Friars Elect New Provincial, Focus on Renewing Common Life

DOMCENTRALQUARTERLYDominican Friars Central Province, USA SUMMER 2015
WHAT IS THE 19TH
PROVINCIAL CHAPTER? PAGE 6
THE GIFTS OF ST. JUDE PAGE 9
WHAT’S NEW AT NEW PRIORY
PRESS? PAGE 11
FRIAR PROFILES PAGES 16-18
SENT TO SERVE: How our
Dominican student brothers
spent their summers PAGE 12
SENT TO
BUILD THE
KINGDOM:
Carmen
Rodriguez
PAGE 5
SENT TO
Preach the
Gospel
As the Dominican Order prepares
to celebrate its 800th Jubilee,
the Central Province elects
new leaders to carry
the friars forward.
PAGE 2

BY BILL SKOWRONSKI
Director of Communication and Marketing
Central Province, USA
I
n 1968, Fr. Jim Marchionda, O.P.
left home for the Dominican
novitiate (at that time, located
in Winona, MN). Although he
packed everything needed, he left his
clarinet at home in a heroic, quasi-
saintly gesture, signifying his old life
was all behind him and he would
start this Dominican life anew. It was
a mistake. It was all wrong.
Born in Ohio, Fr. Marchionda
was raised in New York City, Kansas
City, New Jersey, and Minnesota. His
father, an Italian immigrant, tailor
and clothing designer, passed on his
love of music as well as his own e-flat
clarinet. Early on, Fr. Marchionda
switched to the b-flat clarinet and
began private lessons. He excelled
quickly, winning contests throughout
the East Coast, marching annually
in the Atlantic City Miss America
Pageant, and serving as student
director of a 150-piece high school
marching band and 17-piece stage
band.
Though he had been accepted at
a School of Music outside Boston
as a clarinet major, Fr. Marchionda
followed his parents to St. Paul,
Minnesota, to attend the College
of St.Thomas planning to return
to Boston after one year. During
that year, he played with the St.
Paul Civic Orchestra and the St.
Thomas clarinet quartet, performing
in several concerts and large scale
events.
St.Thomas required freshmen
to take courses in Theology and
it was there that Fr. Marchionda
met the Dominicans for the first
time. His freshman teacher, Fr.
Jerome Langford, O.P., as well as
his sophomore teacher, Fr.Tim
McCarthy, O.P., significantly
influenced him, but he still felt
compelled towards a career in music
instead of pursuing the priesthood.
Because he was so committed
to a music career, Fr. Marchionda
wouldn’t even have the conversation
about a vocation. It took Fr. Dan
Davis, O.P. playing a trick on him,
in order to get Fr. Marchionda into
the same room with the vocation
director, Fr. Bob Perry, O.P. After
Fr. Davis left the two alone, Fr.
Marchionda finally agreed to talk.
He spoke to Fr. Perry for an hour
and received regular letters from Fr.
Perry for the next six months.
Still, it wasn’t until Fr. Marchionda
went on a retreat to the Dominican
novitiate, that he seriously considered
choosing the priesthood over music.
“Meeting the novices turned
everything around,” Fr. Marchionda
said. “It was because of their
example. I fell in love with the
common life, the fact that so many
people could be so happy. I realized
it was the lifestyle that was making
them this happy.
“Previous to that, my religious
practice was pretty private, me and
Jesus, me and God, going to church,
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sitting in a pew by myself, and
loving it,” Fr. Marchionda continued.
“What I saw at the novitiate was
a whole different world, one that
wasn’t singular. I experienced the
beauty of common prayer that I had
never known before.”
The following year, Fr. Marchionda
joined the novitiate. A year later in
Philosophy studies, he witnessed
the happiness of the brothers in the
Order of Preachers, but didn’t feel
it as completely himself. It felt like
something was missing. He realized,
in leaving behind his clarinet and
his own musical identity, he wasn’t
living his life fully enough. He felt
incomplete.
With the permission and
encouragement of the Formation
Team, he worked toward a degree
in music theory and composition at
Chicago’s DePaul University while
completing his philosophy studies.
After recapturing the missing piece
of himself, Fr. Marchionda began to
fully realize the happiness he saw in
his Dominican brothers.
“If you totally abandon who you
are to become a Dominican, then
you’re not bringing what you know
to be your best self to Dominican
life,” Fr. Marchionda said. “I don’t
think God wants us to abandon what
He has already given us. Instead,
God intends us to discover new
ways in which all the gifts given can
become integrated in the same life.
“Music is so much a part of the
beauty of the prayer. I had never
experienced music and prayer
coming together so powerfully,”
Fr. Marchionda added. “All of the
sudden, my worlds merged.They
came together in a way that I never
would have expected.”
His deep love of music and
itinerant preaching made Fr.
Marchionda one of the best-
traveled friars in the Central
Province. For over 20 years, he has
preached throughout the United
States. During some months, he
locks himself away to compose
music to present to World Library
Publications, who publishes his work.
Then, he records a CD and shares
it with people throughout the year
wherever he preaches.
Although brothers in the Central
Province had asked him to consider
the role of Provincial leadership, he
has not been so inclined because the
combined career of preaching and
music has been so rewarding. He
feared accepting a leadership role
would require his leaving the music
behind once again.
This summer, during the 19th
Provincial Chapter, the friars
discussed the ongoing challenges of
living Dominican common life in a
world polluted by distractions and
overburdened by demands of time.
The Chapter delegates recognized
the importance of their common
life and once again thought Fr.
Marchionda may be the ideal person
to tap for its renewal.
“He has a heart for the brothers
that is difficult to match,” said
Central Province Promoter of
Vocations, Fr. Andy McAlpin, O.P.
“He is often one of the last men
to leave the table at mealtime and
his joyful spirit is infectious and
inviting.”
So, on June 17th, his 68th
birthday, Fr. Marchionda accepted
the call from his brothers to lead
them as the Central Province’s 12th
Prior Provincial. He jokingly remarks
that he is the oldest man elected to
the position in the province’s 76-year
history.
“Even though this is a change in
direction from where I was headed,
it’s exciting at the same time,” Fr.
Marchionda said. “The brothers have
been so incredibly supportive with
emails, texts and phone calls. I think
it is simply God’s way of directing
me.”
It seems to work out for Fr.
Marchionda when he backs into
things. He backed into the College
of St.Thomas when his parents asked
him to move with them to the Twin
Cities—and he met the Dominicans.
