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
In his Sept. 26, 2010 message to his parish, distinguished New York City pastor Father George Rutler of the Church of Our Saviour on the city's famed Park Avenue--a regular on Eternal World Television Network (EWTN)--noted the fact that the novitiate of the Province of St. Joseph "accepted its largest novitiate class since 1966." Marking September as "the month the Church prays for vocations," Fr. Rutler singled out the Province as a leading example of an Order that is having growing success in attracting vocations. An impressive number of 21 young men entered the Novitiate at St. Gertrude's Priory in Cincinnati last month. To read Fr. Rutler's comments in full, click here.
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