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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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ANNUNTIO VOBIS GAUDIUM MAGNUM
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on June 16, 2009
The Holy See has announced that our brother, Very Rev. Augustine DiNoia, O.P., has been appointed to be the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Previously, Fr. DiNoia had served the Holy See as Undersecretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a position he held when the current Holy Father was its Prefect.
Previously, Fr. DiNoia had served the director of the Intercultural Forum for Studies in Faith and Culture at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Institute in Washington, DC. He was also the executive director of the Secretariat for Doctrine and Pastoral Practices for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (now the USCCB). In addition to his many years of teaching there, Fr. DiNoia also served a term as President of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies.
Fr. DiNoia earned his doctorate in theology from Yale University. In 1998, the Order of Preachers bestowed on him the title of Master of Sacred Theology, a sign from his brother Dominicans of the great esteem in which they hold his theological acumen.
As is customary, Fr. DiNoia will be consecrated as an Archbishop, to serve in his role as Secretary of the Congregation. He will be made the titular archbishop of Oregon City. His ordination will be on Saturday, July 11, 2009 (the Memorial of St. Benedict) at 2:00pm at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.
For a collection of a number of talks given by Fr. DiNoia, see the web page of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, here.