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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Click here and here for audio of the Easter homilies preached at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer in New York City.
As is the case every year, the Easter Vigil was the highlight of St. Vincent's celebration of the Triduum. The Exultet, the triple Alleluia, the renewal of baptismal promises---all of these once-a-year observances helped us to hail… » More
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Click above for audio of this year's St. Thomas Day Lecture, delivered last Thursday evening at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer by Rev. Brian Davies, O.P., a Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. Before a crowd of about 200, Fr. Davies delivered his paper entitled: "The New Atheism: Its Virtues and Its Vices."
Over the course of his remarks,… » More
The Church of St. Vincent Ferrer will hold its annual St. Thomas Day Lecture on Thursday, January 28, 2010. The guest speaker will be Fr. Brian Davies, O.P., a member of the English Province and a Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. The title of his talk will be: "The New Atheism: Its Virtues and Its Vices."
The lecture, which begins… » More
How's this for a Christmas wish list? May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we have for you, so as to strengthen your hearts, to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of the Lord Jesus with all His holy ones.
This was St Paul's wish for the early Christians at… » More
Click above for video of the Mass of Solemn Profession celebrated this past November 7th at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer in New York City, during which Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., and Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., professed their final vows in the Order of Preachers.
The music heard in the video is an ancient Dominican chant entitled "Sicut in holocaustis… » More
At separate ceremonies on November 7 and 14, a total of five Friars of the Province of St. Joseph made their solemn profession--"until death"--in the Order of Preachers. On November 14, Brothers Ezra Sullivan, O.P., Dominic Bump, O.P., and Austin Dominic Litke, O.P., professed their final vows in the chapel of the Priory of the Immaculate Conception… » More
In the video above Professor Helen Alvaré delivers the annual St. Albert's Day Lecture at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer in New York City. An associate professor in the George Mason University School of Law, Alvaré was appointed last year to the Pontifical Council for the Laity by Pope Benedict XVI.