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Prayer & Spirituality

The Rosary

A Short History of Its Origins
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Posted by Br. Peter Totleben, O.P. on February 13, 2010
The Rosary

For centuries, the Dominican Order has encouraged devotion to the Rosary among the Catholic faithful. 

A good example of this noble tradition, our late brother Fr. William Hinnebusch, O.P. composed an article on the Rosary's history for the New Catholic Encyclopedia. 

Click here to learn more about this Dominican tradition and beloved Catholic…  » More

Prayer & Spirituality

"Family Life and Lent"

An Article by Michael Monshau, O.P.
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Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on February 13, 2010
"Family Life and Lent"
Caravaggio's "Madonna del Rosario" (1607); Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The following article by Fr. Michael Monshau, O.P., a professor of Liturgy, Homiletics and Spirituality at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) in Rome, was published in the February 10th English edition of L'Osservatore Romano.  It is reprinted here with permission.

 

Family Life and Lent
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Liturgy & Saints

Pope Benedict on Saint Dominic

Wednesday Audience Address - February 3, 2010
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Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on February 03, 2010

During today's General Audience address, Benedict XVI recalled the life and example of our Holy Father Dominic.  In his remarks, the Pope explained how Dominic's apostolic zeal was sparked, among other things, by the theological and spiritual plight of the Albigensians of early thirteenth-century France, and how his answer to this problem was to provide…  » More

Prayer & Spirituality

Let us not “say” the Rosary

Learning how to "pray" the rosary 
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Posted by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P. on October 06, 2009
Let us not “say” the Rosary

Many Catholics are troubled with distractions while they are praying the Rosary. Perhaps the reason for this is that they have not learned how to think about the mysteries being covered while reciting the "Hail Marys." In the current issue (Oct 2009) of Homiletic & Pastoral Review, Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. offers some practical suggestions to help us…  » More


The Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick

Two Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Anniversary Dinner

God and Man in "Dialogue"

Sigrid Undset on St. Catherine’s Celebrated Doctrine

Prenatal Testing

What Are the Moral Concerns?

Tenebrae

Tenebrae

On Wednesday, March 31, at 7:30 PM, come to the Dominican House of Studies and join the friars in this traditional monastic Holy Week liturgy commemorating…  » More
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Dominican Marian Devotion

By Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on March 14, 2010
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"Word to Life" - March 19, 2010

"Word to Life" - March 19, 2010

By Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. on March 19, 2010

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

Joining me on the show today to discuss the readings for the Fifth Sunday of Lent were Fr.…  » More

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Virtue Ethics in Bioscience (Part 2)

By Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on March 20, 2010
Click above to watch the second part of a lecture delivered by Fr. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P., on "Virtue Ethics in Bioscience," which was presented…  » 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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