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ALMA MATER

Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in the southeast suburb of Canal Winchester. The youngest of four children, his parents would drive everyone on Sunday to Mass at St. Mary’s Church. However, after leaving the area for college, his family joined the parish of St. Patrick’s in Columbus. While home on Christmas and summer breaks, Fr. Irenaeus would join his family to hear the holy preaching of the friars. He received a Bachelor and Masters of Architecture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and practiced for a religious architecture firm in the DC area. After meeting the student brothers and reading about the life of St. Dominic and the Order, he began to consider a religious vocation with the Province of St. Joseph. “I find the balance of contemplative and apostolic life, the charism of study, the reverence of the liturgy and the fraternal community all things that lead to a happy life fulfilled by giving people knowledge of salvation.”

More from Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P.

• Why Does He Sleep?
• The Baptism of the Lord and the Baptistery
• Why Relics?
• The Weight of Betrayal
• Fake News and Speaking the Truth
• Pulling the Fourth
• Dulce et Decorum Est
• The First Shall Be Last
• Portal to Heaven
• Who Am I to Judge?
• The Untamed Lion
• The Beauty of the Soul
• Happy Memorial Day?
• Letter to My Brother
• Poor Wayfaring Stranger
• Luminous Easter
• Vapid Vice and Vivacious Virtue
• The Place He Has Chosen
• Communion for Excellence
• Friendship and Hidden Things