Spring 2011 Trumpet

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Dear Friends,

Even to your oldage I will be thesame, and even toyour graying yearsI will bear you!I have done it, andI will carry you.

This is what God promises usthrough the Prophet Isaiah. (Is 46:4)

One o our undamental, solemnand unshirkable duties as aProvince is the care and comorto our senior Friars who have spent

their lives in the preaching othe Gospel and the mission o theProvince o St. Joseph.

Whether its the Friars who areaging in place in our housesthroughout the Province, or thoseassigned to St. Dominic Prioryin Washington, D.C. where ourCenter or Assisted Living islocated or in Catholic nursingacilities near to their amilies andriends, the oldest members othe Province continue to inspire

the younger generations o Friarsby their examples o delity andperseverance in the grace o God.

We want to thank you, ourbeneactors, or helping us ulllthis solemn obligation.

Sincerely in Christ,

Very Rev. Brian M. Mulcahy, O.P.Prior Provincial

Spotlight: Healthcare

a Ministry of Care and HealingUntil recently Brother Ignatius Perkins, O.P., served as

Director of Administration for the Dominican Province

of St. Joseph and as Project Director of the Dominican

Friars Health Care Ministry of New York and Coordinator

of its Health Care Ethics program. He has resumed a

distinguished teaching career and currently serves as

Professor and Dean of Nursing and Director of the RN-

BSN Program at Aquinas College in Nashville, TN.

Can you offer some insight into the idea of care in the

Dominican Tradition and how it applies to the present day

When St. Dominic established the Order in 1216, it had as its purpose preaching and thesalvation o souls. Through his ministry o evangelization, St. Dominic brought the healingand salvic message o the Gospel to the people o his day whether they were suering romloneliness, mental or physical distress, or alienation rom God. He cared or those who oundthemselves ar rom the aith: the poor, unwanted, unloved and those void o hope. His messageo compassionate care and comort or others is deeply embedded in the history o the Order anremains alive in its mission today.

Can you explain how the art and science of nursing has

been integrated with your vowed commitment as a Dominica

Cooperator Brother?

Like other Dominican Cooperator Brothers, I ulll my preaching rom a dierent pulpit thanthat o my priest brothers. My pulpits are varied, but are centered in the healing ministry o JesuChrist, rst as a Dominican Friar, then as a clinician, nurse, ethicist and educator. I engage peop

wherever they are in their journey in search o Truth, healing and hope.

My added vocation as a nurse, now or more than 45 years, is to care or persons during some othe most vulnerable moments in their lie. It is a privileged opportunity to be present to them, tprotect and deend their dignity and reedom, and help re-establish the integrity o the sueringperson once ractured and made vulnerable by illness or despair and when the cure o illness isnot possible, to bring healing and hope even to those nearing the end o their lives.

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Prayer is a particular graceof getting older

By Fr. Joseph J. Guido, O.P.

A number o Dominicans in the Province o St. Joseph haveentered their winter years. Most have done so with uncommongrace. Once it was the eloquence o their words or the orce otheir personalities that dened them; now it is the gentleness otheir mien. Some once traveled ar and wide, beriending theamous or serving the poor in mission lands. Now they are quietgenerous to those close at hand.

They bear their most important witness by their prayer. There isthe Mass and Oce, to be sure; but it is their private prayer thatimpresses most. It is something they rarely speak about and nearalways deliberately do quietly and out o public view. Oten it is

unexpected: in the chapel early in the morning, head bent, or late in the day, eyes xed on thtabernacle. Coming upon them at such times one eels like an intruder who would do best tleave quietly. That, or learn rom them and do the same.

Doing so is not easy. We are used to being busy, to seizing the initiative and doing what musbe done: good things, worthy things, certainly necessary things. But the simplicity o prayerrequires us to do just the opposite: To let God have the initiative, to wait on His will andgrace, and so let Him do what He wants to do with us. Prayer thereore is less somethingone does than a response to what God does;less a matter o technique than an inclination, adisposition o being in the direction o God.

