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Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P.
Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, OP was raised in Phoenix, AZ where he attended Brophy College Preparatory. He graduated from the University of Arizona with a double major in English and Philosophy. From there, he went to law school at the University of Chicago, where he obtained his Juris Doctor. Upon graduation, he worked for three years in the Corporate and Securities practice of Sidley & Austin, a large international law firm based in Chicago. Upon reflection and discernment, he left the practice of law to enter religious life. He entered the novitiate for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2002, where he took the religious name "Pius", after Pope St. Pius V, one of the four Popes who were first Dominicans. As part of his initial formation, Fr. Pius studied for the License in Sacred Theology. His thesis was on St. Thomas Aquinas's account of Knowledge and Love in understanding the persons of the Trinity. Fr. Pius was ordained to the priesthood on May 23, 2008 and served at the parish of St. Thomas Aquinas in Zanesville, OH. In 2010, Fr. Pius was appointed by President Barack Obama to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation, an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that promotes equal access to justice and provides grants for high-quality civil legal assistance to low-income Americans. Fr. Pius is currently in studies pursuing a degree in Canon Law at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum).
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Whether Faith Needs Philosophy
An Article in First Things by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on October 01, 2011
First Things
Reprinted below is an excerpt of an article written by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP, and published in the Aug/Sept issue of First Things. Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., is an assistant professor of systematic theology and director of the Thomistic Institute at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. His most recent book is Wisdom in the Face of Modernity: A Study in Thomistic Natural Theology.… » More
Virgin Worthy of Heaven
International Convention on the Occasion of the 550th Anniversary of the Canonization St. Catherine of Siena
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on September 24, 2011
Mantova BC Teresiana ms 104, c. 1r
From October 27-29, 2011, Rome and Siena will be host to an international convention on St. Catherine of Siena. The event is meant to mark the 550th Anniversary of her canonization by Pope Pius II Piccolomini (who himself had studied in Siena). She was canonized in June of 1461, eighty years after her death. The conference, which will be in Italian, is being sponsored by the Pontifical Committee… » More
Slideshow: Solemn Profession 2011
Nine brothers make their final vows as Dominicans
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on September 09, 2011
On August 13, 2011, nine brothers made their solemn vows as Dominicans, promissing to live a life of poverty chastity and obedience usque ad mortem (until death). The brothers making vows were: Br. Peter Totleben, O.P.; Br. Paul Martin Kennedy, O.P.; Br. Joseph-Mary Hertzog, O.P.; Br. Mario Aquinas Calabrese, O.P.; Br. Albert Duggan, O.P.; Br. Reginald Mary Lynch, O.P.; Br. Leo Checkai, O.P.;… » More
St. Catherine's Siena
The city that raised a Saint
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on August 24, 2011
St. Catherine of Siena, by Andrea Vanni, c. 14th century
Siena is one of the oldest cities in Italy. It preserves, to a great extent, its medieval character and feel. The golden age of the 13th and 14th century were Siena's years of ascendency. By the beginning of the 12th century, Siena is its own republic, surrounded and protected by a recently completed city wall (most of which still stands). It is in the 13th century that the the Duomo--the great… » More
Do Dogs Have Souls?
A Talk on the Nature of the Soul
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on July 29, 2011
What is the soul? If it does exist, where is it? Do animals have souls? In this video, Br. Clement Dickie, O.P. explores the Catholic understanding of the nature of the soul. Rooted in the thinking of St. Thomas Aquinas, this talk attempts to answer much of the modern misunderstanding about the nature of the soul as the principle of life. This lecture is the last in a series of summer lectures held at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Zanesville, OH. This lecture was given on July 26, 2011.
The Moral Minute
A Production of Owensboro Catholic Radio with Fr. Thomas Petri, OP
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on July 20, 2011
MP3 6
From Owensboro Catholic Radio, “The Moral Minute” features Fr. Thomas Petri, OP, a priest of the Dominican Order of the Province of St Joseph. This clip is a part of a series of short lessons on Moral Theology produced by Owensboro Catholic Radio that aired daily on the radio channel. Fr. Thomas Petri grew up in the diocese of Owensboro, KY. Fr. Petri entered the Dominican Order in the Province of… » More
We Honor Clement
The Life and Works of a First Century Pope
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on July 16, 2011
St. Clement was one of the earliest bishops of Rome. We ask for his intercession in the first Eucharist prayer (the Roman Canon: "We honor Linus, Cletus Clement...") and 13 of his successors took his name for their papacy. Who is the man that succeeded Peter and led the Church through the turn of the first century? In this video, Br. Clement Dickie, O.P., looks at the life and death of his patron… » More
Preparing for the New Translation
The Complete Collection of Bulletin Inserts
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on July 13, 2011
For the past several weeks, we have provided a weekly insert on Preparing for the New Translations. Prepared by Fr. Allen Moran, O.P., these inserts have gone in depth explaining the meaning behind the new translations of the ordinary part of the Mass. Their purpose is to assist all Catholics in obtaining a deeper understanding of the Mass texts, so that they might more fully attain the Second… » More
Ignite Your Torch 2011
Homily by Fr. Bill Garrott, O.P.
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on July 12, 2011
Very Rev. William P. Garrott, O.P., Prior of St. Louis Bertrand Priory in Louisville, Kentucky, gives this homily as a part of the 2011 Ignite Your Torch Catholic Youth Conference. This Mass, on the feast day of the Dominican martyr St. John of Cologne, was offered on the day the participants of the IYT conference gave prayerful witness in front of one of Louisville's Abortion mills.
Ignite Your Torch 2011
Homily by Fr. James Cuddy, O.P.
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on July 11, 2011
On the first full day of the Ignite Your Torch Conference this year, Mass was celebrated by Fr. James Cuddy, O.P., Chaplain to Providence College. Fr. Cuddy also preached the homily at Mass. You can hear his homily by clicking the video above.
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