Chaplain
Fr. Jonathan Kalisch, O.P. (frjon@dartmouth.edu)
Associate Chaplain
Fr. Francis Christopher Belanger, O.P. (Francis.J.Belanger@Dartmouth.edu)
was raised in East Greenwich, RI, attended Catholic schools for ten
years, and graduated from Dartmouth in 1989. He made his profession of
vows in the Dominican Order in 2001 and was ordained in 2005. Prior to
his assignment at Aquinas House, he served as an associate pastor and
campus minister at St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish at the
University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. During his time at
Dartmouth, he was active at Aquinas House. He writes: |
"When I came to
Dartmouth in 1985, the legendary Monsignor William Nolan -- "Father
Bill" to everyone there -- was the Director of Aquinas House. Fr. John
McHugh, O.F.M. Cap., later the director for many years, arrived with us
as the Assistant Chaplain, so we claimed him as a member our class of
1989. Around the time of my sophomore summer, I began to discern a
vocation to the priesthood. Fr. John helped me greatly in my
discernment. I entered the Dominicans in July 1989, less than a month
after my graduation. Mine was to be a circuitous journey. I ended up
leaving formation before making my solemn vows. I worked for a few
years at different things including studying theology and teaching high
school religion, but always cherishing the hope of returning to the
Dominicans. In 2000 I did return and five years later was ordained to
the priesthood. For two years since being ordained a deacon I have
ministered at St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish at the University of
Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. I will miss UVA but the prospect
of returning to Dartmouth and Aquinas House is beyond any of my dreams
and expectations."
Campus Minister
Eileen Brody
(eileenaq@dartmouth.edu)
is from Montana and the Pacific Northwest, where she has lived for many
years
and worked as a church music director and a school music teacher in
several different locations, and with a number of performance
groups. She grew up in the Syracuse, New York area and
received her Bachelor of Music Education from the State University of
New York at Potsdam. She has a Master of Music degree in
Music and Liturgy from the University of Notre Dame, where her youngest
daughter is currently a student. She is a composer, and has been an
accompanist, a coach for music festivals, and a drama
director. She has conducted workshops and retreats in the
area of liturgical music. Eileen comes from a large Catholic
family, and her father is a permanent deacon. Her son, the oldest of
her three children, is in law school in Virginia, and her other
daughter is a college student in Pennsylvania.
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