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Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
Kevin Gabriel Gillen, O.P. was raised in Rockaway Beach, NY, the third of 4 children. In 1989 he received a B.A. in liberal Arts and a minor in Business Management from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and worked several years as a stock broker on Wall Street. In 1993 he began discerning a priestly vocation and studied philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville. In 1996 chose to enter the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (S.O.L.T.) and studied theology in Kenya and Italy. He was ordained in Subiaco, Italy on June 24, 2000. He studied under Dominicans at the Angelicum in Rome where he obtained the S.T.B., M.A.. While in Rome, he discerned a call to transfer to the Order of Preachers. After completing the novitiate in 2006 he spent one year at the Dominican House of Studies in D.C. and then was assigned as a Parochial Vicar at Saint Catherine of Siena Church in New York City serving also as part time chaplain at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, the Hospital for Special Surgery. Fr. Gillen is currently assigned to Saint Joseph in Greenwich Village, New York City, where he serves to promote evangelization through media for the Province.
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux
A 12th-Century Mystic and Reformer
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on December 30, 2009
The text which follows by Fr Paul Murray, O.P., Professor of Spiritual Theology at the Angelicum University in Rome, is reprinted with the permission of L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO.
Mystery into Words
What is it like, in practice, for a human being really to experience God in this life? Is an experience of this kind possible? And, if so, are there signs by which we can tell if the experience… » More
Revitalizing Thomistic Philosophy
The New York Times on Robert George
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on December 21, 2009
The New York Times has published an interesting article on the work of Robert P. George, a Princeton University Professor of Jurisprudence. Some are claiming that George is revitalizing a strain of Catholic natural-law thinking that goes back to St. Thomas Aquinas.
David Kirkpatrick reports that Geroge "brings almost every philosophical question back to a central debate about the nature of the… » More
“Does Heaven Make Any Earthly Difference?”
Professor Peter Kreeft Speaks at Columbia University
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on December 18, 2009
Click above for a video of a talk given by Dr. Peter Kreeft on Wednesday, December 16 at Columbia University.
Dr. Kreeft is a professor of philosophy at Boston College. The title of the lecture was "Does Heaven Make Any Earthly Difference?" The event was hosted by Rodzinka (“little family” in Polish), a student-run organization at Columbia University that takes its name and inspiration from Pope… » More
A graced bewilderment: The dark night of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Reflection based on recent book ‘I Loved Jesus in the Night'
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on December 10, 2009
I am reprinting the following as a reflection during Advent with the permission of L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO. What was the mystery of the darkness endured by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta for so many years? The text which follows by Fr. Paul Murray, O.P., Professor of Spiritual Theology at the Angelicum University in Rome, is based, for the most part, on a recent book entitled, "I Loved Jesus in the Night", Teresa… » More
George MacDonald
A Morning Star of the Reunion
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on December 10, 2009
This video is the 1st of an 8 part series documentary on the life and works of the author, poet, and Christian minister George MacDonald. He was born this day December 10, 1824 at Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. G.K. Chesterton said this of George MacDonald: ". . . when he comes to be more carefully studied as a mystic, as I think he will be when people discover the possibility of collecting jewels… » More
30th Anniversary of Death of Fulton Sheen
Mass Celebrated By Archbishop Timothy Dolan
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on December 09, 2009
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The Mass celebrating the 30th anniversary of the death of Servant of God Archbishop Fulton Sheen took place at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. Archbishop Timothy Dolan was the principal celebrant and homilist. Paul Vitello of the New York Times reports on the cause for the canonization of this third order Dominican priest, missionary and great communicator which is now underway.
Listen above… » More
Pope greets Dominican Friars
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on December 09, 2009
Benedict XVI travelled by car to Rome's Piazza di Spagna to place the traditional floral wreath at the foot of the statue of Mary in celebration of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Before arriving in the square, the Holy Father stopped briefly at the Church of the Most Holy Trinity to greet the Dominican Friars. Once in the square, in the presence of thousands of faithful, he blessed a… » More
Preparing for Christmas
Three lessons from Saint Joseph
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on December 02, 2009
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Adam Elsheimer's "Flight into Egypt" (1609); Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Last Sunday evening, Archbishop Timothy Dolan visited to the University Parish of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village to celebrate the 6 p.m. Student Mass. Click above to listen to the Archbishop's homily.
Over the course of his remarks, Archbishop Dolan pointed out three lessons we learn from Saint Joseph that can help us prepare for the coming of the Child Jesus at Christmas.
Candlelight Lessons and Carols
Church of St. Catherine of Siena, NYC
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on December 02, 2009
Please join the Dominican Friars of Saint Catherine of Siena Priory for a Candlelight Lessons and Carols, featuring the Master Singers of Archmere Academy and the Choir of the Church of the Holy Child Jesus. David J. Ikfovits will conduct the choirs. The organist will be Fr. Jordan Kelly, O.P.
The Lessons and Carols will be held on December 12, 2009 at 7:00 pm at the Church of Saint Catherine… » More
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