The first documentary of Kindly Light, a media division of the Dominican Fathers Province of Saint Joseph, is now available on CreateSpace: (click below to order)

The Crown of the Aventine

A short form documentary featuring Father Allan White, O.P., who gives us an in depth tour of the Basilica of Santa Sabina, the Dominican Mother House in Rome, its connection with the order's founder, St. Dominic, and its place in the spiritual lives of saints past and present.

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Other documentaries and videos will soon be available on the Kindly Light CreateSpace Store, which is a member of the Amazon group of companies.

Listen above to Fr. Mulcahy's homily, which recounts that opportune moment in our Order's early history. 

In its unsearchable wisdom, the Divine Goodness is often accustomed to delay the manifestation of virtue, not that it might slip into oblivion, but rather that after having been hidden, it may be revealed more abundantly at an opportune moment…  » More

This following excerpt is from Dominican Spirituality:  Principles and Practice by Fr. William Aquinas Hinnebusch, O. P. and gives an account of our knowledge of the physical description of St. Dominic from a Dominican Sister named Cecilia.  Blessed Cecilia was a young woman, not yet twenty, when she received her Dominican habit from St. Dominic at…  » More

Watch the trailer above from a short form documentary featuring Father Allan White, O.P., who gives us an in depth tour of the Basilica of Santa Sabina, the Dominican Mother House in Rome, its connection with the order's founder, St. Dominic, and its place in the spiritual lives of saints past and present. Coming in May 2011.

Fr. Allan White, O.P.,…  » More

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines recently announced the screening of a new movie, Dominic: Light of the Church.  Click above to see the trailer 

The Dominican Province of the Philippines gave life to St. Dominic de Guzman through the production of the first ever feature film on the extraordinary life of this saint, titled "Dominic:…  » More

The following article by Fr. Joseph Ellul, O.P., is reprinted with permission of L'Osservatore Romano. A member of the Province of Malta, Fr. Ellul teaches Systematic Theology at the Angelicum in Rome. 

MASTER DOMINIC AND THE GRACE OF PREACHING
by Fr. Joseph Ellul, O.P.

"I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation…  » More

During today's General Audience in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI continued his ongoing exposition of medieval Christian culture by remembering the life and witness of our Holy Father Dominic.  He celebrated fact that, early in the thirteenth century, St. Dominic brought authentic renewal and reform to the Church by uniting in the life of his friar preacher-theologian…  » More

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