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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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In the final presentation of last week's public forum on Caritas in Veritate, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York demonstrated how in the encyclical Pope Benedict XVI applies his signature "hermeneutic of continuity" to the Church's social doctrine. The result of such an interpretation, the archbishop argued, should be the unification of the disparate parts of the Cathoic social justice movement, at odds especially in the political sphere, within the overarching concern for the promotion and protection of human life and human dignity. Click above to hear Dolan's remarks.
Wednesday’s Daily News carried this op-ed piece by Kathryn Jean Lopez, the editor of National Review Online, in which she mentions the forum and explains its importance to contemporary political debates.