Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P. teaches theology at St. John Seminary in Boston, MA. He preached the following homily to the seminarians there on the Feast of St. Louis de Montfort (April 28) in 2004.

"I would like to recall, among the many witnesses and teachers of [Marian] spirituality, the figure of Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, who proposes consecration to Christ through the hands of…  » More

Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P., preached the following homily earlier today at St. John Seminary in Boston, MA.

Homily for Friday of the Third Week of Easter
April 23, 2010

The conversion of St. Paul affords us the opportunity to reflect on the working of divine grace in human lives. During the Year for Priests, this theme takes on a special importance. Since priests must teach others how to…  » More

Late last week, the New Haven Register published an article on the city's popular Theology on Tap program that featured our own Fr. Hugh Vincent Dyer, O.P.  Click here for the article, which includes photos and an accompanying video.

Fr. Dyer is the Catholic Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministry at Quinnipiac University.  He also serves the young adults of St. Mary's Church in New Haven.

Last November, when promulgating this summer's Provincial Chapter, Fr. Dominic Izzo, O.P., exhorted the members of the Province to keep the vast work of the chapter in their prayers.  In a letter to all the Friars, the Provincial wrote: "I call upon all in the Province to be united in prayer during the six months ahead.  I hope that all of us will take part in a novena to St. Joseph as the patronal…  » More

In the following review, Br. Michael O'Connor, O.P., responds to various religious questions raised by last summer's blockbuster novel, The Shack.  Br. Michael writes from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.

GOD IS WITH US:
A Catholic Response to The Shack
by Br. Michael Dominic O'Connor, O.P.

There is no greater religious problem than the problem of evil. Men and women of…  » More

On April 20, the Angelicum University in Rome awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Theology to the renowned Dominican biblical scholar Fr. Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, O.P.  On hand at the ceremony to confer the honorary degree was the Grand Chancellor of the Angelicum and Master of the Order of Preachers, the Very Reverend Carlos Azpiroz Costa, O.P. 

Fr. Murphy-O'Connor is a Professor of New Testament…  » More

To mark the approaching conclusion of the Jubilee Year for Priests, Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, Prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for Clergy, has written a personal letter to the Church's priests worldwide.  In it, Cardinal Hummes expresses the wish of the Holy Father to confirm the excellent witness rendered by the vast majority of priests, and to encourage them to continue to grow in holiness…  » More

At yesterday's General Audience, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the priest's participation in Christ's munus docendi.  In all, the Holy Father's words offer us a beautiful Easter meditation on the preacher's unique exercise of this sacred office.

GENERAL AUDIENCE ADDRESS
April 14, 2010

Dear friends,
 
In this Easter season, which leads us to Pentecost and also directs us to the celebrations…  » More

The following article by Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P., appears in the most recent English Edition of Nova et Vetera (Vol. 8, No. 1 [2010]: 1-15). It is reprinted below with permission.

Aquinas on the Priest: Sacramental Realism and the Indispensable and Irreplaceable Vocation of the Priest
ROMANUS CESSARIO, O.P.
St. John's Seminary
Brighton, Massachusetts 

The Priest as Head, Shepherd, and…  » More

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Joining me on today's show to discuss the readings for the Second Sunday of Easter, now known as Divine Mercy Sunday, were Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., who serves the University Parish of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village, and Fr. Dan Cambra, M.I.C., the Provincial Superior of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception here in the United States. …  » More