Just in time for Lent, Magnificat has released Fr. Romanus Cessario’s The Seven Last Words of Jesus. A rich examination of Christ’s final utterances from the cross, this collection gathers the meditations Fr. Cessario preached last Good Friday in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Using the Church’s theological, spiritual, and artistic tradition to unlock the secret of [...]
Posted in Washington, D.C. on February 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Like many parishes throughout the country, parishioners at the church of St. Thomas Aquinas in Zanesville, OH come together on the Fridays of Lent to take part in teh Via Crucis, or the Stations of the Cross. In his 2001 Directory on Popular Piety, Pope John Paul II, described this devotion as:
The Via Crucis is [...]
Posted in Audio, Media, N.Y.C. on February 27th, 2009 No Comments »
Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the First Sunday of Lent with Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, OP, and Fr. Paul Keller, OP.
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Posted in Washington, D.C. on February 24th, 2009 No Comments »
Br. Peter Martyr Yungwirth, OP, has a new article on the Catholic Exchange website, in which he discusses the blessing of our Catholic tradition of the family rosary. Below is the introductory paragraph from Br. Peter Martyr’s article, to read the rest of it, visit The Catholic Exchange.
“Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for [...]
Posted in Washington, D.C. on February 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Rev. Br. James Brent, OP preaches to our 33 Vocation Weekend guests about the power of God at work in us when we say “yes” to His call. The video is about 9 minutes.
Posted in Audio, Media, N.Y.C. on February 20th, 2009 No Comments »
Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time with Fr. Dominic Legge, OP, and Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP.
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Fr. Dominic Legge, OP, who teaches theology at Providence College, offered his reflections on the nature of Dominican preaching during the February 2009 Vocation Weekend. The talk is about 45 minutes.
Posted in Washington, D.C. on February 15th, 2009 No Comments »
The Dominican House of Studies hosted its bi-annual Vocation Weekend February 13-15, 2009. 33 young men attended — our largest crowd in recent memory. Due to shortage of space and renovations to the oldest part of our priory, 12 men slept on the floor in sleeping bags. The picture was taken in Aquin Hall of [...]
Posted in Audio, Media, N.Y.C. on February 14th, 2009 No Comments »
Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time with Fr. James Sullivan, OP, and Fr. James Cuddy, OP.
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A recent photo of all the men currently in formation for the Province of St. Joseph.
Praised be Jesus Christ for the unspeakable blessing of so many Dominican vocations.
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Each year on February 2, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, (traditionally known as Candlemas and before the the 2nd Vatican Council, the Purification of Our Lady and the end of the Christmas Season), the prior at the Dominican House of Studies blesses all the candles to be used throughout the coming year [...]
The online edition of The Bulletin, a student publication serving the Gonzaga University community, reported that their Professor of Philosophy Michael W. Tkacz has been invited to give the esteemed Aquinas Lecture at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England, on Feb. 12.
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Posted in Media, Publications on February 7th, 2009 No Comments »
Georges Cardinal Cottier, the Dominican bishop and former theologian of the papal household, has published a new book on what he calls Pope John Paul II’s “theology of communication.” A symposium was held at the Vatican to celebrate the book’s release. What follows is Zenit’s coverage of the event.
ANOTHER THEOLOGY FROM JOHN PAUL II
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time with Fr. John Farren, OP, and Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP.
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This past January 28th, nearly 150 people gathered at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer to celebrate the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas and to hear Professor Robert Louis Wilken deliver the parish’s second annual St. Thomas Day Lecture. One couple shared that they traveled from Colorado and made the lecture part of their anniversary [...]

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