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
Below is a series of questions and answers regarding the Apostolic Constitution Summorum Pontificum, as further interpreted by the Instruction Universae Ecclesiae, and its application to the Dominican Rite. This is a somewhat amended version of a Q&A that was distributed earlier. This is meant to… » More
Silent. Bare. Empty. For a Dominican Friar accustomed to entering the priory chapel throughout the day, every day, the change is striking. Our Lord has been taken from us, seized, as it were, from the garden. The Bridegroom's friends fast on this day.
If you arrive in choir early, you can watch the Friars as they enter and go to their choir stalls.… » More
Holy Thursday marks the beginning of the great Paschal Triduum, and one immediately notices the changes it brings to the rhythm of life of a Dominican Priory. There is no morning Mass - and when one is accustomed to the consoling graces of the Eucharist to start the day, this is a very significant change. Also, the white Dominican habit will, from… » More
From the Holy Week liturgies flows a stream of the sweetest waters of contemplation, and the best way to drink deeply of these delights is by living out the liturgy in its fullness in the life of a Dominican priory. The proper Dominican elements of our contemporary liturgy preserved in the Dominican celebration of the Novus Ordo - elements that go… » More