Word to Life – 19th Sunday (A)
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on 06 Aug 2011 | Tagged as: Word to Life
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on 06 Aug 2011 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 07 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me on the show today were Joe Campo, Michael Campo, and Jeffrey Azize of Grassroots Films. We discussed the development of their production company at St. Francis House in Brooklyn, and the success they’ve enjoyed with “Fishers of Men,” the USCCB’s vocations promotions video, and their feature-length documentary “The Human Experience,” which we prescreened here at St. Vincent’s last June. Joe, Michael, and Jeffrey all shared how the faith shapes their mission as filmmakers.
At the end of the program, Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP, shared his thoughts on the readings for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 31 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Word to Life
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Joining me on the show today to discuss the readings for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time were Fr. Joseph Johnson, the rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, MN, and Fr. Paul Keller, O.P., the president of the Society for Catholic Liturgy and a professor of theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville.
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Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 24 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Word to Life
Joining me on the program today to discuss this Sunday’s readings were Br. James Brent, O.P., a deacon assigned for the summer to St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Zanesville, OH, and Fr. Jordan Kelly, O.P. who has recently moved to New York and will soon join the parish staff of the Church of St. Catherine of Siena.
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Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 17 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Word to Life

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Joining me to discuss the readings for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time was Archbishop Augustine DiNoia, OP, the newly-appointed Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. In the context of his own recent ordination to the episcopacy, Archbishop DiNoia explained the role of the bishop in the Church as a teacher and shepherd of souls.
At the end of the program Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP, shared the homily he has prepared for this weekend.
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Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 11 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Word to Life

Joining me yesterday to discuss the readings for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time were Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP, and Fr. Bruno Shah, OP. Click below and enjoy!
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Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 26 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: Word to Life
Click below for the audio of today’s show. After examining the readings for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, I was joined in the studio by Thomas Peters, a popular Catholic blogger known as the American Papist. Thomas and I discussed how the new media can be a helpful tool in the work of evangelization. And at the end of the show Fr. Bill Garrott, OP, the vocation director for the Province of St. Joseph, joined me to discuss the Jubilee Year for Priests.
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PROGRAM NOTE: “Word to Life” will not air next week due to the Fourth of July holiday.
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 05 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: Word to Life
Joining me on the show today to discuss the readings for this weekend’s Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity were Fr. Bryce Sibley, pastor of St. Anne Church in Mamou, LA, and Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP, an associate pastor of the Church of St. Catherine of Siena here in New York City.
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Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 29 May 2009 | Tagged as: Word to Life
Click below to hear today’s discussion of the readings for the Solemnity of Pentecost with Fr. John Farren, OP, the Director of Advancement for the Province of St. Joseph, and Fr. John Corbett, OP, a professor of moral theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC.
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Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 22 May 2009 | Tagged as: Word to Life
Joining me on today’s program to discuss the readings for the Solemnity of the Ascension were Fr. Brian Mulcahy, OP, the socius of the province, and Fr. Francis Belanger, OP, the assistant at both the Church of St. Denis and Aquinas House in Hanover, NH. Aquinas House is the Catholic chaplaincy that serves Dartmouth College. Click below and enjoy!
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Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 15 May 2009 | Tagged as: Word to Life
Click below to hear this afternoon’s discussion of the readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Joining me on the air were Fr. Dominic Legge, OP, and Fr. Paul Keller, OP.
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