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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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The Harvest is Rich at Walsh University
Five Students Seek to Enter Dominican Order
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 23, 2010
Five Walsh University students are seeking to enter Dominican religious life: Courtney Briola, Michael Weibley, Jennifer Harig, Melanie Hoepf, and Amanda Scopilliti. (Photo credit: CantonRep.com / Scott Heckel)
Today's Canton Repository reports an exciting bit of vocations news. Four Walsh University women are planning to become Dominican sisters, and another graduating senior, Michael Weibley, is beginning the process of becoming a Dominican Friar of the Province of St. Joseph.
Yes, you read that correctly. Your eyes do not deceive you. That's five Dominican vocations from just one school.
Two years ago, Fr. Christopher Saliga, O.P., became the first full-time chaplain at Walsh University. The need to expand from a part- to full-time chaplaincy was a direct result of Walsh's growing community that now serves over 3,000 persons. In God's good providence, the university's move to having a full-time chaplaincy is already bearing fruit for the Church.
From its very beginning, the Order of Preachers has remained closely associated with universities, seeing them as ideal places for preaching and the teaching of sacred truth. Historical examples of the Order's successes on university campuses abound. In the thirteenth century, for instance, many young people responded positively to Blessed Jordan of Saxony's zeal for Christ. They felt the call of God to religious life through Jordan's words and example. Perhaps Fr. Saliga has taken Blessed Jordan as a heavenly patron. If so, we hope he continues to follow in his patron's footsteps.
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