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
Watch the video above of Providence College's Advent Service of Lessons and Carols featuring the Providence College Liturgical Choir and the Schola Cantorum, directed by Sherry Humes Dane, Director of Liturgical Music, St. Dominic Chapel. And I Cantori, the Concert Chorale, and the Women's Chorus, directed by Dr. Todd J. Harper, Assistant Professor,… » More
On November 3, 2010, the Feast of St. Martin de Porres, Fr. Ambrose McAlister, O.P., Professor Emeritus of Art and Art History, at Providence College, gave the following homily at St. Joseph Church in Raleigh, NC. The parish had received a four-foot statue of St. Martin de Porres, sculpted by Fr. Thomas McGlynn, O.P., on November… » More
On Sunday, November 14, 2010 Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P. will be giving a lecture at the Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology in Oakland, California. He will discuss the insights that Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas can offer to scientists today concerning the nature of interactions in biological systems. Fr. Austriaco has a doctorate in microbiology… » More
On Saturday, May 22, the Priory of St. Thomas Aquinas at Providence College celebrated three anniversaries of long-serving Dominican priests. Fr. Alan Morris, O.P., ordained a priest in 1950, celebrated 60 years as a priest, while Frs. David Folsey, O.P., and Damien Myett, O.P., ordained together in 1960, both celebrated 50 years of priesthood. In… » More
This series of informal interviews presents Dominican Friars reflecting on distinctive or characteristic elements of our life.
Fr. Terence Keegan, O.P. discusses Dominican aspects of teaching. He notes that the Order exists to preach the truth, which is one. Hence, all Dominican teachers serve the Holy Preaching in one form or another, such as the… » More
Below is the obituary printed in the March 30th edition of The Providence Journal for Fr. Daniel Cassidy, O.P., a member of the Providence College community, who died Palm Sunday morning.
CASSIDY, REV. JOSEPH DANIEL, O.P., 82, died on Palm Sunday, March 28, 2010, at Mt. St. Rita Health Center in Cumberland.
A distinguished bioethicist, he was… » 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
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