Ordo Praedicatorum

On the Catholic Exchange website, Br. John Chrysostom Kozlowski, OP, has the first in a series of reflections for the Advent season. In addition, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, has the first video installment, also available on the Catholic Exchange website. There is also a video link-up below.
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The newspaper for the diocese of Madison, WI, The Madison Catholic Herald, wrote a story on The Human Experience this past week at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.  They had a recent pre-screening of the movie.  Their article is reprinted below. 
The Dominican House of Studies is sponsoring a pre-screening of the movie on Friday, [...]

The filmmakers at Catholic Exchange have a multi-award winning DVD, Champions of Faith: Baseball. a groundbreaking film that showcases the intersection of sports and faith in Major League Baseball by profiling many of the most accomplished and devout figures in the game both on and off the field. Major League baseball champions Mike Piazza, David [...]

On June 2, 2007, the Dominican friars of the Province of the Holy Name of Jesus (Western Province) ordained four men to the priesthood. Shortly before their ordination, they interviewed three of them about their vocations: Fr. Jerome Cudden, OP, Fr. Michael Hurley, OP, and Fr. Vincent Kelber, OP. They’ve edited those video [...]

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Every year Christians bemoan how the true meaning of Christmas gets lost from view in our society. In the midst of December’s consumerist frenzy and politically correct greetings, how does one put Christ back in Christmas?
The Church has a powerful response to the secularization of Christmas. The response is Advent.
The Advent season, when lived to [...]

New Medium Offers Pro-Life Sound Bites
FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, NOV. 13, 2007 (Zenit.org).- YouTube has been a great boon to the nonprofit community because with it, a video can be instantly available anywhere in the world, says media producer Colin Mason.
Mason, director of media production for the Population Research Institute (PRI) in Front Royal, spoke to [...]

VATICAN CITY, NOV. 15, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI pointed out the example of St. Albert the Great as a builder of peace.
Recalling that on Nov. 15 the Church celebrates the saint’s liturgical feast, the Pope referred to the Dominican religious and bishop of Regensburg, “who made ceaseless efforts to establish peace among the peoples of [...]

Every year following the feast of Dominican All Souls (Nov 8), the day on which we pray for the deceased brothers and sisters of the Order of Friars Preachers, the brothers make a trip to Mt. Olivet Cemetary in Washington, DC. Mt. Olivet is the burial place for the friars who have died while [...]

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Photo album for the Solemn Profession of our Brothers:
VINOD BRUNO MARY SHAH, O.P.
JOSEPH ANTHONY GIAMBRONE, O.P.
JACOB THOMAS PETRI, O.P.
JONAH FRANCIS POLLOCK, O.P.

Some weeks ago, a few of the brothers in the Studentate were given a tour of the West Wing of the White House.  The brothers who went on the tour are (L-R) Rev. Br. Pius Pietrzyk, OP, Br. Michael O’Connor, OP, Br. Justin Brophy, OP, Br. Thomas Petri, OP, Br. John Baptist Duc Nguyen, OP, [...]

The following article by Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, originally appeared at the Catholic Exchange website on November 9, 2007.  Fr. Aquinas was originally ordained for the diocese of LaFayette, Louisiana.  He is currently in simple vows as a Dominican Friar, ministering at our parish of St. Vincent Ferrer in New York City.
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The latest issue of the Dominican Review (vol. 3, no. 1) is now available.  The Dominican Review is a quarterly journal by the students of the Province of St. Joseph studying at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC.  This issue of the Dominican Review contains the reflections of two of the brothers on their [...]

Below is a short slideshow (in .WMV format) of some of the photographs from the All Saints Vigil held here at the House of Studies on October 31, 2007.  The music in the background is taken from the Vigil.  It is our schola cantorum singing the Beatitudes, according to Slavonic chant. 
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November 7 is the day on which the Dominican Order celebrates all of the saints of the Order.  Below is an excerpt of one of the early stories of St. Dominic that is often read during the office of Matins on this day. It was part of an account of the wonders of St. Dominic, [...]

Leo Severino, the Producer of the movie Bella, attended Mass today with some of our Dominican Sisters and asked us for prayers that the film will be able to go into the major cinemas. Both Leo Severino and the star of the film Eduardo Verastegui are friends of the Dominican Sisters of Mother Mary of [...]

CAROUGE, Switzerland, OCT. 30, 2007 (Zenit.org).- If the young Georges Cottier was in contact with great thinkers of the 20th century, why did he end up becoming the theologian of the pontifical household, instead of a Marxist or a follower of Sartre or Nietzsche?
How can the Church continue to claim in the 20th century that [...]

On October 31, 2007, the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception here at the Dominican House of Studies, hosted our 9th Vigil of all Saints. Our small gothic chapel was again filled to overflowing with almost 500 priests, religious, seminaries, sisters, brothers, and a great many young men and women. As has been [...]