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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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
This series of informal interviews presents Dominican friars reflecting on distinctive or characteristic features of our life.
In the video above, Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P., discusses several notable aspects of Dominican spirituality, including its Christological character and trust in God's grace. Among other characteristics, these especially,… » More
In a recent article published at Inside Catholic, Edward Short brings the evangelical witness of the Hawthorne Dominicans to bear on the current debates surrounding health care reform. Entitled "Rose Hawthorne and a More Human Vision of Health Care," Short's brief essay sets the congregation's care for the dying poor in sharp contrast to certain… » More
Two highly-likely future saints, one a Dominican sister, were the subject of a recent edition of "EWTN Live," the flagship show of the Eternal Word Television Network hosted by Father Mitch Pacwa, S.J. His guest, Father Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P., Academic Dean of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in… » More