Fr. Michael Monshau, O.P., is professor of liturgy, homiletics and spirituality at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (The Angelicum). This article, was published on March 10th, in the English of L'Osservatore Romano and is reprinted below with permission.

Rejoice, Jerusalem!

It may seem incongruous, but on March 14, the Fourth…  » More

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.…  » 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…  » More

Click above to hear the homily Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P., preached at the Dominican House of Studies for the feast of Blessed Reginald of Orléans (February 12).

A priest of the Diocese of Orléans, Blessed Reginald was won over to the Order by St. Dominic himself.  As an added grace, his becoming a Dominican was accompanied by a miraculous healing…  » 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…  » More

On Thursday, February 4, the feast of St. Catherine de Ricci, Br. Ignatius Schweitzer, O.P., preached the following homily at the Dominican House of Studies.

Feast of St. Catherine de Ricci
February 4, 2010 

When the Lord Jesus sends out the twelve apostles, he challenges them to a radical trust in Divine Providence. Jesus instructs them to…  » More

Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P., a professor of dogmatic and moral theology at St. John's Seminary in Boston, was invited by the seminary community to preach its Mass for the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas.  Below is the text of the homily Fr. Cessario delivered.

St Thomas Aquinas Day 2010
St. John's Seminary, Boston, Massachusetts
Fr. Romanus Cessario,…  » More

During today's General Audience in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI continued his ongoing exposition of medieval Christian culture by remembering the life and witness of our Holy Father Dominic.  He celebrated fact that, early in the thirteenth century, St. Dominic brought authentic renewal and reform to the Church by uniting in the life of his friar preacher-theologian…  » More