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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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Playing the flute for charity
Dominican brother participates in folk music CD fundraiser
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on July 19, 2011
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Br. Innocent playing the flute at the 2009 Provincial Assembly in Providence, RI.
Br. Innocent Smith, O.P., a student brother of the Province of St. Joseph, recently recorded a track of Irish dance music on the wooden flute for a CD fundraiser project for his alma mater, St. Gregory's Academy, a boarding school in Northeastern Pennsylvannia. You can listen to a preview of the track with the player at the top of the post. The CD brings together alumni of the Academy who sing and play traditional folk music of Ireland, Scotland, and America. The CD title, "Soulbutter & Hogwash", is taken from a description of music in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: "Music is a good thing; and after all that soul-butter and hogwash I never see it freshen up things so, and sound so honest and bully."
To purchase the CD, visit this site. All of the proceeds go to support St. Gregory's Academy. To read a reflection on the importance of folk music by Br. Innocent, see the latest issue of Dominicana.