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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P.
Ordained in 2002 for the Diocese of Lafayette (Louisiana), Fr. Guilbeau entered the Dominican novitiate in 2005 and professed his simple vows in 2006. Before joining the Order, Fr. Guilbeau obtained his Master of Divinity and Master of Arts degrees from St. John's Seminary in Boston, and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (Patristic Theology) from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. In the fall of 2010, having completed three years of parochial ministry at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in fundamental moral theology at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.
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Archbishop DiNoia’s Acknowledgments
Brief But Powerful Words Focus Gratitude
Posted by Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. on July 14, 2009
One of the many impressive elements of Saturday’s ordination was the brief series of acknowledgments Archbishop DiNoia delivered at the end of Mass. His words were striking both for their focus and for the intense emotion with which he delivered them.
All Dominican hearts will be duly moved by his sentiments.
TRANSCRIPT:
My brothers and sisters in Christ,
There is an understandable temptation, at the end of a glorious celebration, to congratulate ourselves, but it is to God that the glory belongs:
To God, who has blessed the Church with Pope Benedict XVI, successor of Peter and Vicar of Christ on earth. May this feast of his patron, Saint Benedict, bring him grace and the joy that comes from serving Christ faithfully.
To God, who today has blessed up in a special way with the apostolic ministry of Cardinal Levada, Archbishop Wuerl, Archbishop Kelly and the other bishops present. May Christ the Good Shepherd sustain them in their service to the Church.
To God, who has so abundantly blessed the Church thorugh the Dominican Order. May the Order of Preachers, under the mantle of the Mother of God, continue to flourish in fraternal love purified in obedience to the truth.
To God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, be glory now and forevermore.