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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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Summer Lecture Series
St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville, OH
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on June 24, 2011
This summer, the student brothers assigned to St. Thomas Aquinas parish in Zanesville, OH, will host a weekly lecture series for the month of July. Rev. Br. Augustine Reisenauer, O.P., and Br. Clement Dickie, O.P., will each present two lectures on the Tuesdays in July. A copy of the lecture series flyer is available here: St. Thomas Aquinas Summer Lecture Series. The brothers will be presenting talks on:
How a Sinner Becomes a Saint: How St. Augustine Came to God
July 5, 2011
At a certain point in his life, Augustine could hardly imagine himself farther from God. He was single-mindedly in pursuit of an ambitious career as a rhetorician, had mixed himself up with the Manichaean heresy, and had fathered a son out of wedlock. The autobiographical story of how Augustine came around and set out on the road to God has fascinated and inspired readers since the late fourth century up until the present day. Rev. Br. Augustine Reisenauer, O.P., will discuss the story of the conversion of his patron saint.
We Honor Clement: The Life and Thought of a First Century Pope
July 12, 2011
St. Clement was the fourth bishop of Rome. We ask for his intercession in the first Eucharist prayer and 13 of his successors took his name for their papacy. Who is the man that succeeded Peter and led the Church through the turn of the first century? Br. Clement Dickie, O.P., will look at the life and death of his patron saint, this Father of the Church.
In the Beginning: A Catholic Understanding of Creation
July 19, 2011
Throughout the history of human thought, thinkers of all sorts have proposed various theories to account for the existence and purpose of the universe. Scientists, philosophers, theologians, religious leaders, and spiritual gurus have put forward different and often conflicting accounts about how and why the universe came to be. Which of these are true? Which are false? What difference does the account of the Creator make in the discussion? Rev. Br. Augustine will disucss these issues from a Catholic approach, showing how both science and revelation can point us to an answer.
Do Dogs Have Souls?
July 26, 2011
What is the soul? If it does exist, where is it? Do animals have souls? Br. Clement will explore the Catholic understanding of the nature of the soul. Rooted in the thinking of St. Thomas, his talk will attempt to answer much of the modern misunderstanding about the nature of the soul as the principle of life.