joining me on today’s program to discuss the readings for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time were Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP, parochial vicar of the University Parish of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village, and Br. Ignatius Schweitzer, OP, one of four newly ordained deacons at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 05 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me on the show today to discuss the readings for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary time were Fr. David Toups and Fr. Luis Saldana. Fr. Toups is a priest of the Diocese of St. Petersburg (Florida) who currently serves as the Associate Director of the USCCB Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocations. Fr. Saldana is Rector of the St. John Neumann College Seminary Residence at St. Joseph Seminary in Yonkers, NY. Both priests shared their insights into this Sunday’s Gospel, which is St. Luke’s account of Christ’s calling of Peter.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 29 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me on the show today to discuss the readings for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time was Br. Austin Litke, O.P., a student brother at the Dominican House of Studies and one of the Provinces’s four new deacons.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 23 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me in the studio to discuss the readings for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time was Fr. Augustine Judd, O.P., the parochial vicar of the University Parish of St. Joseph in Manhattan.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 13 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me in the studio to discuss the readings for the Baptism of the Lord were Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P., Provincial Socius and Vicar of the Prior Provincial, and Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., parochial vicar of the Church of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 02 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me in the studio to discuss the readings for the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord was Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP, parochial vicar of the Church of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 18 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Word to Life

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Joining me in the studio today to discuss the readings for the Fourth Sunday of Advent was Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P. Fr. Cessario teaches moral theology at St. John’s Seminary in Boston and serves as the Senior Editor of Magnificat. In the course of his remarks on Sunday’s Gospel, Fr. Cessario mentioned a new book just published by Magnificat entitled Splendors of the Magnificat. For more information on it and other Magnificat publications, click here.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 11 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me on the program today to discuss the readings for Gaudete Sunday were Curtis Mitch, a trustee of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and co-author of the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, and Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., a parochial vicar at the University Parish of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 04 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me on the program today to discuss the reading for the Second Sunday of Advent was Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P., the parochial vicar of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Zanesville, OH.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 27 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me on the program today to discuss the readings for the First Sunday of Advent were Fr. Jordan Kelly, O.P., a parochial vicar at the Church of St. Catherine of Siena in Manhattan, and Br. James Brent, O.P., a deacon completing his formation for the priesthood at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 20 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me on the program today to discuss the readings for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King were Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., parochial vicar of the Church of St. Joseph in New York City, and Fr. Sean Connor, pastor of St. Ann’s Church in Neposet, MA.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.