That is why we oten ail to pray, despite our best

intentions, or grow rustrated when we do: so littleo use seems to get accomplished. Perhaps that is

why prayer is a particular grace o getting older. Forin the latter years o our lives, there is more time tospend on prayer: little else to be busy about, andless to be accomplished. There is time or waitingand time or silence, time enough to grow amiliar

with solitude, and so time to listen; time even to beless than useul, as the world accounts utility. Andin those long hours, grace upon grace: eyes seeinganew, and more deeply: beholding Him.

Those o us still ully in the bustle o lie mayeel like intruders now, stumbling on our eldersin prayer. But i we learn rom their witness we can do what they do, and long beore the

winter o our own lives imposes its will. For no doubt it would be their ondest hope that wewould learn early what they perhaps learned only later: the time wasted on prayer is the mosimportant time o all.

Fr. Joseph J. Guido, O.P. is Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Providence College, RI,an Assistant Professor of Psychology, and a Counseling Psychologist in the Personal Counseling Center.

[This is an edited version o a longer piece entitled Winters Grace which appeared inProvidence College Magazinein March 2011. Used with permission.]

Did YouKnow?

Caring for

One Another at Home

The Dominican Friars have a richtradition o caring or each otherthat reaches back to the Ordersounding in 1216. Every Dominicancommunity serves as the rstcenter or care. Only when the

needs o Friars exceed the abilitieso the community are outsideresources and services broughtin. In a ew instances, Friars areadmitted to nursing centers.

With an increase in the numbero older Friars needing care, theProvince decided to establish theCenter or Assisted Living at St.Dominic Priory in Washington,D.C. in 1990. Groundbreakingat the time, the DominicanCommunity at St. Dominics

Priory welcomed Friars rom allcommunities o the Province totheir home and to the Center or

Assisted Living.

Now in its 21st year, the Centeraccommodates Friars who needsupervised assistance in activitieso daily living, or short or long-term stays all within the rhythmo the ullness o Dominican lie.The Center also provides hospiceservices allowing Friars to spendtheir nal days surrounded by their

Dominican community and amily.Caring or the sick and the dyingin our Dominican homes is ourrst preaching. It is a prophetic

witness to one another and tothe world, and an authenticatingsign o what Dominican Friarscommunicate by example and

word o mouth.

Brother Ignatius Perkins, O.P.

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Ordinations to the PriesthoodOn May 27th, 2011 at 9:30 AM, our Friars will be ordained tothe Priesthood by Archbishop Timothy Broglio, Archbishop o theMilitary Services USA, at St. Dominic Priory in Washington, D.C.Please pray or the Friars in their nal weeks beore ordination. The

ollowing Friars will be ordained:

n Br. Austin Dominic Litke, O.P.n Br. Ignatius John Schweitzer, O.P.n Br. Ezra Sullivan, O.P.n Br. Hyacinth Marie Cordell, O.P.

Breaking Ground for the Charlottesville PrioryOn April 12, 2011, a groundbreaking and blessing marked the beginning o a new era

or the Dominican Friars in Charlottesville, VA. Wielding golden spades, Fr. Luke Clark,O.P., Pastor o St. Thomas Aquinas Church, and Fr. Joseph Scordo, O.P., Parochial Vicar,ceremoniously shoveled into a pile o dirt. At their side was Archbishop Augustine DiNoiaO.P., Secretary o the Congregation or Divine Worship and Discipline o the Sacraments,

who demonstrated with his smile and vigorous dirt-digging how joyul the occasion was oall Dominicans, especially in the Province o Saint Joseph.

