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The Importance of Aquinas for the Renewal of the Church
Fr. Robert Barron speaks about the Angelic Doctor
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on May 12, 2011
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Province & Vocations
Conversion to the Truth
A Vocation Story
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on May 10, 2011
Br. Luuk Dominiek Jansen OP
Recently, one of our Friars had the opportunity to work with one of the Friars from the Irish Province, Br. Luuk Dominiek Jansen, O.P. Br. Luuk came to the Irish Dominicans by a rather circuitious route. It is a compelling story that is both typical of many stories of the young Dominican Friars, and atypical in the multi-national path of this particular… » More
Br. Luuk Dominiek Jansen OP
Recently, one of our Friars had the opportunity to work with one of the Friars from the Irish Province, Br. Luuk Dominiek Jansen, O.P. Br. Luuk came to the Irish Dominicans by a rather circuitious route. It is a compelling story that is both typical of many stories of the young Dominican Friars, and atypical in the multi-national path of this particular… » More
Liturgy & Saints
Habemus Papam Beatum!
Pope Benedict XVI declares John Paul II Blessed
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on May 01, 2011
Te Deum laudamus!
Here is Pope Benedict XVI's homily for the Mass of beatification:
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Six years ago we gathered in this Square to celebrate the funeral of Pope John Paul II. Our grief at his loss was deep, but even greater was our sense of an immense grace which embraced Rome and the whole world: a grace which was in… » More
Te Deum laudamus!
Here is Pope Benedict XVI's homily for the Mass of beatification:
Dear Brothers and Sisters,Six years ago we gathered in this Square to celebrate the funeral of Pope John Paul II. Our grief at his loss was deep, but even greater was our sense of an immense grace which embraced Rome and the whole world: a grace which was in… » More
Prayer & Spirituality
Do This in Memory of Me
Holy Thursday
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on April 21, 2011
Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples, Detail (Tintoretto, 1547)
The genius of symbolic action is that it clarifies reality by first confusing it. A "sym-bol" literally throws things together. Through a unique collaboration of words, signs, gestures, and meanings, a significance erupts that could not otherwise be communicated. Symbolism is the instrument of possibility.
If this sounds pedantic or abstract, we… » More
Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples, Detail (Tintoretto, 1547)
The genius of symbolic action is that it clarifies reality by first confusing it. A "sym-bol" literally throws things together. Through a unique collaboration of words, signs, gestures, and meanings, a significance erupts that could not otherwise be communicated. Symbolism is the instrument of possibility.
If this sounds pedantic or abstract, we… » More
"The Science of the Saints"
St. Thérèse of Lisieux speaks about some Dominicans
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 07, 2011
Yesterday Benedict XVI continued with the cycle of catecheses on Doctors of the Church. The Pope centered his meditation on the figure of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897).
Dear friends, with St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus we also must be able to repeat each day to the Lord that we want to live of love for Him and for others, to learn in the… » More
Culture & Media
Cristiada
Defending the Faith
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on April 05, 2011
Armed gunmen invade a Catholic church, shooting the faithful in prayer and murdering the priest. The Middle East today? Germany in the 1940s?
At America's back door in the 1920's the Mexican Government, headed by the atheist Plutarco Elías Calles, began an all-out assault on the Catholic Church, and especially the clergy of Mexico. In reponse,… » More
Armed gunmen invade a Catholic church, shooting the faithful in prayer and murdering the priest. The Middle East today? Germany in the 1940s?
At America's back door in the 1920's the Mexican Government, headed by the atheist Plutarco Elías Calles, began an all-out assault on the Catholic Church, and especially the clergy of Mexico. In reponse,… » More
Prayer & Spirituality
St. Joseph, Silence, & Lent
Patron of Church, Pope, & Province
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on March 19, 2011
[St. Joseph is patron of the universal Church, patron of Our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI (Josef Ratzinger), and patron of our Province. What follows is an excerpt of an audience the pope held in 2005, offering worthy considerations for our practice of Lent and custody of the Word.] Pope Benedict XVI on St. Joseph, The Just Man (18 December 2005)
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Pope Benedict XVI on St. Joseph, The Just Man (18 December 2005)
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Church & Evangelization
St. Patrick and Penance
Archbishop Timothy Dolan
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on March 17, 2011
[The following is New York Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan's pastoral letter, published on this, the archdiocese's patronal feast day.]
+ Timothy M. Dolan
Archbishop of New York
The Altar and the Confessional: A Pastoral Letter on the Sacrament of Penance
17 March 2011
Patronal Feast of Saint Patrick
My dear friends in Christ:
On this Feast… » More
[The following is New York Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan's pastoral letter, published on this, the archdiocese's patronal feast day.]
+ Timothy M. Dolan
Archbishop of New York
The Altar and the Confessional: A Pastoral Letter on the Sacrament of Penance
17 March 2011
Patronal Feast of Saint Patrick
My dear friends in Christ:
On this Feast… » More
US Open Umpire Makes a Call to Sirius XM Radio
Fr. Paul Arinze serves as a Tennis Umpire
All the Friar Bloggers
Homily for Simple Profession 2011
By The Dominican Friars on August 16, 2011
For more photos of our friars, please check out the Blog of the Director of Vocations.
On August 15, 2011, the Solemnity of the Assumption, Fr. John… » More
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Sirius XM Radio, September 30, 2011
By Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on October 01, 2011
MP3 10
In this episode of Word to Life, Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. and Fr. Bruno Shah discuss the readings for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time and are… » MoreMore Word to Life »
Medical Meet and Greet
By Fr. Jordan Kelly, O.P. on July 15, 2011
The Dominican Friars Healthcare Ministry of New York is hosting a gathering of medical students, residents and medical professionals at the Church of… » More
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New Issue of The Trumpet
By Fr. Dominic Izzo, O.P. on June 03, 2011
Download the latest issue of The Trumpet. In this issue, there is an interview of Br. Ignatius Perkins, O.P., a reflection by Fr. Joseph J. Guido, O.P.,… » More
More Giving »
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year (Year A)
By The Dominican Friars on October 05, 2011
Each week, a Dominican member of the Provincial Preaching Advisory board prepares this Preacher's Sketchbook in anticipation of the upcoming Sunday Mass. … » More
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