Lenten Conference Audio: St. Catherine de Ricci

Posted on March 16, 2015 by: Br. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P.

Dominicana Blog is happy to offer this audio recording of “St. Catherine de Ricci: The Counsel of the Cross.” It is the second installment of a four-part series of Lenten Conferences, given at the Dominican House of Studies.

Listen to all the Dominican Lenten Conferences here.

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Image: Fr. Lawrence Lew, O.P., St. Catherine de Ricci (Hawkesyard Priory church, Staffordshire)

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Br. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P.

Br. Irenaeus Dunlevy was born the youngest of four children in Columbus, Ohio. He grew up in the rural southeast suburb of Canal Winchester. After leaving the area for college, his family joined the Dominican parish of St. Patrick’s in Columbus. 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. Br. Irenaeus entered the Order of Preachers in 2013. On DominicanFriars.org

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