The friars are members of the Order of Preachers, AKA "The Dominicans" and we are members of the Eastern Dominican Province. There are many… » More
Click above for video of the Mass of Solemn Profession celebrated this past November 7th at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer in New York City, during which Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., and Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., professed their final vows in the Order of Preachers.
The music heard in the video is an ancient Dominican chant entitled "Sicut in holocaustis… » More
At separate ceremonies on November 7 and 14, a total of five Friars of the Province of St. Joseph made their solemn profession--"until death"--in the Order of Preachers. On November 14, Brothers Ezra Sullivan, O.P., Dominic Bump, O.P., and Austin Dominic Litke, O.P., professed their final vows in the chapel of the Priory of the Immaculate Conception… » More
Two of New York's finest of a different sort will reach a milestone this week. On Nov. 7, 2009, Father Gabriel Gillen, O.P. and Father Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. will make their Solemn Profession--binding themselves to the Order for life--at St. Vincent Ferrer Church on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where Fr. Guilbeau is based. Fr. Gillen is assigned to… » More