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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
Homilies
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
US Open Umpire Makes a Call to Sirius XM Radio
Fr. Paul Arinze serves as a Tennis Umpire
All the Friar Bloggers
Homily for Simple Profession 2011
By The Dominican Friars on August 16, 2011
For more photos of our friars, please check out the Blog of the Director of Vocations.
On August 15, 2011, the Solemnity of the Assumption, Fr. John… » More
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Sirius XM Radio, September 30, 2011
By Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on October 01, 2011
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In this episode of Word to Life, Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. and Fr. Bruno Shah discuss the readings for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time and are… » MoreMore Word to Life »
Medical Meet and Greet
By Fr. Jordan Kelly, O.P. on July 15, 2011
The Dominican Friars Healthcare Ministry of New York is hosting a gathering of medical students, residents and medical professionals at the Church of… » More
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New Issue of The Trumpet
By Fr. Dominic Izzo, O.P. on June 03, 2011
Download the latest issue of The Trumpet. In this issue, there is an interview of Br. Ignatius Perkins, O.P., a reflection by Fr. Joseph J. Guido, O.P.,… » More
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Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year (Year A)
By The Dominican Friars on October 05, 2011
Each week, a Dominican member of the Provincial Preaching Advisory board prepares this Preacher's Sketchbook in anticipation of the upcoming Sunday Mass. … » More
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