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 Dominican must “draw closer to the Eucharist.”

Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on March 01, 2011

Fr. John Langlois, O.P., Vicar Provincial of the Province of Saint Joseph recently preached these words to the brethren who were installed in the Ministry of Acolyte at the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.. Brothers Raphael Forbing, O.P., Charles Shonk, O.P., Vincent Ferrer Bagan, O.P., Cajetan Cuddy, O.P., Clement Dickie, O.P., Philip Neri Reese, O.P., and John Baptist Hoang, O.P. heard this prayer,
"Take this vessel with bread for the celebration of the Eucharist. Make your life worthy of your service at the table of the Lord and of His Church."

The Acolyte is called to serve at the altar, and it is a preparatory step - after the Ministry of Reader - for those who are in formation for the priesthood. Their service draws them closer to Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist.

Cajetan Cuddy, O.P., Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, Charles Shonk, O.P., Clement Dickie, O.P., Dominican House of Studies, Fr. John Langlois, O.P.,, John Baptist Hoang, O.P., Ministry of Acolyte, Philip Neri Reese, O.P., Raphael Forbing, O.P.,

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