In the video above, Fr. Aidan Nichols, O.P., offers his perspectives on the past, the present, and the future of the Catholic priesthood.  His remarks can serve our ongoing reflections during this Jubilee Year for Priests.

A well known author and academic, Fr. Nichols is a son of the English Province and is prior of St. Michael and All Saints Priory in Cambridge.  He is also the first lecturer…  » More

Click above to hear a recent Vatican Radio interview with the Procurator General of the Order of Preachers, Fr. Robert Ombres, O.P., a son of the English Province. In the interview, Fr. Ombres discusses the Lenten Message of Pope Benedict XVI.

As part of the recent conference on secularism hosted by the Dominican House of Studies' Thomistic Institute, Fr. John Corbett, O.P., delivered a talk entitled: "Porous Selves, Infused Virtues, and the Realization of the Good." Click above to listen.

A member of the Province of St. Joseph, Fr. Corbett teaches moral theology at the House of Studies.

On February 19-20, the Thomistic Institute at the Dominican House of Studies hosted a conference entitled "Secularism and the Natural Desire to Know God."  Beginning the conference was its keynote speaker, Francis Cardinal George, who delivered an address that examined the problem of secularism in light of recent theological debates regarding the relation of grace and nature.  Professor Russell Hittinger,…  » More

In anticipation of the 25th World Youth Day celebration in Rome, the official World Youth Day Pilgrim Cross will be hosted March 7-9 at the Angelicum University.  At that time, pilgrims will be able to venerate the cross in the university's adoration chapel. 

First given to the youth of the world by Pope John Paul II in 1984, the World Youth Day Cross continues to make a yearly pilgrimage around…  » More

If you ever wondered how many Dominicans it takes to send an email, watch this video and you'll find the answer.

As an invitation to its eighth annual "Retraite dans la Ville", the Dominican friars of Lille produced this amusing video.

According to ancient tradition, the Pope travels on Ash Wednesday across Rome to the Aventine Hill, to observe the beginning of Lent in the Dominican Basilica of Santa Sabina.  This explains why you see so many Dominican Friars in the video above, including our own Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P., who is completing graduate studies at the Angelicum University.

This year in his Message for Lent, Pope…  » More

Fr. Dominic Legge's latest article from Headline Bistro is reprinted below with permission.

"Ashes and Roses"
by Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.
February 17, 2010 

My mother called me over the weekend to tell me that my Valentine's Day gift would arrive late this year. Usually she sends some delicious chocolates, which I love. This time, however, a late-arriving package might be an instrument of torture…  » More

The following article by Fr. Michael Monshau, O.P., a professor of Liturgy, Homiletics and Spirituality at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) in Rome, was published in the February 10th English edition of L'Osservatore Romano.  It is reprinted here with permission.

Family Life and Lent
by Fr. Michael Monshau, O.P.

Do you need Lent this year or are you planning…  » More

The following article by Fr. Joseph Ellul, O.P., is reprinted with permission of L'Osservatore Romano. A member of the Province of Malta, Fr. Ellul teaches Systematic Theology at the Angelicum in Rome. 

MASTER DOMINIC AND THE GRACE OF PREACHING
by Fr. Joseph Ellul, O.P.

"I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith." (Rom. 1:16)

This…  » More