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
[The following is New York Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan's pastoral letter, published on this, the archdiocese's patronal feast day.]
+ Timothy M. Dolan
Archbishop of New York
The Altar and the Confessional: A Pastoral Letter on the Sacrament of Penance
17 March 2011
Patronal Feast of Saint Patrick
My dear friends in Christ:
On this Feast… » More
Along with the desire to preach the Gospel, to embrace wholeheartedly the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience, to study holy truth, and to celebrate the liturgy with honesty and sobriety, there is another desire that animates men to seek and join our Order.
It is the desire to live in common.
In St. Augustine's Rule, which… » More