Please be advised that this item will close on Sunday, April 3rd at 5:30 PM EST.

Attend Vespers and Dinner with the Dominican community for six people as guests of the prior, Very Rev. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. Aperitifs will precede Vespers, and dinner will follow in the refectory, where the winners of this item will be seated as guests of honor at the Prior's table.

The dinner will be scheduled on a mutually convenient date on a Monday-Thursday evening.

Please be advised that this item will close on Sunday, April 3rd at 4:45 PM EST.

A group of up to eight will be invited to the Dominican community's 5:30 PM Vespers in the priory chapel. Following Vespers, your party will join Fr. Michael O'Connor, O.P. and members of the schola, for a wine and cheese reception in the PFIC Board Room. Fr. O'Connor will give a presentation on Gregorian chant and why it has pride of place in the Church's tradition of liturgical music. The talk will include demonstrations of chant by Fr. O'Connor and a few members of the schola.

Fr. O'Connor is an Instructor in Moral Theology at the PFIC. Prior to entering the Order, he worked as a church musician and as an editor of the St. Michael Hymnal, in which some of his compositions appear.

Event to be scheduled on a mutually agreeable date during the school year (when the schola is available). Must take place by April 2, 2023.