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Recently, Zenit news sat down for an interview with Sister Catherine Marie Hopkins, OP, of the Congregation of St. Cecilia in Nashville, TN. Sr. Catherine Marie was the longtime vocations director for the Nashville Dominicans and was recently appointed to the U.S. Bishops’ National Advisory Council. In her interview, Sr. Catherine Marie suggests [...]

On Thursday, October 9th (the feast of St. Louis Bertrand, OP), the Institute of Bioethics at Franciscan University of Steubenville will present a Bioethics seminar entitled “Moral Conviction vs Political Pressure“. Among the presenters will be Bishop Anthony Fisher, OP, who is an Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of Sidney, Australia and the Professor [...]

The founder of the Province of St. Joseph, Father (later Bishop) Edward Dominic Fenwick, O.P. spent much of his time on horseback travelling through Ohio and Kentucky and ministering to the local Catholic communitites. In 1812, he reached Dungannon, Ohio and celebrated the first Mass in Northern Ohio in the log cabin of Daniel [...]

The Director of World Youth Day 2008 in Australia was Bishop Anthony Fisher, OP, an auxiliary bishop of Sidney, Australia and a Dominican friar of the Province of the Assumption in Australia.  The Dominicans had a very visible role in the events of World Youth Day.  As part of their activities, our brothers in Australia [...]

During yesterday’s Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Pope Benedict XVI offered seminarians and religious in formation several words of paternal encouragement and support.  Below are the relevant paragraphs, which can also benefit those still pondering their call from God.

We have recently made a major update to the official website of our Province of Dominican friars, the Province of St. Joseph (Eastern Province).  There you will find a wealth of information about our Province, our history, ministry, and life.  You can find a collection of audio, video, and pictures from around the Province.  The [...]

Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time with Fr. John Martin Ruiz-Mayorga, OP, and Fr. James Cuddy, OP.
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The First Annual Meeting of the Society for Spirituality, Theology, and Health, Fr. Chris Saliga, OP, was invited to present a paper on a topic concerning the intersection of theology and health. The Society is affiliated with the Duke Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health.  This first meeting brought together more than 400 scholars from [...]

Also published on the Catholic Exchange website is an article by Fr. Christopher M. Saliga, OP.  Fr. Saliga’s article - entitled “Freedom and Voluntary Death” - discusses the moral dimensions of suicide or voluntary euthanasia. The article also includes a number of resources for those seeking to better understand the Catholic perspective on this issue.  [...]

Fr. Basil Cole, OP, has written an article on the Catholic approach to Bioethics for the Catholic Exchange website.  The article, entitled, “What is Catholic Bioethics?” explains that ‘Catholic Bioethics’ is a field of medical moral theology, and thus attempts to use use the tools of Catholic moral theology in the world of medicine and [...]

Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time with Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP, and Fr. Bryce Sibley.
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Fr. Hugh Vincent Dyer, O.P., has a new article on the GodSpy website.  A newly ordained priest, Fr. Hugh Vincent reflects on the centrality of the Eucharist in the life of the Church and the importance of our belief in the Real Presence of Christ in the Sacrament:
I was ordained a priest on May 23rd. [...]

Forty years ago, on July 25th, 1968 - feast of St. James the Greater - Pope Paul VI published his Encyclical letter Humanæ Vitæ. Pope Paul VI indicated the purpose of that letter in the first two paragraphs:
The transmission of human life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly [...]

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Eleven men will begin their postulancy this July at Providence College in Providence, R.I. The Postulancy has a new director, Fr. Stephen Alcott, O.P., whose current full-time position is that of associate pastor and campus minister of the St. Thomas Moore Oratory at the University of Delaware. Read the brief biographies of these 11 men [...]

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Fr. Richard J. Neuhaus ( Editor in Chief, First Things) , Fr. John Farren, OP (Director of Advancement, Dominican Province of St. Joseph), and Angelo Matera (Publisher and Editor, Godspy.com) reflect on the Pope’s recent apostolic journey to the USA, focusing particularly on his messages to American Catholics, American non-Catholics, and American [...]

On the Catholic Culture website, Dr. Jeff Mirus recently published an article entitled “What Makes a Good Priest?” The Article is a review of The Hidden Enemies of the Priesthood, a new book by Fr. Basil Cole, OP, a priest of the Province of St. Joseph and a professor of moral theology at the [...]

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