The following article by Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P., appears in the most recent English Edition of Nova et Vetera (Vol. 8, No. 1 [2010]: 1-15). It is reprinted below with permission.

Aquinas on the Priest: Sacramental Realism and the Indispensable and Irreplaceable Vocation of the Priest
ROMANUS CESSARIO, O.P.
St. John's Seminary
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On Sunday, March 7, the ancient feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Dominic's House in Nairobi, Kenya, sponsored a public celebration of the Angelic Doctor, during which Fr. Maury Schepers, O.P., delivered the following paper.  Below you will find first an abstract of Fr. Scheper's lecture, and then the full text. 

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Twenty six years ago today Father Benedict Ashley, O.P., delivered this theological lecture during the St. Catherine of Siena Colloquium on Spirituality held at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Fr. Ashley's reflections remain timely today, for as we journey through Lent, the wisdom he shares helps us to gain a proper view of asceticism…  » More

The video above contains a brief excerpt (full video here) of the lecture Cardinal Schönborn of Vienna delivered on February 3 at The Catholic University of America. Reflecting on man's possession of freedom, a great gift given him by God, Cardinal Schonborn encourages his listeners, if they want to understand better the connection between divine…  » More

Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P., a professor of dogmatic and moral theology at St. John's Seminary in Boston, was invited by the seminary community to preach its Mass for the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas.  Below is the text of the homily Fr. Cessario delivered.

St Thomas Aquinas Day 2010
St. John's Seminary, Boston, Massachusetts
Fr. Romanus Cessario,…  » More

Click above for audio of this year's St. Thomas Day Lecture, delivered last Thursday evening at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer by Rev. Brian Davies, O.P., a Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. Before a crowd of about 200, Fr. Davies delivered his paper entitled: "The New Atheism: Its Virtues and Its Vices."

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Last Thursday, the University of Notre Dame's Jacques Maritain Center invited our brother, Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., to offer a special campus Mass celebrating the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas.  The invitation was extended also by the university's Department of Philosophy and Department of Theology.  Fr. Hofer is himself a student at Notre Dame.  This…  » More

Today, Dominicans throughout the world celebrate the feast of their teacher and brother, Saint Thomas Aquinas. The slideshow above contains images of a Mass offered earlier today by Archbishop Augustine Di Noia, O.P., at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum).  The school is staffed and administered by members of the Order…  » More