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Prayer & Spirituality

Providence College Responds to Haiti Earthquake

Candlelight Vigil Highlights Day of Prayer
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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

Province & Vocations

Former Friar’s Coach Inducted Into the Hockey Hall of Fame

Lou Lamoriello
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Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on November 11, 2009
Former Friar’s Coach Inducted Into the Hockey Hall of Fame
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

Province & Vocations

The Newman Guide to Providence College

New England Institution Deemed "Faithful," and For Many "The Right Match"
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Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on September 15, 2009
The Newman Guide to Providence College
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

Province & Vocations

Vocation Stories

Fr. James Cuddy, O.P.
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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. 

Province & Vocations

Seeds of New Life

Eleven Candidates for the Province Begin Their Postulancy Today
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Posted by Fr. Bill Garrott, O.P. on July 05, 2009
Seeds of New Life

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)
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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

Province & Vocations

Bursting at the Seams

33 Men attend Vocation's Weekend
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Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on February 13, 2009
Bursting at the Seams
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

Liturgy & Saints

In the footsteps of St. Dominic

Consolers of the Sick and those in Distress
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Posted by The Dominican Friars on February 10, 2009
In the footsteps of St. Dominic
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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Focus on the Family

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Prenatal Testing

What Are the Moral Concerns?

"Fidelity of Christ, Fidelity of the Priest"

By Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. on March 12, 2010

Earlier today, Pope Benedict XVI addressed the participants of an international clergy conference now meeting in Rome.  Organized by the Congregation…  » More

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Dominican Military Chaplaincy

By Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on March 07, 2010
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"Word to Life" - March 12, 2010

"Word to Life" - March 12, 2010

By Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. on March 12, 2010

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Click above to hear this week's edition of "Word to Life."

Joining me on today's program to discuss the readings for Laetare Sunday were: Fr. Gabriel…  » More

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Virtue Ethics in Bioscience (Part 1)

By Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on March 10, 2010

Click above to watch the first part of a lecture delivered by Fr. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P., on “Virtue Ethics in Bioscience,”  which was…  » More

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Building Update

Building Update

By The Dominican Friars on October 14, 2009

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

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