He backed into a conversation with
the Dominican Vocations Director
when his best college pal tricked
him into the meeting. He backed
into a composition degree at DePaul
University because it was the only
one he could achieve in the amount
of time the province had allotted him
during Philosophy studies. And now
he has composed and published well
over 100 works.
Now, as he considers the
many times he’s backed in to the
circumstances of his life, guided by
God’s grace, Fr. Marchionda looks
at the tasks ahead and to the coming
year with joy and enthusiasm as the
Order of Preachers prepares for its
800th Jubilee in 2016.
“We seem to have a healthy
tension in the Order, with many men
in limited service, a good number
of newly ordained and many young
men still in formation,” he said. “We
have to ask ourselves how we can
live a common brotherhood, forming
a depth of community rooted in
sincere fraternal love.”
His early life growing up with
three younger brothers living in
four different states prepared him
well for the Dominican common
life and itinerancy to draw from. He
SENT TO preach
THE NEW PROVINICIAL

BY BILL SKOWRONSKI
E
ach of us has been sent by
God for a reason. As we
prepare to celebrate the
Dominican Order’s 800th
Jubilee in 2016, we’re asking
ourselves, What am I SENT TO do?
When she was 14 years old,
Carmen Rodriguez asked herself what
she was here to do and how she could
help others. Looking at the world
around her, she recognized a growing
population of Spanish-speaking
people. She wanted to serve God and
she thought the best way would be as
a woman religious. Several years later,
she joined a convent, but found the
life wasn’t right for her. She even left
the Catholic Church for a period of
time.
“I know some people have left the
Church, but God never forgets us,”
Carmen said. “In order to be at peace
with ourselves and others, having
a deep and profound relationship
with God is important and the rest
follows.”
And so it did. Carmen became
very involved at two parishes, one
in the western suburbs of Chicago
and one in the city itself. She earned
her teaching degree, finally found
her niche working with people with
disabilities, children affected by
drugs, and needy residents in the
Hispanic community of St. Pius V,
a Dominican parish in Chicago’s
Pilsen neighborhood. At St. Vincent
Ferrer Parish (a Dominican parish
in River Forest, IL), Carmen
received the spiritual direction
she needed and became a Lay
Dominican. Today, she is a faithful
parishioner and a retired special
education teacher.
For years, Carmen considered
teaching to be her vocation because
she felt she had something to offer
the handicapped community.
“I like to help,” Carmen said.
“Every person has a unique gift from
God. He has been so wonderful to
me; He gives and I give back.”
Now, Carmen gives back
financially to help support the
Dominican Friars in formation.This
year, 26 men count on donors like
her in order to pursue their own
vocations.
“I feel like the role of the priest
and continuing God’s church is one
of the most important professions,
so I want to assist young men who
choose to answer that call,” Carmen
said. “To preach for the salvation
of souls is to be Christ to the entire
world, which is a very difficult task,
but one the Order of Preachers
emphasizes.”
In the model of St.Therese of
the Little Flower, Carmen prays for
priests every day. She recognizes
their important role in the Church,
as well as hers.
“Jesus was sent here to save us,”
she said. “We all have a place within
the body. Each part has a function to
do. I want to help in any small way I
can to help build the Kingdom.”
Some people have a favorite
charity and hers is the young friars in
Dominican formation.
“All the saints left something
before us. I live my life as a very
simple woman so I want to continue
donating money as long as I can
for the education of the Dominican
student brothers,” she said. “The
Dominican family is my community
and my legacy as a Catholic. Now
God’s plan is unfolding within it.”
To learn more about supporting
the Dominican student brothers, visit
www.OPCentral.org/support. Ω
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DONOR PROFILE
A glimpse into the life of
donor and Lay Dominican
Carmen Rodriguez
has maintained strong relationships
with the brothers of the province. He
seems to have a gift for relating to
the men in the Order and an artistry
to finding creative solutions to issues
facing the province.
“As different as we are, our
differences cannot be the defining
factor. Our brotherhood has to be
the defining factor,” Fr. Marchionda
said. “It’s up to us to be so creative
and committed to being what we
need to be to each other that our
differences don’t harm us or interfere
with our common life.”
This common life, he feels, is
perhaps the best gift the Order can
offer the Catholic Church and its
people.
“The highest form of preaching
we can offer is the witness of our
lives. Secondarily, it’s what we say,
how we say it and where we say it,”
Fr. Marchionda said. “If people see
Dominican brothers, as different as
they are, dwelling together in unity,
they are already being preached to.”
Attributed to St. Francis and echoed
more recently by Pope Francis, Fr.
Marchionda recalled the quote,
“Preach always, if necessary use
words.”
The first preaching is not the
preaching of words, but the witness
of lives. It was the example of his
first two Dominican teachers at
the College of St.Thomas that
attracted Fr. Marchionda’s attention.
He strongly believes that same
witness must be at the heart of each
community in the Central Province
and that it can make a real difference
in the lives of families today.
“Families can see brothers as
different as night and day making
sacrifices to live together and spend
time together no matter how busy
schedules are,” Fr. Marchionda said.
“Witnessing this, families learn that
they too can have much more if they
just stay connected, pray together,
attend Mass together, share more
meals together and do more together
than society demands.There’s a
way in which the nitty gritty of
community life can rekindle what all
family life should be.”
In the months and years to come,
Fr. Marchionda plans to meet with
the Dominican brothers throughout
the Central Province in order
to encourage and reinforce their
community lives, both for their
sakes, and as a witness to the people
they serve. Regarding the laypeople
who assist us in our mission, Fr.
Marchionda says, “Be grateful for
what they have to give, learn who
they are, and do what you can to
reinforce and align their gifts with
our Dominican values.”
True to the servant-leadership
model,Fr.Marchionda is already
working hard to encourage people to
be aware of their gifts and to use them
to the best of their ability,instead of
leaving their clarinets at home. Ω
SENT TO
build the
Kingdom
In June, the Provincial Chapter elected Fr. Jim Marchionda, O.P., to be its 12th Prior
Provincial.
THE NEW PROVINICIAL
“As different as we are, our differences cannot be the defining
factor. Our brotherhood has to be the defining factor. It’s up to us
to be so creative and committed to being what we need to be to
each other that our differences don’t harm us or interfere with
our common life.”
— Fr. Marchionda

I
n this issue of the
DomCentralQuarterly magazine,
we want to give readers a chance
to learn some of the common
language of the Dominican Order
as a way to better understand its
unique organizational structure and
governance leading up to the 800th
Jubilee (anniversary) in 2016.