The groundbreaking, though a simple aair,signies a remarkable achievement: it is avisible commitment o the Dominicans to

the Charlottesville and University o Virginia communities or the coming century, anda historic undertaking or the Province o St. Joseph, the Order and the Church in theUnited States. As Archbishop DiNoia articulated in his remarks at the groundbreaking andat the Inaugural Ceremony the ollowing day or the new President o UVA, the kinshipbetween the Dominican Friars and Thomas Jeersons University is a natural and animportant one. It is a joyul thing to anticipate the continuing growth and ruitul laborso the Order o Preachers at so vibrant a ont o learning.

I you would like to support our new Priory at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, serving theUniversity o Virginia in Charlottesville, contact us at [email protected] or 212.535.3664.

Fr. Bruno Cadore, O.P. Visitsthe Province of St. JosephFr. Bruno Cador, O.P., the recently elected Master o the Order, the 86thSuccessor o St. Dominic, arrived in New York City on March 30th, 2011 or hisfrst visit to the United States. During his raternal visit to the Dominican Provincesin the USA and Canada, Fr. Cador visited with the Priors Provincial and theircouncils, the houses o ormation, and major apostolic institutions in each Province.

Fr. Cador met with the Prior Provincial and his council in St. Joseph Provinceon March 31st, 2011. During the discussion, he asked about the growing numbero vocations in the Province and the needs o the various apostolates. There

was a discussion about the Orders revival o Thomism and how best to engagecontemporary culture with the Truths o the Faith. Fr. Cador enjoyed his timevisiting the Province and witnessing the Dominican charism alive and thriving.

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Fr. Bruno Cador, O.P. (center right) with the Prior Provincial and his Cou


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A Day in the LiePreaching atthe Bedside

By Fr. Jordan Kelly, O.P.

Fr. Jordan Kelly, O.P., is Pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Church inManhattan (served by the Dominican Friars since 1897) and InterimDirector of the Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry of New York.He leads a team of Catholic health care chaplains and ethicists servingpatients, their families and staff at the Hospital for Special Surgery,New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, MemorialSloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Rockefeller University Hospital.

We ministerto individuals

who are attheir mostvulnerable and

thereore moredocile to thepromptings othe Holy Spirit,

which is anextraordinarygrace orthem. Wehelp patientssee that theLord has notorsaken them

in their suering that their suering can be a road to deeperunion with Christ, a path o purication which they may not haveound otherwise.

Strange as it sounds, a cancer survivor said to me the other day,Father, the best thing that ever happened in my lie is that Ihave breast cancer. The experience changed her; she has come tounderstand lie and suering. She was already a believer, but heraith had becomepro forma. This event made her much more aliveto the aith.

Recently, I gave First Holy Communion to a nine-year-old boy,who is suering rom a very rare orm o brain cancer that isprogressing very quickly. When I met him he had already lost the

ability to speak. He had been prepared or the sacrament at hishome parish. I asked him i he knew what the Eucharist was. Hetook a pad and wrote, the Body and Blood o Christ. I askedhim i he wanted to receive Communion and he nodded yes.

Aterward, with his parents and godparents also present, he madesigns that he wanted to say something. He mouthed, I am sohappy. He will not live to see his tenth birthday. This past weekI also buried a ten-year-old; baptized a baby in danger o death;anointed a our-year-old who is undergoing his ourth cancersurgery; and stood at the bedside o two people who drew theirlast breath.

I also met a man who had not been to Mass and Conession inmore than 35 years. With end-stage lymphoma he did not havelong to live. But he was reconciled to the Church. For many,coping with grave illness or the death o a loved one is a greatmoment to come back to the Church. Then, ater comorting aman who just lost his wie o 56 years, I ran back across the streeand met a couple preparing or Marriage. My days are as varied,exciting and as challenging as you can imagine.

As a Dominican Friar, I am preaching and teaching in and out

o the pulpit. At their bedside we preach to the sick and sueringusing classic Thomistic Theology to show that God is the source,center and end o our lie. A Friar has a surety about our end andcan convincingly argue the point by appealing to reason. Its notsome vague idea about our destiny, but the intellectual and spiritucertainty that, marked by the Cross, the Christian person is madeto behold God or all eternity. The virtues lead us to God, while osuering conorms us to Christ, puries us and sets us ree.

