The Dominican Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament, a community of cloistered Dominican nuns in Farmington Hills, MI, near Detroit, was featured today in an article and video by CBS Detroit. The video focuses on the young women who have recently entered the monastery, and depicts the liturgical life and community life of the nuns, emphasizing both their zeal to be faithful to the Dominican life as well as their spirit of joy. Watch the video above, or read the article on CBS Detroit. To learn more about the life of this monastery, visit their website or vocations page.

The Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph with gratitude to God joyfully announce the Simple Profession of their brothers:

Brother Adam Bonaventure Chapman
Brother Philip Humbert Kilanowski
Brother Michael Thomas Davenport
Brother Frank-Paul Peter Benedict Sampino
Brother Curtis Dominic Mary Verner
Brother Jesse Joachim Kenney
Brother Britton Raymund Snyder
Brother Matthew Jacob Bertrand Janczyk
Brother Ryan Joseph-Anthony Kress
Brother Michael Mary Weibley
Brother Patrick Mary Briscoe
Brother Adam Louis Bertrand Mary Lemoine
Brother Robert John Sica
Brother Gregory Maria Pine
Brother Robert Athanasius Murphy
Brother Santiago Tomás Martín Rosado

On the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Monday, the Fifteenth of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, at half after eleven o’clock in the morning, at Saint Gertrude Church, Madeira, Ohio.

Fr. Valerian “Val” LaFrance, O.P., passed away in the early morning of Saturday, July 2, 2011, in Washington, DC. Fr. LaFrance was an internationally known itinerant preacher. In May 2010, a new preaching studio was dedicated at the Dominican House of Studies in honor of Fr. LaFrance.

Eternal rest grant unto your servant, Valerian, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for him.

Br. Boniface Endorf, O.P., and Br. Paul Marich, O.P., student brothers assigned to the Dominican House of Studies who are stationed at St. Patrick Church in Columbus, Ohio for the summer, were recently featured on "The Local Spotlight Show" with host Mary Ann Jepsen on St. Gabriel Catholic Radio 1580 AM in Columbus. The brothers talked about their own stories of vocational discernment, as well as the process of formation, study, and ministry in the Dominican Order. They were joined on the program by Gina Switzer, a parishioner of St. Patrick's and member of the St. Catherine of Siena Chapter of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic, who discussed the work of the Dominican laity.

Thirteen men will begin their formation in the Province of St. Joseph at the end of July, receiving the habit on August 8, 2011, the feast of St. Dominic. Please keep these men in your prayers, as well as the current novices who will make simple profession on August 15, 2011. Men considering a vocation to the Order of Preachers should contact the…  » More

Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P., preached the following homily on the occasion of the silver jubilee of the priestly ordination of Father Peter John Cameron, O.P.. The Mass in honor of Father Cameron, the editor-in-chief of Magnficat, took place at St. Thomas Seminary on May 28 2011. 

I. "Le Sacerdoce, c'est l'amour du cœur de Jésus."