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Dear Friends, Dear Colleagues:

One of the reasons that With patience and
days pass so quickly—at perseverance, our
least in our perception—is Foundation continues its
intense labor of
that they are full and collaboration with our
interesting. Let me give Dominican brothers in
you a sampling from preaching the Word of God.
recent days. Together we can
accomplish wonderful
By the grace of God, the Province is blessed things for the glory of God.
with a growing number of vocations, bright
young men drawn to a life that is by no In this season of
Thanksgiving, we are
means easy but that promises deep thankful to you who join us
fulfillment. The Lord has also seen fit to put in supporting the mission of
you in our lives, so that we have the spiritual the Friars. But most of all
and material support to welcome these men we thank Almighty God for
and form them and to carry out all our tasks, blessing all of our families
and, in doing so, give glory to Him who makes and friends and for giving
all things possible. us faith and the true joy
that come from our being
members of Jesus Christ.
This fall, we found a great source of hope in
the Pope’s granting Anglicans the opportunity Sincerely in Christ,
to join the Church of Rome while retaining
some of their unique traditions. A key official
in shepherding this groundbreaking process
has been one of our own Friars, now Ray Clark
Archbishop Augustine DiNoia, O.P., newly President
appointed as Secretary of the Congregation Dominican Foundation
for Worship and the Discipline of the
Sacraments. Please click here to read more.
I also call your attention to a testimony by a
veteran journalist, Charlotte Hays, a former
Episcopalian whose journey to Catholicism
was inspired by an amazing Friar, Father
Raymond Smith, O.P. She describes him
beautifully as “a scholar in flowing white
robes and a fifteen-decade rosary dangling
from his belt,” a timeless description of a Please Support the
Dominican Friar. Dominican
Foundation
Another fascinating story can be found by Please consider
looking at the late Father Thomas Richard contributing to the
Heath, O.P., the first Vicar of the Province’s Dominican Foundation
African Vicariate. He was victim of a vicious today. Because of the
robbery of the Dominican compound in generosity of our
Kisumu, Kenya, in 2005. You will find a video friends, w e’ve been able
of his legacy—providing the poorest Kenyan to do so much. But this
children with an opportunity to get an can only continue if
education and have a chance at lifting Catholics like you
themselves and their families out of poverty. continue to step out in
faith and generously
Five Friars made their Solemn Profession this contribute.
fall, pledging their lives to God, to the Church,
and to the Order and promising to use their
God-given talents to build up the Catholic
community. Among them are Father Aquinas
Guilbeau, O.P., and Father Gabriel Gillen,
O.P. Both men, frequent contributors to our
website, look in particular to the media as an
evangelization tool.
Fr. Gillen just wrote an opinion piece taking

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New York City subway stations. It appeared
in the New York Daily News. His is a jaunty,
but serious piece of common sense arguing.
As most of you know, you have access to the,
if you will, living record of the Friars’ lives
and work on our website. New items are
added almost everyday and cover the gamut
of the Order’s apostolate exercised in the
form of prayer, worship, study and preaching
and made accessible in writings and talks, on
radio and video. If you haven’t already done
so, please sign up to receive our email alerts
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visiting the website.)

You, our dear friends, make all these

wonderful initiatives possible. We are your
agents. On a daily basis, your generous
encouragement spurs us to work and fight
hard to be loyal to our vows and do our
utmost to fulfill our obligations to you, our
communities, and the Church at large. Thank
you for this chance to report back to you on
the great works all of us stand shoulder-to-
shoulder in accomplishing.

Wishing you a blessed Thanksgiving and a

joyful time with your loved ones, I am

Sincerely yours, etc.

Fr. John Farren, O.P.

For the Dominicans
Province of St. Joseph

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