Fr. John Frederick Hinnebusch, O.P.
Fr. John Frederick Hinnebusch was the youngest in a family of ten children from Pittsburgh, seven of whom became Dominicans. Fr. Paul Hinnebusch was a preacher, biblicist, and spiritual writer and Fr. William Hinnebusch was a Dominican historian. A third brother, Fr. Albert Louis Hinnebusch, also a Dominican, was very active in the Holy Name Society in the South. The three Dominican sisters, Sr. Claire, Sr. Regina Ann, and Sr. Dorothy, were members of the St. Mary of the Springs congregation.
The seven Hinnebusch Dominicans at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., in 1947. Standing from left to right: Fr. John Frederick Hinnebusch, Fr. William Hinnebusch, Fr. Paul Hinnebusch, Fr. Albert Hinnebusch. Seated from left to right: Sister Regina Ann Hinnebusch, Sister Claire Hinnebusch, Sister Dorothy Hinnebusch.
Fr. John Frederick Hinnebusch completed his graduate studies in history at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He is the author of several historical studies, including The Historia Occidentalis of Jacques de Vitry: A Critical Edition (Spicilegium Friburgense, 17. University of Fribourg: Fribourg, 1972). He taught European History at Providence College and Church History in the Pontifical Faculty at the Dominican House of Studies. He later directed the American branch of the Leonine Commission located at the Dominican House of Studies, editing Latin texts of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Audio excerpt:
A six minute excerpt from over twenty-five hours of audio lectures on St. Dominic and the history of the Order of Preachers. Lectures given by Fr. John Frederick Hinnebusch, O.P. to Dominican novices of the Province of St. Joseph in 1986 at St. Gertrude Priory, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Slideshow video excerpt: St. Dominic, Preaching, and Dominican Theology
A brief (5 min) excerpt from lectures on Dominican History given by Fr. John Frederick Hinnebusch, O.P. of the Dominican House of Studies. Dominican History lectures.
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