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Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
Fr. Kevin Gabriel Gillen, O.P., was ordained to the priesthood in 2000, Fr. Gillen joined the Order of Preachers in 2005 after earning degrees from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, commonly known as the Angelicum, in Rome. Prior to answering the call to priesthood he worked several years as a stock broker on Wall Street. 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 and hosts the weekly program “Word to Life” on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
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The process of canonization
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 30, 2011
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Watch the PBS special with Father Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P. about the Catholic Church's process for declaring a person a saint. Fr. O'Donnell is a Vatican trained postulator who shepherded the cause for Father Michael McGivney, Founder of the Knights of Columbus. Fr. O'Donnell has also begun work on a new cause for Rose Hawthorne, the daughter of nineteenth-century author Nathaniel Hawthorne. She became… » More
The Saints: "Flesh and Blood Human Beings"
Dominican Friar on PBS
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 29, 2011
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Watch the PBS Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly video with Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P., academic dean at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, on the life of the Saints.
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Divine Mercy Sunday
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 29, 2011
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Monsignor Donald Sakano, Fr. Wojciech Giertych, O.P., Fr. Bruno Shah, O.P. and Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. speak about the Second Sunday of Easter and the upcoming beatification of Pope John Paul II.
Groundbreaking for New Priory
The University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 28, 2011
On Tuesday, April 12, 2011, a groundbreaking and blessing marked the beginning of a new era for the Dominican Friars in Charlottesville. The excitement was palpable, with a crowd of supporting Friars, parishioners, and neighbors standing by to watch as Fr. Luke Clark, O.P., Pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church, and Fr. Joseph Scordo, O.P., one of his parochial vicars, happily shoved their golden shovels… » More
Divine Mercy Sunday
Fr. Keller, O.P., on Relevant Radio
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 28, 2011
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On 4-27-11 Father Paul Keller, O.P., Author and Professor of Theology at Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West, appeared on Relevant Radio's "Morning Air" program to discuss the upcoming Mercy Sunday.
What is it like to come close to the presence of God?
A talk by Fr. Paul Murray, O.P. (part II)
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 26, 2011
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Listen above to the second part of Father Paul Murray's address to the members of the House of Lords on Contemplation. Vatican Radio aired the three-part radio adaptation on April 8, 2011. In the first part, Fr. Murray speaks not of politics but of contemplation as an essential ingredient in Christian tradition. The event organized by the Royal Fine Art Commission Trust, in conjunction with Sky… » More
Good Friday
A homily by Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P.
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 23, 2011
Watch the video above by the Very Rev. Brian Martin Mulcahy, O.P., Prior Provincial of the Province of St. Joseph, preaching on Good Friday at Saint Joseph Church in New York.
Pain: God's Megaphone to a Deaf World
What is suffering? Why does it exist?
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 21, 2011
How can we learn to better accept the suffering in our lives this Lent? Why, especially during Holy Week, does the Church urge us to contemplate the suffering of Christ? EWTN's Franciscan University Presents offers a special Lenten episode to discuss these perennial questions. Father Paul Keller, O.P., Author and Professor of Theology at Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West, is the special guest… » More
A Devotion to the Passion by Saint Catherine de Ricci
Canticum de Passione Domini
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 21, 2011
Watch the video above, sung by the student brothers in Ireland, of the canticle of the Passion of Our Lord. It was revealed to Catherine immediately after her first great ecstasy of the Passion. Our Lady desired Catherine to spread it as a form of prayer and contemplation for the salvation of souls. Below is the text from the canticle which is traditionally chanted by Dominicans on Good Friday.… » More
Does God exist?
A talk by Dr. Richard Swinburne
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 19, 2011
This video begins with a talk by Dr. Richard Swinburne on the existence of God. Following his talk, Dr. Swinburne is cross-examined by a panel of professors at New York University. Richard Swinburne is an Emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford and is a proponent of natural theology. He is well-respected as an authority on philosophy of religion and has authored over a dozen books… » More