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Pain: God's Megaphone to a Deaf World
What is suffering? Why does it exist?
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 21, 2011
How can we learn to better accept the suffering in our lives this Lent? Why, especially during Holy Week, does the Church urge us to contemplate the suffering of Christ? EWTN's Franciscan University Presents offers a special Lenten episode to discuss these perennial questions. Father Paul Keller, O.P., Author and Professor of Theology at Mount St.… » More
How can we learn to better accept the suffering in our lives this Lent? Why, especially during Holy Week, does the Church urge us to contemplate the suffering of Christ? EWTN's Franciscan University Presents offers a special Lenten episode to discuss these perennial questions. Father Paul Keller, O.P., Author and Professor of Theology at Mount St.… » More
Dominican Daily
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
Dominican Daily
The (Other) Good Thief
A talk by Br. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P.
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 18, 2011
Focusing on the Cross and spirituality, Br. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P., gives a theological reflection on the life of a modern day "Dismas" -- a criminal who had a radical encounter with Jesus and the Cross. It is a true story of scandal, mercy, the meaning of true happiness, and the love of Christ. This talk by Br. Cajetan was given as part of the "Passion of Christ" Conferences… » More
Focusing on the Cross and spirituality, Br. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P., gives a theological reflection on the life of a modern day "Dismas" -- a criminal who had a radical encounter with Jesus and the Cross. It is a true story of scandal, mercy, the meaning of true happiness, and the love of Christ. This talk by Br. Cajetan was given as part of the "Passion of Christ" Conferences… » More
Dominican Daily
'The greatest temptation of my life'
Fr. Carleton Jones, O.P.
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 14, 2011
George P. Matysek Jr. a senior writer for The Catholic Review in Baltimore, maintains a blog called The Narthex. Recently, Mr. Matysek wrote on Fr. Carleton Jones, a Dominican priest of St. Joseph Province and current Pastor of Sts. Phillip and James Church in Baltimore Maryland. In his blog, he wrote the following:
Dominican Father Carleton… » More
George P. Matysek Jr. a senior writer for The Catholic Review in Baltimore, maintains a blog called The Narthex. Recently, Mr. Matysek wrote on Fr. Carleton Jones, a Dominican priest of St. Joseph Province and current Pastor of Sts. Phillip and James Church in Baltimore Maryland. In his blog, he wrote the following:
Dominican Father Carleton… » More
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"Contemplation: An Essential Ingredient of the Christian Tradition".
Fr. Paul Murray, O.P. speaks to the House of Lords
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 10, 2011
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Listen above to the first part of Father Paul Murray's address to the members of the House of Lords on Contemplation. Vatican Radio aired the two-part radio adaptation on April 8, 2011. In the first part, Fr. Murray speaks not of politics but of contemplation as an essential ingredient in Christian tradition. The event organized by the Royal Fine… » More
Listen above to the first part of Father Paul Murray's address to the members of the House of Lords on Contemplation. Vatican Radio aired the two-part radio adaptation on April 8, 2011. In the first part, Fr. Murray speaks not of politics but of contemplation as an essential ingredient in Christian tradition. The event organized by the Royal Fine… » More
Dominican Daily
"The last shall be first"
A talk by Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P.
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on April 02, 2011
Watch the video above as Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P. (Editor-in-Chief of the American edition of Magnificat) continues a Lenten On-Campus Retreat at Columbia University.
Dominican Daily
Shrine of St. Jude
St. Catherine of Siena Church, New York City
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on March 31, 2011
St Jude Shrine Website
St. Catherine of Siena Church in New York City, run by Friars of the Province of St. Joseph, serves a unique role in being situated near three major hospitals in New York's upper east side. As such, the church gets a large number of visitors who face a challenging future, and who want to do so with God in the company of the saints. Of particular… » More
St Jude Shrine Website
St. Catherine of Siena Church in New York City, run by Friars of the Province of St. Joseph, serves a unique role in being situated near three major hospitals in New York's upper east side. As such, the church gets a large number of visitors who face a challenging future, and who want to do so with God in the company of the saints. Of particular… » More
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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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
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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
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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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