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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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 Benedict Remembers St. 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
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
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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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
"Word to Life" - March 19, 2010
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Joining me on the show today to discuss the readings for the Fifth Sunday of Lent were Fr.… » More
Virtue Ethics in Bioscience (Part 2)
Building Update
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