In 1216, when St. Dominic de
Guzman gathered his band of
friars to preach, he decided they
would govern themselves through
regular meetings, or chapters. In
the early years, the Order was small
enough that all the communities of
brothers could gather together in a
General Chapter. But by 1221, the
Order had grown to a size that the
General Chapters were no longer
able to address all the issues from
the various parts of the world.
That year a decision was made to
divide the Order into provinces,
or geographic regions. Over the
centuries, it became part of The Book
of Constitutions and Ordinations
that Provincial Chapters would be
held every four years to elect leaders
and legislate those things necessary
to guide the province.
For the 19th Provincial Chapter of
the Province of St. Albert the Great,
held in St. Louis this summer, each
of the Central Province’s six priories
sent its elected leader (Prior), as well
as a second delegate, while the six
remaining houses and brothers living
alone created clustered colleges and
selected representatives of their own.
A student brother was elected to
have a voice at the Chapter, but no
vote.
Historically, the Prior Provincial
governs the province and also sits
on the Provincial Council, which is
made up of representative brothers.
As soon as the Chapter convenes,
the Prior Provincial leaves office so
the Chapter can elect or re-elect its
leadership for the next four years.
Because of its importance, the
Dominican Order’s Constitutions
require that there be days of prayer
and discussion before any voting
takes place. Elections cannot take
place before the fourth day of a
Chapter and must be completed by
the eighth day. Any delegate can
propose the name of a friar to be
considered for all the offices that
have become vacant. No friar can
THE 19TH PROVINCIAL CHAPTER
BR. ED
VANMERRIENBOER,
O.P.
Blessed Sacrament Parish,
Madison, WI
What is the
19th Provincial Chapter?
vote for himself. Our leaders are
always under our Constitutions in a
similar way that the United States
President and elected officials must
obey the nation’s Constitution.
The 18 delegates (the Student
Peritus cannot vote) elect or re-elect
the Prior Provincial and then select
four diffinitors, who will ultimately
finalize the Acts of the Chapter—
the document containing the
recommendations, ordinations, and
commendations decided during the
proceedings.
The Province of St. Albert the
Great (Central Province, USA) is
generally governed by 10 Provincial
Council members. By virtue of their
office, the Council includes the Prior
Provincial, the Socius (“associate” or
“companion” of the Prior Provincial),
and the Regent of Studies (overseer
of brothers enrolled in formal
studies).The Chapter elects three
councilors to join the four diffinitors,
rounding out the new Provincial
Council.The Chapter also elects a
delegate to represent the Central
Province at the General Chapter (in
2016), at which the worldwide Order
continues to meet on its own three-
year schedule.
Each Chapter also appoints
members of the province to various
Boards and Commissions. All are
given a term of office and a mandate
to do a particular task. In addition,
some friars belong to the Admissions
Board and they give their vote on
men applying to enter the province.
Others will be appointed to promote
study among the members.These
groups are under the oversight of the
Provincial and Council during their
term of office.
This year, the delegates formed
four commissions to address the
issues that face the province:
Evangelization, Intellectual Life,
Leadership, and Mendicancy. After
all the work is completed the “Acts
of the Chapter” are sent to the
Master of the Order who with his
Council will give approval or correct
their actions so that the unity of the
universal Order is maintained.
Similar to our American political
system, the goal of a Provincial
Chapter is to seek the common
good of the province. This means
that all decisions should promote
the preaching for the salvation
of souls for which the Order was
founded. Policies, projects, budgets
and appointments are all means
to improve the preaching of the
gospel. In particular, for the Central
Province it challenges us to help
people come alive with the spirit of
Christ in their daily lives. All who
are elected are merely servants of the
Word of God. Ω
From Left to Right: (Back) Fr. Jay Harrington, Fr. Simon-Felix Michalski, Fr. Thomas McDermott, Fr. Luke Barder, Fr. Louis Morrone,
Fr. Jim Spahn, Fr. Matt Strabala, Fr. DePorres Durham, (Middle) Fr. David Wright, Fr. James Marchionda, Fr. Jude McPeak, Br.
Vincent Davila, Fr. Richard Litzau, Fr. Paul Whittington, (Front) Fr. Kevin Niehoff, Fr. Charles Bouchard, Fr. Leobardo Almazan, Br.
Paul Byrd, Fr. Herb Heyek, Fr. Thomas Lynch
Q: WHAT IS A PRIOR PROVINCIAL?
A: The Prior Provincial is the major
superior of the province. In the four
years he serves, he is obligated to
stimulate and coordinate life and the
apostolate of the Order, to promote
study, and to visit the priories
throughout the province.
Q: WHAT IS A PRIORY?
A: A Priory is a house containing
more than six Friars, while a house is
made up of six or fewer.
Q: WHAT ARE THE ACTS
OF THE CHAPTER?
A: This is the document containing
the recommendations, ordinations,
and commendations decided during
the proceedings.
The goal of a Provincial
Chapter is to seek the
common good of the
province.This means that
all decisions should promote
the preaching for the
salvation of souls for which
the Order was founded.

BY FR. MICHAIL FORD, O.P.
Spiritual Director, Dominican Shrine of St. Jude
What Are the Ministries of St. Jude?
T
he Dominican Shrine of
St. Jude has helped people
grow in their faith and find
hope through intercessory prayer
since 1929. In its 86-year history
in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood,
hundreds of thousands of people have
visited the Shrine inside St. Pius V
Catholic Church and attended our
Solemn Novenas, as well as weekly
Masses.The Shrine itself may be
a destination for devout visitors
worldwide, but the Dominicans also
provide a wide range of outbound
educational and spiritual programs for
parishes, schools, and other Catholic
groups to bring St. Jude’s message of
hope to God’s people.We call these
programs the Ministries of St. Jude.
Is Devotion to St. Jude Still
Relevant?
The Apostle St.Jude Thaddeus was
sent by our Lord Jesus to proclaim
the Gospel throughout the world.In
recent decades,many of our Catholic
brothers and sisters were not taught
about our patron saint or our life-
giving,traditional devotions.Many
don’t know why we ask our great saints
to pray with us and for us,or why we
venerate their remains in the form of
relics.Yet we all still find ourselves in
need of hope.Where there’s prayer,
there’s hope,and these devotional
practices are just as relevant today.
What Ministries Do The Dominicans
Offer from The Shrine Of St. Jude?
