Blackfriars
Meet our New Executive Director
It is with great joy and excitement that I take the helm of the Dominican Friars Foundation as Executive Director.
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Hillbilly Thomists Bluegrass Band Performs for Knights on Opry Stage
As a boy growing up in the Nashville area, Chris Gautsch never expected to perform on the most well-known stage in the city— the Grand Ole Opry—especially after becoming a Dominican priest. But the unexpected came to fruition for him.
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Friars of the Godsplaining Podcast Lead Pilgrims on The Camino
Early this summer, Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk, O.P., and Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P., of Godsplaining —a weekly podcast in which the friars discuss all things Catholic—led 15 young adults on a 12-day walking pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago.
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Donor Profile | Mrs. Jaya Thadani
Mrs. Jaya Thadani is a longtime supporter of the Dominican Friars and a parishioner at the Dominican parish of St. Denis in Hanover, New Hampshire, which serves the Dartmouth College community.
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A Special Farewell Letter from the Director
I did not cease giving thanks for you and remembering you in my prayers when ten of our men were ordained priests this May at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
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Dominican Friars Take on Campus Ministry at Catholic University of America
After months of searching for the next leaders of campus ministry at Catholic University of America, a committee formed by CUA president John Garvey selected the Dominican Friars for the job.
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Thanks be to God for Ten New Priests of Jesus Christ!
These are the priests your generosity has helped form over the past seven years to serve God and preach His Gospel to the Church and the world. Please keep them in your prayers as they go out into the harvest!
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Dominican Friars Train America’s Diocesan Priests In Rome
Seven friars of the Province of St. Joseph have been called to Rome to train the seminarians who will become America’s next generation of diocesan priests.
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Letter from the Director
In this issue of BlackFriars, you will read about how the Friars continue to stand guard at both gates of life. I thank you for standing with us! May Our Holy Mother Mary watch over all your loved ones, now and at the hour of death.
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Report from the March for Life
Hope and excitement permeated the air. Prayer and exhortation flooded the scene. At this year’s March for Life there was an extra little pep in everyone’s step as we marched down Constitution Avenue bound for the Capitol and Supreme Court.
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The Art of Dying: An Interview with Br. Columba Thomas, O.P.
Health care has become so complex, with so many options available, that dying persons and their loved ones often must make many difficult and painful decisions, and they can become so focused on health care interventions that it distracts them from the deeper spiritual dimension.
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Seven Dominicans make Solemn Profession, becoming Friars for Life!
Thanks to your support, seven more men (six pictured above with Prior Provincial, Very Rev. Kenneth R. Letoile, O.P.) have pledged their lives to fight the Battle for Life as Dominican Friars.
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