The Friars also deal with medical ethics. We counsel amilies, whare aced, or example, with the potential choice o withdrawinglie-support rom an aging parent. One amily consulted me intheir dilemma whether or not to submit their gravely ill three-

year-old to another round o chemotherapy. The doctors stillheld out hope so they went ahead. Researchers will ask us i itis licit to use embryonic stem cells in their work (never!). We heldoctors and nurses out in the incredible task they have chosen.

In terms o my own spiritual lie, I have to trust in Gods goodnand His plan or each o the patients I encounter. I am humbledbeyond words to be His instrument and driven to my knees everday. My own lie o prayer is paramount in nding the strength.Rose Hawthorne said o her Sisters health care ministry, what aglorious vocation one moment they are looking in our eyes; thnext they are looking in the ace o God.


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Established in 1991, the Center orAssisted Living is a unique acilityhoused at St. Dominic Priory inWashington, D.C. With room or 13,

the Center currently meets the needso 11 Friars who, though only partlyengaged in ministry, are ully integratedin the daily lie o the community oFriars. Fr. Jack McMahon, O.P., has

been the Centers Director since 1993.

The resident Friars can still say Massand preach. I their health permits,

they can hear conessions, or example.They are ully part o the Dominicancommunity and enjoy the support othe other Friars. There is no distinctionbetween them and the newly ordained they are saying the same prayers everyday, which makes or a great bond. It isa new concept, echoing the notion o amother house, which has always servedas the de facto inrmary or communitieso Sisters.

Fr. NormanHaddad, O.P.(78) is a ormerPrior Provincial

o the Provinceo St. Joseph(1997-2002).The Centerallows ailingFriars tocontinue living

with brothers they have known ordecades. There is wealth o experienceand richness in all the lives that are here and that richness is available to all.We have a wonderul community.

Fr. LawrenceConcordia,O.P. (79)served as thelong-termDirector othe Shrine oSt. Jude at St.Catherine oSiena Churchand Prioryin New YorkCity. Livingin the Center is very comortable. Theservices are good and the circumstanceso lie are quite pleasant. There is a nurseon duty every day and sta to drive meto doctors appointments. At the sametime, all o us eel very much part o thePriorys community. The Center, the

parish and the Priory are well integrateThis structure allows me to keep myundamental responsibilities as a Friar.

Fr. John Burke, O.P. (82) taughthomiletics at the DHS or 40 years.Whats hard about getting old is beinno longer able to do what you used todo the preaching and teaching soyour lie becomes quite dierent. I dond my reward is to continue livingthe Dominican lie and particularly thlie o prayer. The lie here is a blessingbecause there are other men who allhad to give up their careers. We are

all in the same boat and support oneanother. You do grow in wisdom. Ihave come to realize like never beorethat God is in control. He gives me theopportunity here to look back on myentire lie and see so many instanceswhen He protected and guided me. This the greatest git o getting older: tobecome more and more sensitive to thmovements o the Spirit.

The life here is a blessing.Your Generosity Bearing Fruit

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Thank You!Through your assistance we are able to ensure

that our brothers remain in our communities sothat they can continue to live according to the

values o our Dominican tradition: common lieand prayer, study, observance o the vows, and

limited apostolic service.

-Fr. Dominic Izzo, O.P.

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A Contemplative

Powerhouse of PrayerDr. Jeanne E. Hicks, MD, T.O.P. a Lay Dominican was DeputyDirector of Rehabilitation Medicine at the National Institutes of Health(NIH) in Bethesda, MD. Currently, she is involved in various forms ofmedical writing, producing scholarly papers with NIH and reviewingjournal articles of her peers.

