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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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Dr. Jem Sullivan, a theology professor at the Dominican House of Studies, has a new book out entitled The Beauty of Faith: How Christian Art Reveals the Good News.
The product description reads:
"Over 2,000 years, Christian art has expressed the truth of the Catholic Faith for generations of the faithful. Learn the language of art to make visible the mysteries of Scripture and traditions through paintings, sculpture, mosaics, stained glass, poetry, and sacred music.
"Discover art as a visual Gospel that can guide, nourish, and strengthen our daily witness to the Gospel today."
Dr. Sullivan's courses at DHS include: Catholic Education, the Documents of Vatican II, and Christian Art in Liturgy and Catechesis. She received her doctorate from the Catholic University of America, with a dissertation in patristic liturgical catechesis. In addition to her teaching duties, Dr. Sullivan serves as a staff member of the Secretariat of Evangelization and Catechesis of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.