• Mass with a blessing of St. Jude Oil
• Full nine-day St. Jude Novenas
• St. Jude 3-day and 1-day Missions
• Retreats, Workshops, Lectures
Presentations on:
• Catholic Spirituality
• Catholic Devotions including the
veneration of relics
Catholic prayer for:
• RCIA
• CCD classes
• Home School classes
• Catholic schools (elementary and
secondary)
• College and University Catholic Centers
We ask participating parishes or
organizations to take up a collection
to support the Ministries of St. Jude.
The proceeds from these programs
fund our outreach to schools and
other student groups.The Ministries
of St. Jude make it possible for
the Dominicans to reach future
generations of Catholics and deepen
their faith wherever they are.
Why Support The Ministries of
The Dominican Shrine of St. Jude
Thaddeus?
Put simply, your gift to the
Ministries of the Dominican Shrine
of St. Jude Thaddeus spreads the
Word of God through the Dominican
friars, longtime caretakers and
ministers of these ministries.
Your gift allows the friars to maintain
the Shrine itself at St.Pius V Catholic
Church in the historic Pilsen section
of Chicago.Every day,visitors bring
their cares and concerns to our Patron
St.JudeThaddeus when they visit the
Shrine.EveryThursday,devotees of this
Apostle,Martyr,and Saint gather in
prayer at the Shrine to celebrate Mass,
reflect on the preaching of one of our
friars,and say the Rosary on behalf of
all who have asked for the intercession
of St.Jude.They pray to bring hope
to often difficult situations,whether
sickness,financial or marital difficulties,
work challenges,family strife,or so
much more.Where there is prayer,there
is hope!
Your gift also allows the friars to
preach the Word in contemporary
society, through the internet where
they reach a worldwide audience,
in parishes across the United States
where the healing power of prayer
touches thousands, or in classrooms
where young children and young
adults often experience the traditions
of intercessory prayer and Catholic
relics for the first time.
Lastly, your gift allows the
Dominican Friars of the Central
Province to form the next generation
of friars and care for friars who have
served for decades and can no longer
serve for reasons of age and health.
The Central Province annually invests
well over $1 million in its formation
and senior care programs. And, we are
growing.The Central Province relies
substantially on donors to the Shrine
to fund this investment.
Our promise to you: Your gift,
whether a current gift or a gift through
your Estate,allows the Dominican
friars of the Central Province to answer
that question posed by St.Paul in his
letter to the Romans.
“How can they hear without
someone to preach?
And how can they preach unless
they are sent?”– Romans 10:14 Ω
MORE INFORMATION
For more information on the Ministries,
or the Dominican Shrine of St. Jude, visit
www.The-Shrine.org or call 312.226.0020.
F
ather James Vincent Marchionda,
O.P. was elected the Prior
Provincial of the Province of
St. Albert the Great, U.S.A. Master
General of the Order of Preachers,
Father Bruno Cadoré, O.P. confirmed
the election of the capitulars of the
19th
Provincial Chapter.
Following days of discerning the
needs of the Province, and an open
dialogue to articulate community
hopes and dreams, the Chapter
delegates gathered in Saint Louis,
Missouri, elected Fr. Marchionda
the 12th Prior Provincial in its
76-year history. Seeking a renewal
and strengthening of common life,
a desire that all members of the
Province embrace a deeper unity of
life, mission, and ministry within and
among themselves, and the discovery
of new ways of evangelizing, the
Chapter delegates determined that
Fr. Marchionda was the fitting
choice to lead at this time in the
Province’s history.
Please join the Friars of the
Province of St. Albert the Great,
U.S.A. in appreciation and gratitude
for the service of Fr. Charles
Bouchard, O.P., whose term as
Provincial has ended. Please also join
us in prayer and celebration for the
newly elected Prior Provincial!
To assist Fr.Marchionda in the
leadership of the Central Province,
seven friars were elected to the
Provincial Council,joining the new
Prior Provincial (Marchionda),the
past Provincial (Fr.Bouchard),and
the Regent of Studies (yet to be
confirmed),by nature of their position.
Father David Wright,O.P.(Denver),
Fr.Kevin Niehoff,O.P.(Grand
Rapids,MI),Fr.Leobardo Almazan,
O.P.(St.Louis),Br.Paul Byrd,O.P.
(River Forest),Fr.Jim Spahn,O.P.
(Minneapolis,MN),Fr.Simon-Felix
Michalski,O.P.(Madison),and
Fr.Tom O’Meara,O.P.(Madison)
represent a wide range of Dominicans
charged with leading the Central
Province for the next four years.
Diffinitorium
Fr. David Wright, O.P.
Fr. Kevin Niehoff, O.P. (Syndic)
Fr. Leobardo Almazan, O.P.
Br. Paul Byrd, O.P.
Councilors
Fr. Jim Spahn, O.P.
Fr. Simon-Felix Michalski, O.P.
Fr. Tom O’Meara, O.P.
Ex-Officio
Fr. Charles Bouchard, O.P., past
Provincial
Fr. Louis Morrone, O.P., Socius
Fr. Jim Marchionda, O.P., Prior Provincial
Regent of Studies (yet to be
confirmed)
The Gifts of St. Jude
THE 19TH PROVINCIAL CHAPTER
19TH PROVINCIAL
CHAPTER DELEGATES
Blessed Sacrament Priory
(Madison, WI): Fr. Simon-Felix
Michalski, O.P. (Prior), Fr. DePorres
Durham, O.P.
St. Albert the Great Priory
(Minneapolis, MN): Fr. Jim Spahn,
O.P. (Prior), Fr. Herb Hayek, O.P.
St. Pius V Priory (Chicago, IL): Fr.
Louis Morrone, O.P. (Prior), Fr. James
Marchionda, O.P., Fr. Tom Lynch, O.P.
St. Vincent Ferrer Priory (River
Forest, IL): Fr. Matt Strabala, O.P.
(Prior), Fr. Tom McDermott, O.P.
St. Dominic Priory (Denver, CO): Fr.
David Wright, O.P. (Prior), Fr. Luke
Barder, O.P.
St. Dominic Priory (St. Louis, MO):
Fr. Leobardo Almazan, O.P. (Prior), Fr.
Paul Whittington, O.P.
College I: Fr. Jay Harrington, O.P.
College II: Fr. Jude McPeak, O.P.
College III: Br. Paul Byrd, O.P.
College IV: Fr. Richard Litzau, O.P.
Prior Provincial: Fr. Charles Bouchard,
O.P.
Student Peritus: Br. Vincent Davila, O.P.