I rst met the Friars when I was at the University o Tennessee Medical School inMemphis. My physician ather took me to St. Peters Priory whose most welcoming Priorreadily assigned a spiritual director or my care. I elt drawn by the Dominican charism oprayer, study, community and apostolate and wanted to integrate these into my medicalwork making me a more caring and compassionate physician attuned to all the needs omy patients: psychological, physical and spiritual. So began an enduring relationship withthe Friars that continues to shape my relationship with God and my medical apostolate.

A critical area where the Province needs support is the care o aging Friars with special needs.From a medical perspective, it is important to note that, in the process o normal aging,a growing number o individuals who reach their 70s, 80s and even 90s are maintaininggood health and unctional status. I have been very impressed that the Friars are very vigilant

in using medical screening, preventative and early intervention strategies to limit disease anddisability. God gave us the git o lie and wishes us to care or it expeditiously.

It is part o the Friars overall mission toremain as healthy as possible, limiting theimpact o disease, and bringing Christ tothe world as long as they are physically andmentally able. There is no real retirementin the lie o Dominicans as, in charity andvowed commitment, they live ully andjoyully or God and others all o theirdays, even as aging means taking on newapostolates that can accommodate medical

issues and decreased unction.

The healthiest thing or an elderly Friar is toage in place in the heart o their religiouscommunity. This is also advantageous or younger Friars who can experience the witnesso a long, aithul, vowed lie, and benet rom the sage advice o their older brothers.Older Friars who can assist in parishes are treasured or their solid, compassionate advice.Even Friars who can no longer engage in active ministry are a special contemplativepowerhouse o prayer. Some can provide spiritual advice by mail.

Priories will incur signicant expenses to upgrade their acilities to accommodate orspecial elder needs. Unless they had special employment with retirement benets, olderFriars retirement income and health insurance will be insucient to nance this or long

term care. That is why the laitys support is absolutely vital.

I am happy to be able to contribute to the Dominican Foundation which supports the Friarsthroughout their lives, rom their start as Student Brothers to meeting their special needsin their later years. It should be noted that inrmity can strike at any age, o course, so theFriars depend on this support their entire lives. I havent orgotten them in my will either.

Older Friars will be consoled to know they are loved and supported not only by theirbrethren but also by riends and lay members o the Order to whom they have ministeredor so many years. The measure o the greatness o a society is how it treats its elderly. Godbless the Province o St. Joseph or working so hard to provide appropriate care or itsolder brethren and promote and protect the well-being o all the Friars.

BequestsLeaving a Legacy

As you know, the Dominican Friarscannot continue their important

work without the ongoing assistanceo our aithul and generous donors people like you. There are many

ways to support the Friars and their

mission, including ways that yourimpact on their work can live onater you. A charitable bequest atranser o property to a beneciaryas specied in your will is oneo the simplest types o plannedgits to make, and one o the easiestto implement.

Below are a ew examples o how toleave something in your will:

Specific Amount

A common transer within a willis a specic dollar amount. Yousimply speciy an amount o cash toleave to the charity.

Specific Asset Bequests

Many bequests transer a specicitem to a beneciary. It can be ahouse, piece o land, or any otheritem that you own.

Bequest of a Percentof the Residue

A ractional amount o what is leto the estate may be transerred tocharity. Ater you have specied theasset and amount bequeathed inyour will, you can indicate whichpercentage o what remains will goto the charity o your choice. Theseare just a ew examples o howyou can leave a Legacy Git to theDominican Friars o the Provinceo St. Joseph. We are happy totalk with you about your plans ingreater detail.

Please eel ree to contact our oceat 212.535.3664 or email usat [email protected] learn more.

Also, there is abundantinormation on our websiteat www.dominicanfriars.org/

plannedgiving.Thank you or your ongoingsupport, and may God Bless youor your generosity!



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Dear Friends,

Gods blessingand peace be

with you duringthese grace lleddays o the EasterSeason.

