Posted in Washington, D.C. on April 27th, 2009 No Comments »
Br. Bruno Mary Shah, OP has a piece entitled “Prudence and the Providence of Plot” published in the Lent 2009 issue of Dappled Things, a quarterly literary magazine for young Catholic writers. Check out Br. Bruno’s article and the journal.
Posted in Washington, D.C. on April 25th, 2009 No Comments »
Fr. Chris Saliga, O.P. is the Catholic Chaplain and a Lecturer in Mdical Ethics at Walsh University in North Canton, OH. He also writes for the Catholic Bioethics Channel at Catholic exchange (an archive of his many articles is available). He has written a longer paper that promotes the Catholic understanding of a controversial life issue. The paper is [...]
Posted in Washington, D.C. on April 25th, 2009 No Comments »
The Blog Conversion Diary recently featured the vocation story of one of our student brothers: James Brent, OP. Read part one and part two of the interview here.
Posted in Audio, Media, N.Y.C. on April 24th, 2009 No Comments »
It was a great joy and honor to have Fr. Carlos Azpiroz Costa, OP, the Master of the Order, in the studio for today’s broadcast. Fr. Carlos is in the United States making a fraternal visit to our province. He was in Washington last weekend for the dedication of the new wing at the House [...]

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Posted in Washington, D.C. on April 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
On Friday, May 29, 2009, five of our student brothers will be ordained to the priesthood at St. Dominic Church in Washington, DC.
Please pray for our brothers as they make their final preparations for ordination!
Posted in Washington, D.C. on April 21st, 2009 No Comments »
After delivering his keynote address at the academic convocation during the grand dedication of the new academic center and theological library on Saturday, April 18, Fr. Augustine DiNoia, OP, Undersecretary for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) was interviewed on both the nature of his position in the Curia and the role [...]
Posted in Washington, D.C. on April 15th, 2009 No Comments »
Fr. Gabriel O’Donnell, OP, Dean of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception chants the prayer of the Prophet Jeremiah in English based on the setting from the Dominican Liturgy. This was sung during Lauds of Holy Saturday.
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Posted in Washington, D.C. on April 14th, 2009 No Comments »
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Once again, the Schola of the Dominican House of Studies sang a full program of music for the liturgies of the Easter Triduum. You can hear some of their performances here.
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Posted in Washington, D.C. on April 13th, 2009 No Comments »
The Friars at the Dominican House of Studies once again celebrated the Easter Triduum with beautiful and prayerful liturgies. Explore the links below to see how we worship.
Photos
Tenebrae
Holy Thursday
Good Friday
Holy Saturday
Flowers (1) (2)
During this most holy season of the year, the Dominican friars at the Priory of the Immaculate Conception would like to wish [...]
Posted in Audio, Media, N.Y.C. on April 11th, 2009 No Comments »
Click below to enjoy a special Easter edition of “Word to Life.” Fr. Paul Keller, OP, Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, OP, and Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP, joined me for a discussion of the Easter Triduum liturgies.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM eastern on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
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Posted in Pope Benedict XVI on April 9th, 2009 No Comments »
Posted below is the homily Pope Benedict XVI delivered at this morning’s Chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. The Holy Father’s reflections on “truth”—veritas—can help shape our Dominican prayer as we enter with the Church into these most holy of Christian days.
CHRISM MASS HOMILY
April 9, 2009
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In the Upper Room, on the eve [...]
The local television station WHIZ “the WHIZ” TV in Zanesville, OH recently interviewed Fr. Jordan Turano, OP, pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church, on the meaning and importance of Holy Week. A portion of that video can be seen below. Here is the article from WHIZnews.com, speaking with Fr. Jordan about Holy Week.
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Posted in Washington, D.C. on April 6th, 2009 No Comments »
Third Order Dominican (Born April 6, 1901 - Died July 4, 1925)
Posted in Audio, Media, N.Y.C. on April 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses this weekend’s celebration of Passion Sunday and the opening of Holy Week with Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM eastern on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159 and XM 117.
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Posted in Washington, D.C. on April 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
The Dominican community at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. invite you to celebrate with them the liturgies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. The schedule of services is as follows:
Holy Thursday, April 9, 2009
7:30 pm
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Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Adoration until midnight in the Chapel of Reposition
11:45 pm
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Compline in [...]
Come join the Dominican Friars in this traditional monastic Holy Week liturgy commemorating the death and burial of the Light of lights, punctuated by the haunting melodies of the Lamentations of Jeremiah as sung on the lips of Jesus Christ weeping over the lost children of Jerusalem.
Tenebrae will be celebrated on the Wednesday of Holy [...]