2015 Chapter Results
The Diffinitorium is responsible for completing the work of the Provincial Chapter
by writing its Acts. Here, the four members are pictured with Fr. Jim Marchionda,
O.P. (middle). (Left to Right) Fr. David Wright, O.P., Br. Paul Byrd, O.P., (Fr. Jim
Marchionda, O.P.) Fr. Leobardo Almazan, O.P., Fr. Kevin Niehoff, O.P.
DOMINICAN SHRINE OF ST. JUDE THADDEUS

MISSION ADVANCEMENT
What do you give the
person who has everything?
BY BOB DIXON
Director of the Office for Mission Advancement
T
here’s an old expression,
“What do you give the
person who has everything?”
While tempted to think
this may apply only to very few
people, when we think about it, a
good number of us have what we
need and even most of what we
desire. We work hard to care for
those around us. We accomplish
our very best at work, at play, in our
families and in our spiritual lives.
And while we are at it we gather a
few things around us. At the end of
the day, we also generously support
those people and places in which
we believe. We do all of this out of
Caritas, rooted in our deep belief
Deus Caritas est, “God is Love.”
Those who have this sort of
“everything,” you and I, yearn deeply
in our humanity to move from
just doing things to contributing
to something truly important
and transformative. Indeed, when
we become part of something
transformative we ourselves are
converted in ways our own success
and wealth – no matter how large
or small - cannot fulfill. Oddly, we
are changed for the better by giving
things away.
Of course it is not unusual that
we would find this difficult and hard
to comprehend.That said, this is as
much our duty as is anything else we
undertake. When we avoid giving, we
withhold from ourselves that unique,
inspired, God-given opportunity we
have to participate in building God’s
kingdom in ways only each of us can.
Noted theologian and priest
Fr. Henri Nouwen once said in
his groundbreaking piece, The
WHAT’S NEW AT NEW PRIORY PRESS?
The writers and editors at New Priory Press have been extremely prolific these past
months, releasing five new texts since February. New Priory Press continues to
reach out to Dominican authors and translators to share their spirituality, provide
thoughts on theology, and bring foreign-language texts to audiences in English.
Visit www.newpriorypress.com to purchase the latest publications and view other
available titles!
Sr. Dorothy K. Ederer, O.P., a Grand Rapids Dominican
Sister, has published two books with New Priory
Press this year. Whispers from the Spirit serves as a
companion piece to her book The Spirit Whispers,
in which Michigan State University students write
anecdotes reflecting on their experiences talking and
listening to their inner voices. Sr. Ederer also released
Nourish Your Soul, a meditative text on various life
events and how God helps us through them. Continue to check www.
newpriorypress.com for upcoming titles by Sr. Ederer later this year!
Fr. George Christian, O.P., a Dominican from the
Province of St. Joseph, released two translations with
New Priory Press in 2015. Life of Alexandre-Vincent
Jandel, O.P. is a translation of the original French
text written by Bl. Hyacinthe-Marie
Cormier, O.P. History fans will
appreciate the richness and depth
of this biographical account of the
73rd Master General of the Friars
Preachers. St. Martin de Porres: In the Service of
Compassion also comes to English readers for the
first time, depicting the life of one of the Order’s most
revered Cooperator Brothers.
New Priory Press’ latest publication is Fr. Thomas
McDermott, O.P.’s text Catherine of Siena: Essays
on Her Life and Thought. This volume contains six
classic essays, several of which are making their debut
in English, on the life and thought of St. Catherine of
Siena, Dominican mystic and Doctor of the Church. Fr.
McDermott has published Catherine of Siena: Doctor
of the Church (2013) with New Priory Press and serves
as the editor of drawnbylove.com, a website devoted
to the teachings of St. Catherine of Siena.
HOW YOU CAN HELP OUR MINISTRIES
We welcome your transformative support of the Dominican Friars and our
ministries. Here are just some of the ways you may help.
• The 1216 Annual Fund
underwrites the annual
$1 million + investment
of the Province in the
formation of young
men entering the Order
as well as the costs to
care for friars no longer
active in ministry
• The Ministries of the
Dominican Shrine of
St. Jude spread the
promise of hope to
those in need and the
message of prayer and
devotion to young and
old
• The Society for
Vocational Support
provides direct support
to the growing number
of men entering the
Order and the work
of the Promoter of
Vocations
• The St. Dominic
Mission Society assists
the Province in its
obligation to our own
friars still serving in
Nigeria and to the
friars who minister in
the Vice Province of
Bolivia
• The Fr. Michael
Kyte, O.P. Fund for
Excellence in Preaching
honors the memory
of this beloved friar
by supporting the
education of friars in
the Province
• Estate Gifts to the
Province of St. Albert
the Great, U.S.A.
(Central Province)
provide current and
long term support
to the ongoing work
and ministries of the
Province
To make a gift, call Bob Dixon or Fr. Andrew Carl Wisdom, O.P. at 312.243.0011
or visit www.OPCentral.org
Spirituality Of Fundraising, “Fund-
raising is proclaiming what we
believe in such a way that we offer
other people an opportunity to
participate with us in our vision
and mission…Fund-raising is
always a call to conversion.”
He further says, “We are inviting
people into a new way of relating
to their resources. By giving people
a spiritual vision, we want them
to experience that they will in fact
benefit by making their resources
available to us. We truly believe
that if their gift is good only for us
who receive, it is not fund-raising
in the spiritual sense. Fund-raising
from the point of view of the gospel
says to people: ‘I will take your
money and invest it in this vision
only if it is good for your spiritual
journey, only if it is good for your
spiritual health.’ In other words, we
are calling them to an experience
of conversion: You won’t become
poorer, you will become richer by
giving... Those who need money and
those who can give money meet on
the common ground of God’s love.”
So, to you who have been generous
in your support of the many
Ministries of the Dominican Central
Province, thank you and welcome.
Welcome to our life of prayer, study,
community and preaching.Welcome
to the transformative power of God’s
love.Welcome to the common ground
of God’s love, where Deus Caritas est.
We are truly grateful. Ω
Bob Dixon has served the Central
Province since 2012. Prior to that, he
spent 20 years in a variety of leadership
roles in Catholic mission advancement,
including over 11 years at Fenwick
High School, our Dominican Catholic
College Preparatory School and ministry
of the Central Province in Oak Park,
Illinois.
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Chicago, IL 60608
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N E W P R I O R Y P R E S S
EXPLORING THE DOMINICAN VISION
N E W P R I O R Y
P R E S S

SENT TO Columbia
Brother Christopher Johnson,
O.P. was sent to Bogota, Columbia
this summer. A portion of his time
abroad has been spent learning
Spanish, while the remainder of his
time has been spent working with
people displaced by the drug wars.
