On August 15, 2007, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, eight of our Dominican brothers completed their novitiate and took their first vows as Dominican friars. Our Prior Provincial, Very Rev. Dominic Izzo, OP, received their vows at our Priory of St. Gertrude in Cincinnati, OH.
The brothers have now arrived in […]
Posted in Washington, D.C. on August 9th, 2007 No Comments »
We have a new webcam for the construction site of the Academic Center & Theological Library. Click on the picture above and enter the user name: dhs2007 and password: 2007dhs
Don’t tell anyone it’s top secret!
On August 8, 2007, the Solemnity of our Holy Father St. Dominic, St. Vincent Ferrer Church unveiled its new website. St. Vincent’s has been operated by the Dominican Friars since it was established as a parish in 1867. It is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on Lexington Avenue between 65th & 66th […]
On the feast of our Holy Father St. Dominic, 15 men received the habit of St. Dominic and entered the novitiate of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. The novitiate is located at St. Gertrude Priory in Cincinnati, OH. The purpose of the novitiate is to introduce individuals interested in religious life to the life […]
Posted in Washington, D.C. on August 8th, 2007 No Comments »
Saint Dominic is the patron saint of the small town of Vittoriosa in Malta. Since 1876 the town has celebrated with great enthusiasm and passion the feast of Saint Dominic. The Statue of Saint Dominic is carried through the town and then placed back in the piazza.
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Posted in Washington, D.C. on August 8th, 2007 No Comments »
Today is the day on which the universal Church celebrates the feast of Our Holy Father, St. Dominic. St. Dominic was born around the year 1171. He died on the Feast of the Transfiguration, August 6, 1221. Until the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council, his feast day was celebrated on […]
Posted in Louisville, KY on August 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
This past weekend, July 26-29, our friars participated in the 3rd annual Ignite Your Torch Youth Conference held in Louisville, KY. Our Dominican brothers John Martin Ruiz Mayorga, OP, James Brent, OP, and John Chrysostom Kozlowski, OP. In addition, several Dominican priests also assisted at the conference. You can click here for a […]
Posted in General Chapter on August 1st, 2007 No Comments »
In July, the Order of Preachers began its General Chapter. The Chapter has the highest authority in the Order. There are three types of General Chapters: elective, a chapter of diffinitors, and a chapter of priors provincial. According to the Constitutions of the Order of Friars Preachers, a General Chapter is held […]
