We are not the only ones having a "Vocations Boom"!  The Dominicans in Poland just had 13 of their friars make Solemn Profession in Krakow.  Their priory there (founded by St. Hyacinth himself) has been in continual use with vibrant Dominican life since the beginning of the Order in the thirteenth century.

Their Paschal Triduum & Easter Liturgies…  » More

April 1-3, 2011 will be our fourth and last vocation weekend for this academic year at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. We are at capacity with 25 men scheduled to participate.  These men come from a variety of places, not just the Northeast. This weekend will also have men from the UK and Canada. 

I myself am from "out west" coming…  » More

The next "Come and See" Vocation Weekends for the 2011-2012 Academic Year are:

September 30 -- October 2, 2011
December 2 -- December 4, 2011
February 3 -- February 5, 2012
March 30 -- April 1, 2012

If you would like to come to any of these weekends for next year, please call the Vocations Office as soon…  » More

Fr. John Langlois, O.P., Vicar Provincial of the Province of Saint Joseph recently preached these words to the brethren who were installed in the Ministry of Acolyte at the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.. Brothers Raphael Forbing, O.P., Charles Shonk, O.P., Vincent Ferrer Bagan, O.P., Cajetan…  » More

Watch the video above in which Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., discusses various aspects of Dominican spirituality during a recent vocation weekend at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. Fr. White talks about the following five points in Dominican Spirituality: poverty, obedience, the common life, happiness, and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Fr. Jean-Pierre Torrell, O.P., professor emeritus of the University of Fribourg, is one of the world's leading scholars of the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. His two-volume biography of the Angelic Doctor, St Thomas Aquinas : The Person and His Work (vol. 1) and Spiritual Master (vol. 2), is already a classic.

Like all theologians (at least, I…  » More

Hidden in a dusty box for 90 years, these newly-discovered photos provide a fascinating glimpse into the past - including a detailed series from the priestly ordinations held at the Dominican House of Studies on June 12, 1921. The photos form part of a scrapbook of the Dominican ordination class of 1921.  That year, they were 14. What the photos lack…  » More

The following is taken from the book St. Dominic: Biographical Documents, edited by Fr. Francis C. Lehner, O.P.  The chapter below on "The Nine Ways of Prayer of St. Dominic" was translated by Fr. Andrew Kolzow, O.P.

Introduction

The Nine Ways of Prayer of St. Dominic was written by an anonymous author, probably at Bologna, sometime between 1260…  » More