I hope you enjoy this issue o theTrumpetthat highlights the delityand lie o Dominican Friars whohave spent themselves tirelessly inthe pastoral care o many peoplein the various apostolates o theProvince. We are grateul to themor the way in which they havehanded on the charism o theOrder o Preachers to the growinggeneration o Dominicans eager to

join their ranks and witness.

The pressing capital needs othe priories in which our inrmbrothers live are a concern weare urgently seeking to addressto ensure a sae and healthyenvironment or them and uturegenerations o Dominicans seekingto live the last days o their lives athome in the Dominican tradition.

Thank you or your continuednancial support and prayers orour elder Friars. Your concern or

them enables all o us to enjoythe richness their lie-experiencebrings to our charism and to uturegenerations o Dominicans who

will build on the solid oundationsthat they have laid or us.

Know o my continued prayers oryou and your intentions.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Fr. Dominic Izzo, O.P.,DirectorDominican Foundation

A MESSAGE

From Our Director Dominicans Yesterday and TodayWhen Yellow Fever Raged:A Friar and a Rabbi Team Up

Caring or people who are sick has been important or Dominican Friars since the oundation othe Province in 1805. Our brothers and sisters, who are now conronted with illness and death,look to the Church or comort and healing in Her sacraments, or protection o their dignity

while they are most vulnerable, and or the strength that comes rom being remembered in the

prayers o the aithul.

Fr. John Vidmar, O.P., in his book, Fr. Fenwicks Little American Province: 200 Years of theDominican Friars in the United States(2005, available at Amazon.com) writes about theDominican Friars and Sisters heroic care o the sick who suered during the Yellow Feverepidemic in Memphis, TN, between 1873-1879. Many o them died caring or the sick. Anumber o stories stand out in his book, but one speaks directly to the undamental need othose who are sick. It was recorded by the only rabbi in Memphis at the time, Rabbi MaxSameld:

While passing along Shelby Streeta man called out to me or help rom a window.Money or medicine? I asked. Not ood, nor money, nor doctor, the man replied,My wie already has the black vomit, the sure sign o death, and we are Catholics, and she

wants a priest. Can you get a Catholic priest or her?

I assured him, and hastened to St. Peters. I inormed the priest (a Dominican) andaccompanied him as he carried the Sacrament with great respect down the orsaken streets oaficted Memphis to the houseNever perhaps in history had the sight been seen beore: a

Jewish rabbi running or a Catholic priest, and both going side by side along the streets o adesolate city to bring to a dying Catholic the rites o her religion. (p. 51).

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Dear Friends,

I have watched the brethren with whom I live age with grace and I have witnessedrsthand the seeming paradox that physical limitations and age can make people tobe reer internally and very eective intercessors or others. Nevertheless, advances

in medical technology can neglect or obscure the dignity o the human person. ThePontical Faculty o the Immaculate Conception, along with the Dominican FriarsHealth Care Ministry in New York, has set about training Student Brothers to guardand promote the dignity o the human person rom conception to natural death. The St. Catherineo Siena Chair in Bio/Medical Ethics, initially established through a generous $1M git, will ensurethat Friars serving in this vital healthcare ministry are proessionally trained so that they can be reliableadvisors to amilies and individuals experiencing the vulnerability that comes with age and illness alike.The aged and inrm can be our most powerul advocates beore the throne o Grace. Lie has potenti

or good, no matter how old or limited we might become.We also know that whatever we accomplish at the DominicaHouse o Studies is due to our older brethrens arduous laborpersonal sacrice, and devotion in service to the Gospel. Forthese important lessons o living by aith we are grateul to

them and to you.

May the joy o Easter remain with you throughout the year.

Sincerely yours in the Lord,

Very Rev. Steven C. Boguslawski, O.P.President, Pontical Faculty o the Immaculate ConceptionFr. Martin Egan, O.P. counsels a friend.

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