The friars are members of the Order of Preachers, AKA "The Dominicans" and we are members of the Eastern Dominican Province. There are many… » More
When you entered our front hall, you encountered the portrait of Fr. Lawrence Kearney, O.P., who had this priory built after Cardinal Gibbons invited the Dominican Friars to make a foundation near the new Catholic University of America. Fr. Kearney studied in Louvain, Belgium, after Leo XIII's encouragement of Thomistic studies. Louvain was the place… » More
Watch the video above in which Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., discusses various aspects of Dominican spirituality during a recent vocation weekend at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. Fr. White talks about the following five points in Dominican Spirituality: poverty, obedience, the common life, happiness, and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
This informal series of interviews presents Dominican Friars reflecting on distinctive or charactersitic aspects of our life.
Fr. Giles Dimock, O.P., discusses the significance of the Order's devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Recounting early testimonies of her unique solicitude for the Dominicans, Fr. Dimock further explains the particular need… » More