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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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Mary and the Saints
A Talk by Br. Innocent Smith, O.P.
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on August 19, 2010
Why do Catholics pray to Mary and the Saints instead of only praying to God directly? Br. Innocent Smith, O.P. discusses the special role the saints play in our lives as examples and intercessors. He explains how to answer those who think that we worship statues, Mary, and the saints or that the Rosary is a waste of time. Learn how to foster devotion to the saints at the same time as you grow in… » More
US Dominican Province Welcomes Its Biggest Class of Novices in Decades
By Adeshina Emmanuel, Catholic News Services
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on August 18, 2010
Catholic News Services recently published the following article on the new class of Dominican novices in the Province of St. Joseph:
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Statistics show a drastic fall in the number of people entering religious life since the 1960s, yet during ceremonies Aug. 7, the Dominican Province of St. Joseph formally accepted 21 men as novices -- the province's largest novitiate class since… » More
The Elements for Our Own Sanctification
Homily for the Solemnity of St. Dominic by Very Rev. Brian Mulcahy, OP
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on August 09, 2010
If you were to go to Mass today over at St Vincent Ferrer's in Kenwood or All Saints or St John Vianney's, you would be celebrating the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Today, August 8th, here at St Gertrude's, because we are a Dominican parish, we are celebrating the Solemnity of our holy father Dominic, the founder of the Order of Preachers, the Dominicans, which, for us, takes liturgical precedence… » More
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