SENT TO Kenya
Brother Benjamin Kuzemka,
O.P. spent his social justice summer
working with the Missionaries of
Charity and living in the studium in
Kenya. Ω
E
ach summer, Dominican
student brothers of the
Province of St. Albert the
Great are sent abroad to serve,
to study, often to teach, and to build
relationships with brothers and
sisters of the worldwide Order of
Preachers. See what the busy men of
the Central Province have been up to
so far this summer.
SENT TO Vietnam
Brother Drew Anderson, O.P.
and Br. Patrick Hyde, O.P. were
sent to new territory (for them, at
least) in Vietnam.These two young
friars were sent to teach English
to Vietnamese Dominican student
brothers for two months.
While this was Br. Drew’s first
encounter teaching English, Br.
Patrick brought prior experience
teaching at St. Michael Indian
School in Arizona.The Vietnamese
brothers with whom they worked
seemed to take every opportunity
they could to improve their English,
even practicing with Brs. Drew and
Patrick during and after meal times,
their main breaks during the day.
You can read several entries from
the trip online through Br. Drew’s
blog: www.preachingfriars.org/
view-vietnam. You can also view his
full posts on our website at: http://
opcentral.org/follow-the-white-
habit.
DOMINICANS SENT TO
Near and Far
DOMINICANS ABROAD AND AT HOME
Br. Drew
Anderson (rear)
experiences his
first motorbike
ride through
the streets of
Vietnam.
Dominican
Friars celebrate
Mass in
Vietnam.
Br. Drew Anderson, O.P. (left) and Br. Patrick Hyde, O.P. (right) eat with the
Dominican Friars in Vietnam during their summer abroad teaching English to their
Vietnamese brothers.
LEFT: Br. Christopher
Johnson, O.P. in Columbia.
Pastoral Year Assignments
Stateside,four student brothers
recently received their pastoral year
assignment,which dictates the
ministries where they will serve during
this school year and learn some of the
practical points of Dominican Life.
Two of our brothers have
placements in campus ministry and
two will serve during this school
year and learn some of the parish
ministry. Brother Brent Bowen, O.P.
will spend his year at St.Thomas
Aquinas Catholic Center at Purdue
University in West Lafayette, Indiana,
and Brother Reginald Wolford, O.P.
will serve at St. Paul’s Catholic Center
at Indiana University in Bloomington,
Indiana. Brother Lorenzo Laorden,
O.P. will serve St.Vincent Ferrer
Parish in River Forest, Illinois and
Br. Brian Zuelke, O.P. will serve at
Blessed Sacrament Parish in Madison,
Wisconsin.
DOMINICANS
ABROAD
Vietnam, Columbia,
and Kenya
DOMINICANS
STATESIDE
Indiana (Purdue and
IU), River Forest, IL,
and Madison, WI
NEW
NOVICES
Central
Province
Welcomes
Six Novices
from Four
Countries:
Nigeria,
Canada,
Trinidad,
and the
United
States.
See
story
on page
19

BY BR. SAMUEL HAKEEM, O.P.
5th Year Student Brother
“…And Jesus in the crucifix speaks
to St. Thomas and says, ‘You’ve written
well of me, Thomas. What do you want
as your reward?’ St. Thomas answered,
‘Non nisi te, Domine. Non nisi te.’
Nothing but you, Lord. Nothing but
you.”
S
o preached Br. Vincent
Dávila, O.P. to a group of
young adults at St. Dominic
Priory in St. Louis one
Saturday night in January.These men
and women, 27 in all, had joined
us for the inaugural Non Nisi Te
event—two hours of Eucharistic
Adoration with preaching, music,
silence, night prayer, and the
Sacrament of Reconciliation.
During this Year of Consecrated
Life, and as we move closer to the
800th Jubilee of the Order, the
Dominican student brothers in St.
Louis desired to begin a ministerial
project which would both contribute
to the Archdiocese and increase the
Order’s visibility in St. Louis. Our
goal was to offer a space and time
for Catholics to build a personal
relationship with Jesus, on the
foundation of Eucharistic Adoration.
The event borrowed cues from
monthly Adoration nights the
brothers had attended in other cities.
However, everybody involved in the
planning agreed that Dominican
identity was important in shaping
the event.This led to the inclusion
of preaching by the brothers; a
mix of modern praise music,Taizé,
and more ancient chant from our
Dominican tradition; a period of at
least 30 minutes of silence during
adoration; and ending the event with
Dominican night prayer, recently
translated and arranged by Fr. David
Wright, O.P. and Br. James-Peter
Trares, O.P.
The student brothers promoted
the event largely through word-of-
mouth. We reached out to young
adults we knew from our ministries
in the city’s parishes, to fellow
students from the Aquinas Institute,
and to students at Saint Louis
University. Word spread, thanks in
part to an article covering the event
printed in the St. Louis Review.
Each month’s Non Nisi Te saw
larger and larger crowds.The largest
event brought 67 people, filling the
priory chapel. While the focus was
on young adults, the events have
been attended by a wide audience.
We’ve also seen an increase in people
joining us for the Liturgy of the
Hours and for daily Mass.
Kayla Essner, a graduate student
at the University of Missouri, drove
nearly two hours to attend the
event. “I really enjoyed the praise
and worship during adoration,
mostly because that is one of my
favorite ways to pray,” she said.
“I really enjoyed getting to meet
the Dominicans and other young
adults in St. Louis.” Kayla has been
acquainted with the Dominicans
assigned to the Newman Center
at the University of Missouri in
Columbia, MO. Non Nisi Te gave
her the opportunity to get to know
more Dominicans, connecting the
ministry in Columbia with that of
the wider province.
Saint Louis University medical
student Stephen Grote attended each
of the four Non Nisi Te events. “It
was a good chance for me to leave
behind the craziness and anxiety of
medical school for a couple of hours,”
he said. “I really appreciated the
good mix of silent prayer, wonderful
music, thought-provoking scripture
and preaching, and Reconciliation. I
always left refreshed and renewed in
spirit. It came at a time when I was
struggling, and gave me the loving
reminders of God in our world that I
really needed.”
The Dominican character of the
event had a significant impact on
Saint Louis University student Maria
Miloscia. Following Br. Vincent’s
preaching during the first event,
Maria said, “I’ll never forget how
I experienced a deep-seated desire
to echo Thomas in his profession,
‘Non nisi te, Domine’: Nothing but
you, Lord.” Maria’s desire to echo St.
