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
Fr. Bryan Kromholtz, O.P., a Dominican Priest of the Province of the Most Holy Name, recently appeared as a guest on the EWTN program Sunday Night Prime with Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR. Fr. Kromholtz, O.P., is an Assistant Professor of Theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, California. He completed his doctoral… » More
In its most recent newsletter, the Dominican Mission Foundation of the Dominican Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus wrote extensively on the work of Fr. Joseph Barranger, O.P. Fr. Barranger is a priest of the Province of St. Joseph currently serving in the Dominican Mission in Mexicali, Mexico. Below is the text of the newsletter, written by… » More
The friars of the Western Province (the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus), meeting in their quadrenniel chapter, have announced that the capitulars have elected Fr. Mark Padrez, O.P., as their new Provincial. Until his election, Fr. Padrez was serving as the Socius to the Provincial. In addition, the brothers elected their diffinitors, who… » More
The Nov. 24 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle contains an article by Fr. Michael Sweeney, O.P., a Dominican priest from the Province of the Holy Name (Western Province). Fr. Sweeney also comments on the media's invented controversy about the book's reporting of the Pope's views on condoms. But more than that, Fr. Sweeney helps to reveal some… » More
The reading from Acts for this Tuesday of the 6th Week of Easter continues to give account of the great trials and wonders of the Apostolic preaching.
Apparently, the two go together.
In Acts 16.22-34, St. Paul and his companion Silas are in prison, having been arrested by local Roman officials for disturbing the peace. "About midnight, while… » More