His two most famous sayings are both negative: “Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ,” and, “The enemies of the Church should be also my enemies.” Perhaps a saint with a gentler temperament — one not hardened by the hot Syrian sun, all-night prayer vigils, and superhuman fasts — perhaps such a saint would […]

The Order of Preachers the Dominicans was founded in the 13th century by St. Dominic in order to save souls through preaching and to rectify the corrosive effects of heresy on culture through dedication to the Truth. The Dominican charism esteems art as a formidable witness to the Incarnation and as an invaluable instrument of […]

The Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry of New York at St. Catherine of Siena Church will be having our inaugural lecture in just a couple of weeks:
Guest Speaker: Edmund Pellegrino, MD, MACP
(Chairman, President’s Council on Bioethics)
Topic: The Erosion of Human Dignity […]

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Meet the Friars serving at the University of Delaware:

Dominican House of Studies St. Albert the Great Lecture

Dominican Habits
Read about them below:

Brother Justin
I was born and raised in Totowa, New Jersey. I am 21 years old and the oldest of five children. My undergraduate degree was completed at the University of Notre Dame, my favorite place in the world. I majored in Philosophy and double-minored in Medieval Studies and Philosophy within Catholic Tradition.
I was raised […]

Brother Matthew
I have lived my whole life in Manassas, VA along with my parents and my younger brother Chris. I just graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, with a BA in Music (and a minor in Computer Science). Being a cradle Catholic, I have thought about becoming a priest […]

Brother Peter
I grew up in Erie, PA with my younger brother and sister. After graduating high school in 2000, I attended Penn State University, where I received bachelor’s degrees in math and computer science. After graduating in May 2004, I moved to Farifax, and then Alexandria, VA, where I worked as a software developer […]

Brother Bernard
I was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. I’m 24 and the younger of two brothers in my family. I came to the United States in 2000 to pursue my undergraduate and graduate studies in University at Buffalo, NY. My undergraduate major was in Business Administration and my Graduate major was in Geography. […]

Brother Michael
I grew up in a small town called Peru, IL, and most recently have been living in Peoria, IL. I am 24, and the oldest of three boys. I was raised Catholic and started thinking about being a priest when I was a young boy. I grew up in a Benedictine parish and […]

Brother Augustine
My hometown is Wenatchee, Washington, an agricultural community at the foot of the Cascade Mountains and on the banks of the Columbia River. I am the second of three brothers and raised Catholic. I spent six years at the University of Notre Dame for both undergraduate and graduate work, studying pre-medicine and theology […]

Brother Jordan
I am 26 years old. I was born in Fargo, ND and moved to Bismarck, ND at the age of 11 where my parents still live. I am the third of four children; I have an older sister and two brothers. I attended St John’s University in Collegeville, MN from 1998 until 2002 […]

Father Albert

I was born in 1964 in the small Alberta town of Drayton Valley to Rene and Ona Trudel. I am the youngest of my three siblings; I have one brother, Mark, and two sisters, Jody and Shawna. I grew up in the city of Calgary, Alberta, but moved with my father and mother to […]

Fr. Austriaco earned his Ph.D. in Biology at M.I.T. and his License in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. The video is taken from a symposium entitled, “Stem Cells: Science, Ethics and Politics at the Crossroads,” held on October 2, 2004. His talk in defense of the dignity of […]

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Fr. Michael McCormack, O.P. at Dartmouth:
Fr. Michael is a native of Milford, MA. He entered the Dominicans in 1981 and was ordained a priest in 1987. Prior to coming to Dartmouth, Fr. Michael served as the Treasurer of the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC. The House has as its primary responsibility the spiritual, pastoral, […]

The Dominicans at NYU:

1. Can you introduce yourself to our readers?
My name is Father Romanus Cessario, O.P. Since 1995, I have taught theology at Saint John’s Seminary in Boston, Massachusetts. This archdiocesan seminary belongs to a larger consortium of Catholic and other theological schools located in the Boston area. Because of the Boston Theological Institute (BTI), students from […]