Thomas led her to discern a call to
religious life. She has recently been
accepted to the Dominican Sisters
of Saint Cecilia, and will begin as
a postulant in August. “Non Nisi
Te has been a precious time for
reflection and communal prayer in
my life. It has strengthened me in my
faith and augmented my appreciation
for my Dominican brothers.”
As we enter a new school year,
we look forward to continuing this
ministry, providing opportunities for
men and women to encounter Christ.
Our next event will be on Saturday,
September 19, from 7:30pm-9:30pm
at St. Dominic Priory in St. Louis,
MO. If you are in the St. Louis area,
please join us! Ω
Non Nisi Te, Domine:
Nothing butYou,Lord
DOMINICANS ABROAD AND AT HOME
Guests pray during Non Nisi Te.
Br. Vincent Davila, O.P. and the brothers at St. Dominic Priory in St. Louis offer space
and time for Catholics to build a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
“It was a good chance for me
to leave behind the craziness
and anxiety of medical school
for a couple of hours. I really
appreciated the good mix
of silent prayer, wonderful
music, thought-provoking
scripture and preaching, and
Reconciliation.”
— Saint Louis University medical
student Stephen Grote

BY BILL SKOWRONSKI
W
hen a friend
studying at
Aquinas Institute
of Theology asked
Raymond Bryce if he wanted to meet
her for Vespers with the Dominicans,
he replied, “What’s a Dominican?”
That was 2006, when the
Dominicans lived in Jesuit Hall at
Saint Louis University. His friend
is now a member of the Dominican
Laity and Fr. Raymond Bryce, O.P. is
now an ordained Dominican Priest
in the Central Province.
His first experience with the Order
of Preachers was overwhelming and
wonderful. “A flood of guys in white
pouring into the chapel,” he said. He
came back every week after, and was
eventually invited to a Come See
vocation weekend.
“Being in St. Louis was nourishing
and enriching for my faith and prayer
life,” Fr. Bryce said. “It was like being
guided along by the provident hand
of God”
It’s possible Fr. Bryce would not
have found his way to St. Louis were
it not for this guidance, which he
felt in a real way during the Easter
season in 2006. While stationed at
the Air Force base in Little Rock,
Arkansas, Fr. Bryce met Max Elliott,
a retired Air Force Deacon. Max’s
wife Pricilla lured him to attend
a Confirmation Mass on base by
offering a chicken dinner afterwards.
“It was one of the few homilies
I’ve never forgotten,” Fr. Bryce said.
“I remember preachers who were
good, but this homily was burned
into my memory.”
Someone has probably told you that
because you’re being confirmed, you have
to know all the answers now because
you’re Catholic adults. I’m 70 and I
don’t have all the answers. Let me give
you some good advice for the days and
years to come. Pray every day. When
you’re praying, if the Holy Spirit ever
comes and asks you to do something,
no matter what it is, just like when
the angel Gabriel came to the Blessed
FRIAR PROFILE
Have the Courage to Say Yes
Fr. Raymond Bryce, O.P. receives a special blessing from Fr. Leobardo Almazan, O.P.
during the Mass of Ordination.
BY BILL SKOWRONSKI
O
ur primary experience
of Catholic priests is
often limited to the Mass
and the Sacraments—
every Sunday, with baptisms, as
well as First Holy Communion,
weddings and funerals sprinkled
in over the years. But there are
also a few uniquely gifted men
who are called to serve the Church
somewhat behind the scenes, pouring
over theological texts, publishing
philosophical papers and working
intellectually to restore credibility to
our Church, which is under attack
now as much as it ever has been.
Father James Dominic Rooney,
O.P. was born in Akron, Ohio.
By middle school, when he began
seriously considering a vocation, he
had already lived in Okinawa, Japan,
where his father was a Naval Officer.
His parents Thomas and Maryanna
are physicians and exposed him to
French, German, and Latin while
raising him in Virginia, South
Carolina and Toledo.
Oddly enough, Fr. Rooney was
turned on to deeper religious and
philosophy study while reading pop
science books by Stephen Hawking
and Jacques Maritain, particularly
The Degrees of Knowledge, which
he credits for leading him to his
personal conversion. Although, Fr.
Rooney was educated by Jesuits, he
knew he wanted to join the Order of
Preachers even before meeting the
Dominicans.
Today, there may only be
three U.S.
Dominicans
who are bi-
ritual and 25
worldwide, of
which he is one.
His upbringing
influenced his
decision to
pursue Eastern
bi-ritual faculties (Byzantine) to
help hear confessions and preach.
Growing up, Fr. Rooney attended a
Byzantine church once a month and
on major holidays.
Father seems to be following in
the footsteps of the great intellectual
friars from the Order’s history. His
role in the Order will more likely
be forming others, preparing future
Dominicans to be good thinkers,
publishing philosophical papers and
continuing advanced research.
“He is one of the more widely read
brothers I know—however what
continues to impress me is his love
of prayer,” Dominican classmate Br.
Patrick Hyde, O.P. said. “Often times
it is easy to overlook the absolute
necessity of prayer in our lives and
unfortunately the role of prayer in
our theological and philosophical
studies. James Dominic was always
the first one in the chapel each
morning in the novitiate and often
times throughout our time of study
in St. Louis.”
He has already been published
in Oxford’s Journal of Church and
State, and as a novice brother was
given the Young Scholars Award by
the American Catholic Philosophical
Association, but Fr. Rooney
acknowledges not everyone is going
to be an academic. Still, having good
Catholic academics is a way to form
and educate other people to know
their faith and to be evangelizers.
“Dominicans have a heck of a
lot to contribute to evangelization.
I’m supporting the faith by doing
theological philosophy,” Fr. Rooney
said. “If you don’t have the academics
to make the faith credible, explain
the faith, and deal with problematic
issues, how can we get into places
where nobody is reaching the
unchurched?”
It’s hard to keep people in the
Church and address various ethnic
groups, Rooney says, because
Catholics in the United States aren’t
used to evangelization.
“He is constantly asking himself
and others how best to bring the
good news of Jesus Christ to those
who don’t believe,” Br. Hyde said.
“James Dominic is not simply an
intellectual, he is a man who loves
all of his brothers and sisters, and
has zealously gone out of his way to
search out and nourish those who
have fallen away from the faith and
those who have turned to atheism
and agnosticism.”
At one point, someone close to Fr.
