Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.

Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.

Fr. Kevin Gabriel Gillen, O.P., was ordained to the priesthood in 2000, Fr. Gillen joined the Order of Preachers in 2005 after earning degrees from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, commonly known as the Angelicum, in Rome. Prior to answering the call to priesthood he worked several years as a stock broker on Wall Street. Fr. Gillen is currently assigned to Saint Joseph in Greenwich Village, New York City, where he serves to promote evangelization through media for the Province and hosts the weekly program “Word to Life” on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.

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A New World Record

Dominican Students form largest Human Cross
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Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on March 15, 2011
Some 24,000 Filipino students at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, reportedly broke a Guinness book of world records by forming the largest human cross. The students gathered at University of Santo Tomas in Manila which is run by the Dominicans, to send a message against a reproductive health bill in the Philippines. Wearing black and white T-shirts, students and teachers formed a Dominican cross. The previous record was by 935 participants at the Oslo Opera House in Norway in May 2010.
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