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
This summer, the student brothers assigned to St. Thomas Aquinas parish in Zanesville, OH, will host a weekly lecture series for the month of July. Rev. Br. Augustine Reisenauer, O.P., and Br. Clement Dickie, O.P., will each present two lectures on the Tuesdays in July. A copy of the lecture series flyer is available here: St. Thomas Aquinas Summer Lecture Series… » More
Fr. Gilles Emery, O.P. gave the following talk on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at the Lumen Christi Institute at the University of Chicago. St. Thomas Aquinas characterized the person as "what is most perfect" and "most worthy" in all of nature. What grounds the dignity of the human being as a person? While in our day a metaphysical approach to the… » More
Study is an essential part of the life of the Order of Preachers. The Constitutions of the Dominican Order emphasize the importance of study in saying: St. Dominic included study, ordained to the ministry of salvation, as an essential part of his plan for the Order: in this was no small innovation. He, who himself always carried with him the Gospel… » More
On Thursday, December 9, 2010, the Thomistic Institute of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception will hold a lecture by Dr. Rémi Brague. Dr. Brague is is a French professor of Arabic and religious philosophy at the Sorbonne and at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. The lecture will begin at 7:00pm t the Dominican House of Studies.… » More
(Important update: Due to an overwhelming response from the public, this talk will now take place at the Yale Club of New York, located at 50 Vanderbilt Ave.) On Wednesday, June 2, Archbishop Augustine DiNoia, O.P., will deliver a lecture in New York City entitled: "Facing the Challenges to Faith in Christ Today: The Dominican Way." Sponsored by… » More