I owe the Dominicans very much, for they taught me in Rome and educated me as much as it is possible for any human to attempt to do. The world today is even more challenging than the scene into which St. Dominic and his friars carried the true Gospel. It seems to me that Our Lord is sending men worthy of the job

I am proud to say that I am a priest and a theologian because of the good Dominicans who formed me when I was a young man. The Dominican dedication to truthfulness, lively preaching, fellowship have inspired me throughout my life. Dominicans continue to be an indispensable leaven in our culture.

I want to thank and praise the Dominicans for the most happy, healthy, holistic, and holy mindset I know. They seem to have inherited many pieces of the soul of St. Thomas Aquinas, who was large and commodious in every way.