Join us for a weekly speaker series that offers a fresh perspective on some of today's most relevant topics. Invite your friends, grab a drink and some food, and get ready for five nights of exploring today's culture through the lens of the Dominicans.
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Calendar of Events
July 1, 2021 Social Media and Your Soul Br. Damian Day
July 8, 2021
Rejected but Not Dejected Fr. Michael Dosch
July 15, 2021
Divine Drinking Fr. John Corbett
July 22, 2021
Discovering Peace in Everyday Life Brad Bursa July 29, 2021
The Gospel Value of Friendship Fr. John Mark Solitario *In order for Ferrari's to best accommodate our group, we ask that you RSVP for each event. However, RSVPs are not required to attend. If you do not have a Facebook account and would like to RSVP, you may call the St. Gertrude Parish office at (513) 561-5954..
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Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Ferrari's Little Italy & Bakery 7677 Goff Terrace, Madeira, OH 45243 At the end of each event, we invite you to join us and the Dominican friars and novices for night prayer at St. Gertrude Church, 6543 Miami Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45243. 
We would like to thank Ferrari's Little Italy & Bakery for graciously allowing us to host Drinking with Dominicans at their restaurant. We encourage you to show your appreciation by purchasing something to drink or eat during the event.
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Meet Our Speakers
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Brother Damian Day is from Rehoboth, Massachusetts. The second of six children, he graduated from Providence College, where he studied history. It was as a student at Providence College that Br. Damian first met the Dominicans. He completed his novitiate at St. Gertrude and professed simple vows in 2016. In March 2021, he was ordained a deacon. He will be ordained a priest in May 2022.
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Fr. Michael Mary Dosch, O.P. grew up on the Jersey Shore, graduated as an electrical engineer from the Catholic University of America, then worked for the Federal Aviation Administration for four years before entering the Order of Preachers in 1998. After his ordination in 2005, he was the young parochial vicar at St. Gertrude’s until 2010. After six years as pastor of St. Patrick’s in Columbus, he returned to Madeira as the Novice Master in 2016. His primary responsibility is the formation of the Novices.
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Fr. John Corbett, O.P., born in 1951, is a native of Columbus Ohio. He graduated from Providence College in 1973 and was ordained a Dominican priest in 1980. He received the Doctorate in Sacred Theology from Fribourg University in Switzerland. He has taught moral theology at Providence College, The Josephinum in Columbus and the Dominican House of Studies in Washington D.C. He is currently helping both in the Novitiate with spiritual direction and in the wider parish with Mass, preaching, and confessions.
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Brad Bursa, PhD, is the director of evangelization at St. Gertrude Church. Brad earned his PhD in theology from The University of Notre Dame Australia and has been engaged in ministry since 2009 in various school, parish, and diocesan settings. A youth minister at heart and the father of six children, Brad is passionate about educating and supporting parents in the raising of their children within the current culture.
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Fr. John Mark Solitario, O.P., was ordained a priest in 2019 at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Having studied theology with the other friars at the Dominican House of Studies and gained some pastoral experience with the Catholic Latino community in Washington, D.C., he is happy now to be serving as a parochial vicar at St. Gertrude.
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Why Drinking with Dominicans?
In a recent letter, Pope Francis praised St. Dominic de Guzman (d. August 6, 1221) for answering an urgent need to preach and live as a witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ in his time. The pope spoke of the charism (spiritual gift) entrusted to St. Dominic, the Church’s “preacher of grace,” which has been refracted through eight centuries in an array of saintly friars, nuns and sisters, and lay men and women called to influence the Church and the world.
The pope then said: “In our own age, characterized by epochal changes and new challenges to the Church's evangelizing mission, St. Dominic can thus serve as an inspiration to all the baptized, who are called, as missionary disciples, to reach every ‘periphery’ of our world with the light of the Gospel and the merciful love of Christ.”
In anticipation of St. Dominic’s feast day on August 8, we are offering you an opportunity to learn about some key Dominican saints and the grace God offers through the Dominican order while enjoying time with friends and some brews.
The pope then said: “In our own age, characterized by epochal changes and new challenges to the Church's evangelizing mission, St. Dominic can thus serve as an inspiration to all the baptized, who are called, as missionary disciples, to reach every ‘periphery’ of our world with the light of the Gospel and the merciful love of Christ.”
In anticipation of St. Dominic’s feast day on August 8, we are offering you an opportunity to learn about some key Dominican saints and the grace God offers through the Dominican order while enjoying time with friends and some brews.
