Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary Welcomes Father Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P. to Give the John Cardinal Foley Lecture
The annual lecture will focus on “Mercy and Mission: Continuity and New Accents from Pope Francis to Pope Leo XIV”
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary will present its annual John Cardinal Foley Lecture featuring Father Patrick Mary Briscoe, a Dominican friar and host of the Godsplaining podcast. He will speak about “Mercy and Mission: Continuity and New Accents from Pope Francis to Pope Leo XIV.”
Monday, January 26, 2026
7:00 p.m.
Gwynedd Mercy University (Julia Ball Auditorium)
1325 Sumneytown Pike
Gwynedd Valley, PA 19437
Father Christopher Redcay, Rector of Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, will be present for the lecture. He will be joined by Father Thomas F. Dailey, the John Cardinal Foley Chair of Homiletics and Social Communications, plus seminarians, faculty, staff, and community members.
The lecture is open to the public and free of charge.
The John Cardinal Foley Lecture is sponsored by the Cardinal Foley Chair for Homiletics and Social Communications at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary.
Background Regarding Father Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P.
Father Briscoe is a Dominican friar of the U.S. Province of St. Joseph. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2010, was ordained to the priesthood in 2016, and has served in campus ministry, parish life, and in various media apostolates.
On September 4, 2025 Father Briscoe was appointed the first ever General Promoter of Social Communication for the worldwide Order of Preachers. In that new role, he works closely with the Master General and the General Curia to support the order’s communication efforts, fostering collaboration and helping shape a global strategy for preaching through media across the four publics (friars, nuns, sisters, and laity) that form the Dominican family.
He is widely recognized for his contributions to the popular Dominican podcast Godsplaining and for his preaching at the National Eucharistic Revival. He previously served as editor of Our Sunday Visitor, a national Catholic publication in the United States. He is co-author of “Saint Dominic’s Way of Life: A Path to Knowing and Loving God” (OSV, 2021). He is a member of the Catholic Media Association and a frequent commentator for public television broadcasts about Vatican news.
About Saint Charles Seminary
Founded in 1832, Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary has been forming men for priestly service in the Catholic Church for 193 years. This year’s current enrollment is 142 seminarians, 71 of whom study for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. In addition, 17 partner dioceses and religious communities from across the country and around the world send their men to the seminary for formation. Thanks to the prayers and generosity of many people, the seminary has been able to continue its mission of forming future priests in service to the people of God and His Church.
For more information, call 610-667-3394 or visit www.scs.edu.
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