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
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The Catholic University of America recently made the following announcement:
Archbishop Augustine Di Noia, O.P., the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, will travel from the Vatican to deliver a homily at Catholic University at the Mass in honor of Catholic University's patron St. Thomas Aquinas… » More
Catholic University of America Press recently published the 51st volume of its Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy Series. Edited by Fr. Kurt Pritzl, O.P., the work is entitled Truth: Studies of a Robust Presence. The publisher's synopsis is printed below.
A member of the Province of St. Joseph, Fr. Pritzl is Dean of the School… » More
Just a few months after the death of Ed McMahon, we learn today that another of Fr. Gilbert Hartke's drama students has died. Henry Gibson, of Laugh-In fame, passed away Monday at the age of 73. You can read his obituary here in today's New York Times.
Fr. Gilbert Hartke, O.P., founded the drama department at the Catholic University of America,… » More
The Catholic University of America released the following statement upon learning of the death of Ed McMahon, a 1949 graduate of its drama department. McMahon died June 23 in California. He was 86.
As the statement mentions, McMahon studied under the famous Fr. Gilbert Hartke, O.P., the founder of CUA's drama department. Years later, as a dedicated… » More
This weekend 33 young men visited the Dominican House of Studies to discern a vocation to the Province of Saint Joseph. We ask you to keep these men in your prayers, it's our largest crowd in recent memory; there are two Vocation's weekend given each year. With renovations still underway in the Priory, almost half of the men had to sleep on the floor… » More