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Liturgy & Saints
"Master Dominic and the Grace of Preaching"
An Article by Fr. Joseph Ellul O.P.
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on February 11, 2010
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
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
Liturgy & Saints
Pope Remembers Saint Dominic
"He always spoke with God and about God"
Posted by Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. on February 03, 2010
Detail of Pietro Paolini's "The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine of Alexandria" (1632); Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
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
Detail of Pietro Paolini's "The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine of Alexandria" (1632); Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
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
Liturgy & Saints
Pope Benedict on Saint Dominic
Wednesday Audience Address - February 3, 2010
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
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
Church & Evangelization
Pope Benedict on the Mendicant Orders
General Audience Address - January 13, 2010
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on January 13, 2010
During today's General Audience address, Pope Benedict XVI proposed that we begin the new year by looking at how Saints Dominic, Thomas Aquinas, Francis, and Bonaventure renewed the spiritual and intellectual life of the Church by wisely reading "the signs of the times," and intuiting the challenges that the Church of their time had to face. The Pope… » More
During today's General Audience address, Pope Benedict XVI proposed that we begin the new year by looking at how Saints Dominic, Thomas Aquinas, Francis, and Bonaventure renewed the spiritual and intellectual life of the Church by wisely reading "the signs of the times," and intuiting the challenges that the Church of their time had to face. The Pope… » More
Province & Vocations
Anniversary of the Approval of the Dominican Order
December 22, 1216
Posted by Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. on December 22, 2009
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Seven hundred ninety-three years ago today, Pope Honorius III gave official ecclesiastical recognition to the Order of Preachers. In the bull of confirmation, the pope expressed the great hope he put in St. Dominic and his small band of disciples: "Expecting the brethren of your Order to be the champions of the Faith and the true lights of the world,… » More
Seven hundred ninety-three years ago today, Pope Honorius III gave official ecclesiastical recognition to the Order of Preachers. In the bull of confirmation, the pope expressed the great hope he put in St. Dominic and his small band of disciples: "Expecting the brethren of your Order to be the champions of the Faith and the true lights of the world,… » More
Meditation for the Feast of St. Dominic
August 8, 2009
Posted by Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P. on August 08, 2009
El Greco's "St. Dominic in Prayer" (1586-1590)
JM + JD
Our Holy Father St. Dominic, 2009
It was a very rare thing indeed, in the 13th century, to have one's own books, but from what we know of St. Dominic from what Blessed Jordan of Saxony (his first successor as Master of the Order of Preachers) tells us, St. Dominic had his own copies of the Gospel of St. Matthew and the Letters of St. Paul.… » More
Scripture & Tradition
MERCY:
THE HEART OF A DOMINICAN by Chrys McVey, O.P.
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on July 10, 2009
Fr. Thomas Chrysostom McVey, O.P. (1933-2009) (Profession - 1954 Ordained - 1960) A homily given by Fr. McVey to Dominican Laity Mindanao Regional Conference, Davao, 17 April 2009, Annual Conference, UST, Manila, 19 April 2009, ‘Mercy Sunday'
MH Vicaire, one of the great Dominican historians, believed the Dominican Order was ‘the first strictly… » More
Fr. Thomas Chrysostom McVey, O.P. (1933-2009) (Profession - 1954 Ordained - 1960) A homily given by Fr. McVey to Dominican Laity Mindanao Regional Conference, Davao, 17 April 2009, Annual Conference, UST, Manila, 19 April 2009, ‘Mercy Sunday'
MH Vicaire, one of the great Dominican historians, believed the Dominican Order was ‘the first strictly… » More
Province & Vocations
Take courage, Ordinati!
Posted by Fr. Bill Garrott, O.P. on June 08, 2009
Gathered for Mass on May 30th, 2009 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. -the day after their Ordination- new Friars of the Province of St. Joseph heard a homily by Fr. Stephen Ryan, O.P., an associate professor of theology at the Pontifical Academy of the Immaculate Conception, who encouraged his hearers to take heart from the examples… » More
Gathered for Mass on May 30th, 2009 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. -the day after their Ordination- new Friars of the Province of St. Joseph heard a homily by Fr. Stephen Ryan, O.P., an associate professor of theology at the Pontifical Academy of the Immaculate Conception, who encouraged his hearers to take heart from the examples… » More
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Of Books and Wisdom
An article in L’Osservatore Romano by the PFIC Librarian
Project Truth : A Youth Defense Project
Spread the Message
Summer Preaching
Dominican brothers offer lecture series in Zanesville, Ohio
All the Friar Bloggers
A New Play about the Founder of the Knights of Columbus
By Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on September 01, 2010
The Knights of Columbus recently asked Father Peter John Cameron O.P., to direct a play about their founder, Father Michael J. McGivney. The Catholic… » More
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"Word to Life" - August 27, 2010
By Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on August 27, 2010
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Click above to hear this week's edition of "Word to Life." Joining me today to discuss the readings for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time was… » More
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Why any Research with Human Embryonic Stem Cells is Morally Problematic
By Fr. Dominic Izzo, O.P. on August 26, 2010
In a commentary that appeared on CatholicExchange.com, Father Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P., applauded the Aug. 23 ruling by Federal Judge Royce… » More
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The Precious Blood of Christ
By Fr. Dominic Izzo, O.P. on July 04, 2010
Dear Friend, May the grace and peace of God be with you. I hope this finds you well in these early days of summer.
When we think of July what comes… » More
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Saint Rose of Lima
By Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on August 23, 2010
The Dominican Saint Rose of Lima was baptized Isabel after her grandmother in 1586, but probably because an Indian servant girl used to call her "my little… » More
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