Samuel Hakeem, OP

Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Chasing aspirations of someday being an astronaut, he attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, AZ, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Space Physics. While he can point to moments during his college years that thoughts of the priesthood came to mind, he didn’t begin actively discerning a vocation to religious life until his senior year of college. After graduating from Embry-Riddle, Fr. Samuel returned to Albuquerque where he began graduate studies in Optical Science and Engineering at the University of New Mexico. It was at UNM that Fr. Samuel first met the Dominicans, who ran the Aquinas Newman Center at the time. He would join the friars for Vespers and dinner and would regularly attend daily Mass at the center. As he learned about the Order, its communal way of life, its commitment to the intellectual tradition, and its mission of preaching for the salvation of souls, he felt the desire to discern more deeply.

After a few visits to other houses of the province, he applied to the order. He left graduate school to begin the novitiate in 2010 and made his first profession a year later. He was ordained to the Priesthood in 2017 and spent the first three years of his priesthood at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Madison, WI.

Homily Outlines

3rd Sunday of the Year C

The Epiphany of the LordBY Ann Garrido, January 26, 2025 Lectionary 69: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 15 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Cf....
The Epiphany of the Lord

The Epiphany of the Lord

The Epiphany of the LordBY SAMUEL HAKEEM, OP, January 05, 2025 Lectionary 20: Isa 60:1-6 Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 Matt...

4th Sunday of Advent C

4th Sunday of Advent CBY Lis Valle, December 22, 2024 Lectionary 12:Mi 5:1-4aPs 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19.Heb 10:5-10Lk 1:39-45[dipi_advanced_tabs...
24th Sunday of the year, A

24th Sunday of the year, A

24th Sunday of the year, ABY SAMUEL HAKEEM, OP, September 17, 2023 Lectionary 130: Sir 27:30—28:7 Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12 Rom 14:7-9 Matt...
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of ChristBY SAMUEL HAKEEM, OP, June 11, 2023 Lectionary 167: Deut 8:2-3, 14b-16a Ps 147:12-13, 14-15,...
Third Sunday of Easter, Year A

Third Sunday of Easter, Year A

Third Sunday of Easter, Year ABY SAMUEL HAKEEM, OP, April 23, 2023 Lectionary 46 Acts 2:14, 22-33 Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 1 Pet 1:17-21 Luke...
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year ALectionary 79        Lev 19:1-2, 17-18        Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13        1 Cor 3:16-23        Matt...
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year CLectionary: 150 Sir 35:12-14, 16-18 Ps 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23 2 Tim 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:9-14[dipi_advanced_tabs...
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year CLectionary 117: Wis 18:6-9 Ps 33:1, 12, 18-19, 20-22 Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 Luke 12:32-48[dipi_advanced_tabs...
25th Sunday of the year, A

25th Sunday of the year, A

Lectionary 166:

1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21

Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11

Gal 5:1, 13-18

Luke 9:51-62

Preaching with Sciences

Edward Foley, Capuchin
Duns Scotus Professor Emeritus of Spirituality
Professor of Liturgy and Music (retired)
Catholic Theological Union
Vice-Postulator, Cause of Blessed Solanus