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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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Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on March 25, 2011
In days gone past, when religious habits were a common sight in every parochial school, sister was often heard to say to the young boys furiously eating their lunch, that a good appetite was a sure sign of a vocation. On reflection, it may have been that this was sister's way of reminding every boy that he potentially had a vocation to be a priest. Yet there remains a grain of truth in what sister spoke, as novices generally have a good appetitte. And so, operari sequitur esse, 20 novices eat a whole lot. And in these days of increasing food prices (as well as hungry novices) and decreasing incomes, food expenditures have taken an increasingly larger piece of our budgetary pie.
Fortunately, the Church has in her midst a great number who have heard the Lord's command to feed the hungry, including feeding them slow-roasted chicken, red potatoes, and plenty of pie and cakes. Recently answering the call, the local Knights of Columbus Elder Council 1195 at St. Gertrude Church in Cincinnati, OH came out to make dinner for the Dominicans. On March 20, 2011 the "Feed the Dominicans" dinner project went into high gear with the Knights (and a few helpers) cooking up a great feast for all. (See the photo above)
From the bottom of our hearts (and stomachs) we thank Elder Council 1195 for its great generosity and their continued support of our brothers in the Novitiate and those assigned to St. Gertrude Priory in Cincinnati.