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
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Prayer & Spirituality
Providence College Responds to Haiti Earthquake
Candlelight Vigil Highlights Day of Prayer
Posted by Fr. James Cuddy, O.P. on January 29, 2010
The Providence College community recently observed a campus-wide Day of Prayer for the people of Haiti. Each of the three daily Masses celebrated at St. Dominic Chapel on campus was offered for those impacted by the earthquake, thousands of prayer cards were distributed to students, and special collections were taken to benefit the work of Catholic… » More
The Providence College community recently observed a campus-wide Day of Prayer for the people of Haiti. Each of the three daily Masses celebrated at St. Dominic Chapel on campus was offered for those impacted by the earthquake, thousands of prayer cards were distributed to students, and special collections were taken to benefit the work of Catholic… » More
Province & Vocations
Former Friar’s Coach Inducted Into the Hockey Hall of Fame
Lou Lamoriello
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on November 11, 2009
Coach Lou Lamoriello at Providence College
Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe tells the story of the legendary Coach Lou Lamoriello of Providence College, who was inducted recently into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
As a student at PC, Lamoriello captained both the Friars baseball and hockey teams. He later became the head coach of the Friars’ hockey team and led it to 12 consecutive postseason… » More
Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe tells the story of the legendary Coach Lou Lamoriello of Providence College, who was inducted recently into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
As a student at PC, Lamoriello captained both the Friars baseball and hockey teams. He later became the head coach of the Friars’ hockey team and led it to 12 consecutive postseason… » More
Province & Vocations
The Newman Guide to Providence College
New England Institution Deemed "Faithful," and For Many "The Right Match"
Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on September 15, 2009
The Newman Guide
The Cardinal Newman Society, a lay Catholic society dedicated to enhancing the Catholic identity of America's Catholic colleges and universities, has just issued their latest Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College. The guide looks at Catholic colleges and universities from an explicitly Catholic point of view, which distinguishes its evaluation… » More
The Cardinal Newman Society, a lay Catholic society dedicated to enhancing the Catholic identity of America's Catholic colleges and universities, has just issued their latest Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College. The guide looks at Catholic colleges and universities from an explicitly Catholic point of view, which distinguishes its evaluation… » More
Province & Vocations
Vocation Stories
Fr. James Cuddy, O.P.
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on September 01, 2009
Click above to hear Fr. James Cuddy, O.P., the new campus chaplain at Providence College, share how developing an adult faith in college led him to discern a call to the priesthood as a Dominican friar.
Click above to hear Fr. James Cuddy, O.P., the new campus chaplain at Providence College, share how developing an adult faith in college led him to discern a call to the priesthood as a Dominican friar.
Province & Vocations
Seeds of New Life
Eleven Candidates for the Province Begin Their Postulancy Today
Posted by Fr. Bill Garrott, O.P. on July 05, 2009
Eleven candidates for the Province of St. Joseph will arrive today at Providence College to begin their postulancy, a three-week initiation into the essential features of Dominican religious life. At the end of the month, they will travel together to Cincinnati, where at St. Gertrude’s Priory they will spend one year in the novitiate preparing for… » More
Eleven candidates for the Province of St. Joseph will arrive today at Providence College to begin their postulancy, a three-week initiation into the essential features of Dominican religious life. At the end of the month, they will travel together to Cincinnati, where at St. Gertrude’s Priory they will spend one year in the novitiate preparing for… » More
Province & Vocations
Provincial Assembly
Am I My Brother’s Keeper (Gen 4:9)
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on June 13, 2009
This week, close to one hundred and fifty Dominican Friars gathered at Providence College to discuss various reports pertaining to the life and mission of the Province of Saint Joseph. As we came together to pray, listen, reflect and discuss aspects of our ministries and the challenges we face, the meeting was characterized by good humor and fraternal… » More
This week, close to one hundred and fifty Dominican Friars gathered at Providence College to discuss various reports pertaining to the life and mission of the Province of Saint Joseph. As we came together to pray, listen, reflect and discuss aspects of our ministries and the challenges we face, the meeting was characterized by good humor and fraternal… » More
Province & Vocations
Bursting at the Seams
33 Men attend Vocation's Weekend
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on February 13, 2009
Photo of the men attending the Vocations Weekend at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.
This weekend 33 young men visited the Dominican House of Studies to discern a vocation to the Province of Saint Joseph. We ask you to keep these men in your prayers, it's our largest crowd in recent memory; there are two Vocation's weekend given each year. With renovations still underway in the Priory, almost half of the men had to sleep on the floor… » More
This weekend 33 young men visited the Dominican House of Studies to discern a vocation to the Province of Saint Joseph. We ask you to keep these men in your prayers, it's our largest crowd in recent memory; there are two Vocation's weekend given each year. With renovations still underway in the Priory, almost half of the men had to sleep on the floor… » More
Liturgy & Saints
In the footsteps of St. Dominic
Consolers of the Sick and those in Distress
Posted by The Dominican Friars on February 10, 2009
They lived some 400 years ago, but the powerful example set by St. Martin de Porres and St. Juan Macias—lay Dominican brothers, formally known today as Cooperator Brothers of the Order—continues to blaze a trail for today’s Dominican brothers and friars alike. Thus asserts Brother Ignatius Perkins, O.P., in a talk he gave last fall at the Center for… » More
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"Oprah and the Dominicans"
Joan Frawley Desmond Comments at The Catholic Thing
Focus on the Family
Super Bowl Commercial with Pam and Tim Tebow
Prenatal Testing
What Are the Moral Concerns?
Priesthood - A Gift from God
This is taken from an entry on the Zenit website, dated March 3:
- VATICAN CITY, MARCH 3, 2010 (Zenit.org) -
The priesthood is a gift from God, and… » More
"Word to Life" - March 5, 2010
MP3 10
Click above to hear this week's edition of "Word to Life."
Joining me in the studio to discuss the readings for the Third Sunday of Lent were Fr. Augustine… » More
The False Promise of Genetic Testing
The interesting thing about sin is that it always presents in a very exaggerated way some good for someone to seek, or an exaggerated physical or psychological… » More
Building Update
Renovations to our Priory continued with the installation of the new boilers. The boilers arrived and were installed the week of September 21st. Meanwhile… » More