Godsplaining
A new Catholic podcast by the Dominican friars.
Join the Dominican friars each week as they muse on all things Catholic. Considering topics philosophical, theological, cultural, and beyond, Godsplaining presents ideas from the Church’s tradition and brings them to bear on our lives’ most urgent questions.
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Principal Contributors:
Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P.
Fr. Patrick is a Dominican friar and author. He is the Promoter General for Social Communication of the Order of Preachers.
A sought-after preacher and speaker, he has written widely on faith, culture, and the spiritual life, sharing the beauty of the Gospel with clarity and joy.
Fr. Patrick earned a licentiate in moral theology degree from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. Following his ordination, he served as a chaplain and theology instructor at Providence College and as a parish priest at St. Pius V Catholic Church in Providence, Rhode Island.
He currently resides in Rome, Italy.
Fr. Bonaventure Chapman, O.P.
From Buffalo, NY, Fr. Bonaventure entered the Order of Preachers (Province of St. Joseph), in 2011 and was ordained a priest in 2017, having completed theology degrees from Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University and the Dominican House of Studies, as well as a Ph.L from The Catholic University of America.
After teaching philosophy at Providence College, RI, he completed a Ph.D. in philosophy at the Catholic University of America in 2023 and joined the faculty of the School in Fall 2023. Father Bonaventure’s primary research interest is eighteenth-century German philosophical Pietism and more broadly on early modern German metaphysics and ethics.
For relaxation, Fr. Bonaventure serves as Assistant Student Master at the Dominican House of Studies, enjoys studying great American art, sailing, and finding American toads whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P.
Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P., entered the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph in 2010. He made his solemn profession on August 9, 2014, and was ordained a priest on May 21, 2016. In the spring of 2010, he graduated from Franciscan University of Steubenville with a Bachelor of Arts and subsequently received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology and Masters of Divinity from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception.
Fr. Joseph-Anthony served as the Chaplain to Catholic Hoos at the University of Virginia from 2017-2024. In 2025, he began to serve as the Promoter of the Rosary for the Province of St. Joseph and Associate Director of the Dominican Friars Foundation. Over the years he has worked in overseeing large-scale liturgies which include World Youth Day Krakow, USCCB Convocation, Fr. Emil Kapaun Homecoming, Amazing Parish conferences, and the National Eucharistic Congress.
A native of St. Clairsville, OH, he is the youngest of three.
Fr. Gregory Maria Pine, O.P.
From Pennsylvania, Fr. Gregory graduated from Franciscan University of Steubenville and completed a doctorate in dogmatic theology at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). He currently serves as an instructor of dogmatic and moral theology at the Dominican House of Studies and the Assistant Director of the Thomistic
Institute.
Fr. Gregory is the author of Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly (Our Sunday Visitor, 2022) and, Your Eucharistic Identity: A Sacramental Guide to the Fullness of Life (Ignatius Press, 2025). His writing also appears in Magnificat and Ascension’s Catholic Classics series.
He is a contributor to various podcasts including Catholic Classic and The Thomistic Institute.
