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Archive for October, 2009

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Joining me on the show today to discuss the readings for the Solemnity of All Saints was Fr. James Sullivan, OP, pastor of the Church of St. Louis Bertrand in Louisville, KY.
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Click below to hear this week’s edition of “Word to Life.”
Joining me on the show today to discuss the readings for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time were Fr. Paul Keller, O.P., a professor of theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville, and Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P., the parochial vicar at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in [...]

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On Tuesday, it was announced that certain Anglicans from around the world seeking unity with Rome are going to be brought into communion with the Catholic Church.  This news is exciting and a moment in Church history as this is the largest Protestant group to seek reunion with Rome.  This comes after years of diligent [...]

Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O. P., a professor at the Dominican House of Studies preached the following homily on the Feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch during our Thomistic Circles weekend:
One of the things that makes human beings particular, so different both from angels and from other animals, is that they can offer up [...]

Vigil of All Saints

The Dominican Friars and the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception cordially invite you to attend the Vigil of All Saints on Oct. 31 at 7:30 pm at the Dominican House of Studies.
This year the Vigil falls on a Saturday night, which could mean larger crowds than normal.  How appropriate this is though, being that [...]

Archbishop Augustine DiNoia, O.P., Secretary for the Congregation of Divine Worship, preached the following homily to the seminarians at the North American College in Rome on the mystery of marriage and the challenges to it in the modern world.
27 Sunday in Ordinary Time, 3 October 2009, North American College in Rome
My brothers and sisters in [...]

Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P., professor of theology at St. John’s Seminary in the Archdiocese of Boston, preached a homily at the seminary in which he offered St. Therese, the Guardian Angels, and St. Francis of Assisi as guides for priestly formation.
27 Sunday in Ordinary Time, 4 October 2009, Saint John’s Seminary
Early October brings a [...]

Homily on Marriage

All of our deacon student brothers are assigned to parishes in the Archdiocese of Washington.  At their parish assignments, the brothers regularly preach.  Rev. Br. James Brent, O. P. is assigned to St. Peter’s Church on Capitol Hill.
This past Sunday, the 27th Sunday of the year, the readings focused on the mystery of Christian marriage.  [...]

Thursday, October 1 was the Feast of St. Therese of Lisieux.  Fr. John Langlois, O.P. preached at the conventual Mass at the Dominican House of Studies.  He spoke about St. Therese’s boldness in choosing God’s plan for her.
One autumn day, a day perhaps very much like today, little Therese Martin was playing outdoors with [...]