Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk, O.P.

Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk, O.P. is the Director of Vocations for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. He earned a degree in biomedical sciences at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY where he also competed in Division 1 cross country and track. After his ordination in 2017 Fr. Jacob Bertrand served as the assistant chaplain at Aquinas House, the Catholic campus ministry center at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. until 2018. Fr. Jacob Bertrand holds a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Dominican House of Studies. He is also a host of the podcast Godsplaining.

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A Quick History of the Order of Preachers, the Dominicans

Around the year 1170, Bl. Jane of Aza had a vision in which she gave birth to a dog with a burning torch carried in his mouth who ran...

Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk, O.P. - April 6, 2021

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The Catholic’s Guide to Discerning Your Vocation

Most people know well that the influence and role of religion has been on the decline in the United States for some decades now. The idea of “cultural Catholicism”...

Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk, O.P. - March 16, 2021