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
Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P. preached the following homily today at the Dominican House of Studies.
I wasn't down in St Peter's Square that evening, October 16, 1978, but I was in Rome, as a 16-year old junior at Notre Dame International High School, watching the events unfold on Italian television. My parents just happened to be passing through Rome… » More
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Watch the PBS special with Father Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P. about the Catholic Church's process for declaring a person a saint. Fr. O'Donnell is a Vatican trained postulator who shepherded the cause for Father Michael McGivney, Founder of the Knights of Columbus. Fr. O'Donnell has also begun work on a new cause for Rose Hawthorne, the daughter of nineteenth-century… » More
Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P. teaches theology at St. John Seminary in Boston, MA. He preached the following homily to the seminarians there on the Feast of St. Louis de Montfort (April 28) in 2004.
"I would like to recall, among the many witnesses and teachers of [Marian] spirituality, the figure of Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, who proposes… » More
Though written nearly 12 years ago (from the archives of the Vocation Office, October 1998), Fr. James Sullivan's piece remains an excellent testimony in the Year For Priests of how priestly ministry can be exercised in a distinctly Dominican way. At the time, Fr. Sullivan was the parochial vicar of St. Gertrude Church in Cincinnati, OH. Fr. Sullivan… » More
Starting Sept. 10, Fr. George P. Schommer, O.P. of St. Gertrude's Parish in Madeira, OH, will offer an eight-week course on one of the major legacies of Pope John Paul II--the Theology of the Body.
This papal teaching taps the richness and depth of the Catholic vision regarding human sexuality. It examines the complementarities of the sexes in… » More
During the closing Mass of the recent provincial assembly, the Province of Saint Joseph gave thanks to God for its many jubilarians. One of them, Fr. Luke Tancrell, O.P., who this year celebrates 50 years of ordination, preached the homily. Giving hope to us all, Fr. Tancrell demonstrated that the grace of preaching only improves with age. You… » More