Among the martyrs of the Spanish Civil War recently beatified, the list included a former Master of the Order, Bonaventure García Paredes. Below is an excerpt of his biography (translated from Spanish) and prepared by the postulators of his cause for beatification: Fr. Vito T. Gómez, OP, Postulator General, and Fr Francesco Ricci, OP, […]
Posted in Washington, D.C. on October 31st, 2007 No Comments »
Cardinal Cottier on Exorcisms
VATICAN CITY, JAN. 22, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Cardinal Georges Cottier,O.P. while he was still the theologian to the Pontifical Household, wrote an introduction to the book “Presidente degli Esorcisti — Esperienze e Delucidazioni di Don Gabriele Amorth” (President of the Exorcists — Experiences and Clarifications of Father Gabriel Amorth).
Father Amorth is an exorcist […]
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Of the 497 martrys of the Spanish Civil War beatified on 28 October 2007, at least 74 were associated with the Order of Preachers, mostly friars. (Although the group also included the first Dominican Cloistered Nun to be martyred, Bl. Josefina Sauleda Paulis, OP.) Below are the names of all the Dominican martyrs of the […]
Posted in Media, Publications on October 30th, 2007 No Comments »
Some of the Dominican Friars of the Western Province serve at the Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska. Below is a recent interview by Joel Davidson.
10/30/2007 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Catholic Anchor) - Three new Dominican friars recently arrived at Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage (see separate Catholic Online story for background). Last month, the Catholic […]
Posted in Rome, Italy on October 30th, 2007 No Comments »
On Oct. 28, in the biggest beatification ever in history, Pope Benedict XVI beatified a total of 498 martyrs of the communist persecutions during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.
Among them was Fr. Buenaventura Garcia Paredes, former master general of the Dominican Order in Rome who was executed by the communists in Madrid […]
Fr. Ben Croell O.P. and I went with some graduate students of N.Y.U. to the premiere of Bella in New York City. Everyone gave this film two thumbs ups. The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal make a cameo appearance which is impressive given the fact that they were also instrumental in putting together the film […]
Vigil of All Saints
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
7:30pm
Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
at the Dominican House of Studies
487 Michigan Ave., NE
Washington, DC 20017
Last year, PBS’s Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly show produced a segment on the Vigil of All Saints. Also, Nick Manetto of the National Catholic Register published an article on last year’s event. From this […]
Posted in Washington, D.C. on October 29th, 2007 No Comments »
The following article on Bl. Bartolomeo Longo and the Rosary was written by Br. Ezra Sullivan, OP. It originally appeared on the Catholic Exchange website on October 26, 2007, in the month dedicated to our Lady of the Rosary.
The Rosary: The Devil’s Defeat
By Br. Ezra Sullivan, OP
On the day of Bartolo Longo’s beatification, October […]
St. Albert’s Day Lecture
Making Morally Informed Decisions about Medical Treatments When Facing Sickness or End of Life Situations
By Rev. Tad Pacholczyk, Ph.D.
Director of Education, National Catholic Bioethics Center
Thursday, November 17, 2007 at 7:30pm
Church of St. Vincent Ferrer
869 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10065
If you have any questions, please contact the parish at: (212) 744-2080
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Every year, the Province of St. Joseph hosts two vocation weekends for men interested in our Order, one in October and another in February. The vocation weekend is an opportunity for a deeper discernment into our way of life. In addition to time for prayer and adoration, a number of talks are scheduled so that […]
Posted in Video, Saint Catherine on October 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Posted in N.Y.C., Saint Catherine on October 20th, 2007 No Comments »
CELEBRATING PASTORAL Care Week – October 21-27, 2007
“I do not pray for success. I ask for faithfulness.”- Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Each year the Friars, Sisters, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, and Parish Staff of St. Catherine of Siena Church and Priory are celebrated and acknowledged for their ministry of service to patients, families and […]
Posted in Other Provinces on October 18th, 2007 No Comments »
For 100 years now, the Dominican friars in France have organized an annual Rosary Pilgrimage. The pilgrimage is held in Lourdes, the place of Our Lady’s appearance to St. Bernadette Soubirous, in the first week of October. This year, between 30,000 to 40,000 people attended this event, including more than 2,000 teenagers who came with […]
Posted in Nuns on October 18th, 2007 No Comments »
Last year, the Monastery of Dominican nuns in Washington, D.C., made the bold decision to erect a new monastery in Northern Virginia. They sold their Monastery on 16th Street in Northwest Washington in preparation for building their new home. In the meantime, the Washington nuns accepted the kind hospitality of the nuns in West Springfield, […]
On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, the feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch, six brothers were installed to the ministry of Lector in the Chapel of our Priory of the Immaculate Conception. The brothers receiving this new ministry were: Br. Augustine Marie Reisenauer, O.P, Br. Michael Dominic O’Connor, O.P., Br. Bernard Marie Timothy, O.P., Br. Peter […]
Earlier this year, the Dominican House of Studies played host to some non-Catholic Christians interested in learning more about religious life — both its history and current practice. There are part of a Protestant movement that is known as emergent Christianity, which seeks to bring Christianity to a post-modern mindset. As part of their visits with us, one […]
Posted in Other Provinces on October 16th, 2007 No Comments »
In our House of Studies in Washington, we are privileged to have a number of friars from other Provinces studying with us. This allows us to learn about some of the work being done by our friars in other parts of the world. In the Province of Toulouse (France), the friars organize a week of beach […]
The following article appeared on the Catholic Exchange website on October 16, 2007 — the month of the Holy Rosary.
Revisiting the Rosary
by Br. Augustine Reisenauer, O.P.
Today marks the fifth anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s apostolic letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae and his proclamation of the Year of the Rosary. For the Holy Father, the Rosary […]
On the weekend of October 6 and 7, the Studium at the Priory of the Immaculate Conception played host to the first Dominican Inter-Provincial Studentate Conference. The Studia of the other American Provinces — the Provinces of St. Albert the Great (Central), the Holy Name of Jesus (West) and St. Martin de Porres (South) — […]
Posted in Washington, D.C. on October 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Recently, a man from England contacted our house enquiring about a painting that has long hung in our refectory. It is an image of Christ crucified surrounded by a host of Dominican Saints, seen in the image above. Each night, after formal meal, we sing the “Ecce Fidelus” (an antiphon in honor of St. Joseph, […]
Posted in Video on October 1st, 2007 No Comments »
Video (8 min 30 sec) Our brothers Hugh Vincent Dyer, O.P., and Thomas Joseph White, O.P., were ordained to the Order of Deacons. The Mass of Ordination was in the Priory chapel. The ordaining prelate was Most Rev. Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, formerly Archbishop of the Archdiocese of the Military […]
Posted in Washington, D.C. on October 1st, 2007 No Comments »
On Tuesday, October 2, Fr. Basil Cole, OP, will be giving a presentation as a part of the Archdiocese of Washington’s Theology on Tap “six pack” series. The theme for this year’s “six pack” is “Catholic Hot Topics”. Fr. Cole’s topic for the talk will be “The Catholic Position on Embryonic Stem Cell […]
