Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P., preached the following homily earlier today at St. John Seminary in Boston, MA.

Homily for Friday of the Third Week of Easter
April 23, 2010

The conversion of St. Paul affords us the opportunity to reflect on the working of divine grace in human lives. During the Year for Priests, this theme takes on a special…  » 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

A Vigil of Scripture readings, reflections, and song will mark the close of the Pauline Year at St. Mary's Parish in New Haven, CT on Monday, June 29th at 7:30 p.m. with confessions from 6:30-7:15.

 The choir of Communion and Liberation will lead the song.

The Vigil is sponsored by the lay movement Communion and Liberation and the Knights of Columbus…  » More

During the closing Mass of the recent provincial assembly, the Province of Saint Joseph gave thanks to God for its many jubilarians.  One of them, Fr. Luke Tancrell, O.P., who this year celebrates 50 years of ordination, preached the homily.  Giving hope to us all, Fr. Tancrell demonstrated that the grace of preaching only improves with age.  You…  » 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

In observance of the Year of St. Paul, Fr. Joseph Alobaidi, O.P., a professor of Scripture at the Pontifical Academy of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., gave a talk on St. Paul's view of women and marriage that turns the stereotypical image of his oft-alleged misogyny upside down. For one thing, St.…  » More

Join us for a Eucharistic Holy Hour in honor of the Year of St. Paul, March 16 from 7.30PM to 8.30PM at the Dominican House of Studies (DHS) in Washington, D.C. The evening will focus on the theme of conversion and feature a reading from St. Paul with preaching by one of the student brothers in formation at the DHS. Confessions are to follow. 

The…  » More

Blackfriars Repertory Theatre staged a new play by award-winning California playwright Harry Cornelius Cronin entitled "In Charge of the Fire" at The Little Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut in January. Cynthia Wolfe Boynton reports in today's New York Times that, "like the ancient Dominican friars who traveled from village to village to preach the…  » More