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Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P.
Born in 1968 in Arizona, Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P., grew up in Colorado as the youngest of nine children in a family that has since grown to include 27 nieces and nephews. Before entering the Order of Preachers, he studied at Colorado State University and Conception Seminary College for the Archdiocese of Denver. He obtained a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from Providence College while discerning a vocation to religious life. He entered the novitiate of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1992, and was ordained a priest in 1998. Fr. Benedict was assigned first to St. Gertrude Church and Priory in Cincinnati, Ohio as associate pastor for four years. In 2002 he was assigned to the Province's Vicariate of Eastern Africa, serving in Kenya for five years. He had the responsibility of being Novice Master in the Vicariate for novices from seven African countries. Returning from the missions, he ministered briefly at the University Church of St. Joseph at New York University before continuing studies in Rome. In June 2010 he completed the License in Sacred Theology (Spiritual Theology) from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) where he also served as a chaplain for two years. In 2010 he was appointed Director of Vocations for the Province of St. Joseph.
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Homily of Fr. Steven Boguslawski, O.P.
Posted by Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P. on August 31, 2011
The following homily was preached by Fr. Steven Boguslawski, O.P., President of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception for the 2011-2012 Academic Year Opening Mass + Memorial of the Beheading of John the Baptist.
When I was in my doctoral program at Yale, I remember accompanying an employee of the priory to an appointment downtown. As we turned the corner of State Street, a local television… » More
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