Rooney practically nearly converted
to Buddhism. In an amazing act
of love, Fr. Rooney read a nearly
1,000 page Buddhist book so that
when he spoke with his friend
about Buddhism, he was informed
and could adequately respond to
his questions. And James Dominic
extends his willingness for dialogue
FRIAR PROFILE
Embracing the Intellectual Life
Fr. James Dominic
Rooney, O.P.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 » CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 »

to other philosophers. Himself
only 28 years old, he encourages
other young brothers to engage
philosophers who are not Catholic.
Further, he has been a resource and a
voice of reason for his brothers.
“For the Gospel to be preached
effectively, we need more men like
James Dominic who are willing
to take risks in bringing people to
the Word,” Br. Hyde said. “In good
times and in difficult times, he was
always quick to remind me of the
importance of our vocation and the
primacy of Christ, not ourselves in
following that vocation.” Ω
Father Rooney was ordained a
Dominican priest on May 16th in St.
Louis, where he earned a Masters of
Theology from Aquinas Institute of
Theology and where he will now pursue
a Doctorate of Philosophy at Saint
Louis University.
BY ANDRÉS TRUJILLO
Dominican Novice
I
t is still incredible for me to
think that just last year I began
discerning a call to the Dominican
Order, and now I have been
accepted to the novitiate. It all
began as inklings in my heart about
the priesthood, which then led to a
fascination. In truth, I avoided the
priesthood for a long time. But after
watching videos by the Dominicans
about discernment, I had to ask
myself a question that was presented
by the late Fr. Benedict Ashley, O.P.,
who said that the first thing a man
ought to think about when it comes
to a vocation is the Church herself, in
the sense of what it needs from YOU
at this present time. “What does the
Church need from me?”When I am
really honest with myself, I can see
that the Church needs me to be a
religious priest.The more I begin to
explore and discover who I am, what
I am attracted to, what I like and
what I like to do, the more I can see
that where I find peace is in a life
dedicated to holiness in a religious
order.
It is important for every man who
is discerning any kind of vocation to
ask himself Fr. Benedict’s question. It
is a very interesting time in history to
be saying yes to a religious vocation.
We live in a world where secularism
grows every day.This has created a
society where so few people think
about God every day, if they think
about Him at all. Further, as secular
values try to replace religious ones,
we begin to see that people are now
hungering for lasting truth more than
ever.Their souls and their hearts are
starving for truth, and yet truth is to
be found in one person because that
one person is truth itself.That person
is Jesus Christ.This presents those in
the Dominican Order with a unique
and exhilarating challenge similar to
the one St. Dominic faced as an early
preacher against heresy.This challenge
is bringing Christ to the people, to
illuminate a society that has been very
much darkened with things that do
not and cannot satisfy.This challenge
is taken up out of great love and
compassion for the people to whom
we preach.We are called to bring
people the Truth, the knowledge of
Christ, and to provide them with the
tools needed to grow as human beings
made in the image and likeness of
God.
There is a great need for meaning
in our world today, and the
Dominicans have always been the
ones to rise up to the challenges of
the times. Having studied diplomacy
and the Russian language, I could
have been a lot of things. I ultimately
learned that I was being called to
something much more. I left behind
the possibilities of becoming a
government agent, a diplomat, or
an interpreter for a life of prayer,
study, community, and preaching. It
is a life dedicating every minute to
the salvation of souls either through
prayer or through preaching and
teaching. It is a life dedicated to
growing so close to God and so
like His Son Jesus Christ that you
become a saint.The sacrifices will be
great, but the fruits are irresistible
and beyond imagination. I am
nervous, but by no means am I afraid.
Christ has been calling me for a long
time to the service of His Church
and His people.There is a need in
His Church to preach the Gospel
more than ever, and I feel I am truly
doing everything to meet this need,
this call he is issuing out to me.
So to those who are still
discerning, ask yourselves: “What
does the Church need from me?” Ω
What does the Church
need from me?
Mother, just do what she did and have
the courage to say yes, even if you don’t
know how it’s going to happen.
When the bishop gave that homily,
at the point where he said “the angel
Gabriel,”Bryce felt the undeniable
sense the Lord spoke to him and
He said the thing the bishop is saying
is what I am saying. What I want you
to do is become a priest. Father Bryce
broke down in tears right there.
The first time he visited Chicago,
Fr. Bryce made the trip with Sr.
Maria Vianney, O.P., who at the
time was still discerning her call to
religious life as well.That night, he
met Fr. Marty McCormick, O.P.,
who had been diagnosed with brain
cancer and given only six months to
live.The two men shook hands and
Fr. Marty said, “If I could do it all
again, I wouldn’t just walk back, I
would run back to the Dominicans.
My life has been so blessed, it’s been
such a gift.”
Dominican life has also been a gift
to Fr. Bryce. He chose the Order for
its focus on Community Life, which
he admits is both supportive and
challenging in a constructive way.
“You get into religious life and you
realize you have support to lean back
on when days get tough.The brothers
are there for you,” Fr. Bryce said.
“Of course we’re all also working
on growing which means we’re not
perfect and we get on each other’s
nerves, but all the rough edges help
you grow in holiness as well.”
As a C-130 pilot, he enjoyed being
part of the five-man crew it took to
fly the plane. Now he brings that
unique leadership ability into active
ministry.
“I met people in the military in my
first year who were solid Christians
and they were able to show me what
Christian leadership looks like,”Fr.
Bryce said.“It has its own particular
flavor.You can tell someone that you
should care about your people, be
professional and work hard, but when
you see a Christian doing that, there’s
more than an obligation, there is a
genuine capacity to care for people—
it’s a part of their Christian witness.”
“There was nothing I loved more
than being in the military and being
an Air Force pilot,” Fr. Bryce added.
“The only thing I could’ve loved
more was God, and it was him that
came calling.” Ω
Fr. Raymond Bryce, O.P. is parochial
vicar at St. Paul Catholic Center on
the campus of Indiana University in
Bloomington, Indiana.
« BRYCE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16
« ROONEY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17
FRIAR PROFILE VOCATIONS
Fr. Raymond Bryce, O.P. celebrates the Mass of Thanksgiving after being ordained a
priest in May.
NEW NOVICES
Central Province Welcomes Six
Novices from Four Countries
Andres Truillo is a 23-year old Novice
from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Joining him in Denver as part of
this year’s Novice class is Phillip
Catalanotto (23, New York), Dominic
Ibok (39, Lagos, Nigeria), Stephen
Peterson (36, Port of Spain, Trinidad),
Alejandro Ulbrich (24, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada), Michael Wagaman
(30, Falls Church, Virginia).

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