Posted in House of Studies, Province, Washington, D.C. on December 21st, 2009 No Comments »
The Dominican Friars of the Dominican House of Studies invite you to join them for the celebration of the Solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ:
CHRISTMAS EVE
5:30 pm - First Vespers of Christmas
11:00 pm - Solemn Liturgy of the Office of Vigils and Midnight Mass
CHRISTMAS DAY
10:30 am - Lauds of Christmas [...]
Posted in Washington, D.C. on December 19th, 2009 No Comments »
It is a Dominican tradition to Chant the Litany of Loretto to the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturdays and Marian feasts after Compline. The Order even has a special (and quite beautiful) tone for chanting the litany. At the House of Studies, we keep this tradition alive by chanting the Litany once a month.
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Posted in Washington, D.C. on December 12th, 2009 No Comments »
J.R.R. Tolkein was a man with an acute awareness of the profound truth of Christianity, and a great artist’s sense of how to make that truth come alive in surprising and stirring ways (as a careful reading of his Lord of the Rings trilogy reveals). As preachers of the Catholic faith — which we [...]
Posted in Audio, Media, N.Y.C. on December 11th, 2009 No Comments »
Click below to hear this week’s edition of “Word to Life.
Joining me on the program today to discuss the readings for Gaudete Sunday were Curtis Mitch, a trustee of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and co-author of the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, and Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., a parochial vicar at the University Parish of St. [...]
Posted in Washington, D.C. on December 9th, 2009 No Comments »
The Angelic Warfare Confraternity is an official association of the Dominican Order dedicated to the preservation of chastity and the pursuit of truth under the patronage of St. Thomas Aquinas. It finds its inspiration in St. Thomas’ victory in his battle against sexual temptation as a teenager in the prison tower, and his being girded [...]
Posted in Audio, Media, N.Y.C. on December 4th, 2009 No Comments »
Click below to hear this week’s edition of “Word to Life.”
Joining me on the program today to discuss the reading for the Second Sunday of Advent was Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P., the parochial vicar of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Zanesville, OH.
“Word to Life” airs live every Friday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic [...]
Posted in Washington, D.C. on December 4th, 2009 No Comments »
Thanks in part to the initiative of Fr. Benedict Croell, OP, one of our friars doing advanced studies at the Angelicum in Rome, we now have more (and higher quality!) photos of the Holy Father’s Mass with the International Theological Commission to offer.
The photos show some striking details of the newly-renovated Pauline chapel in the [...]
Posted in Washington, D.C. on December 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., preached on the Blessed Virgin Mary’s expectation during the first Advent when Christ dwelt in her womb. Here is the text of his homily:
The Virgin Mary, during the Season of Advent, sees what others have not seen. And she hears what others have not heard. She sees and hears the [...]
Posted in Washington, D.C. on December 1st, 2009 No Comments »
Today, the Holy Father celebrated Mass with the International Theological Commission in the Pauline Chapel in the Vatican. (For more on what else is interesting about this particular papal Mass, see here.) As a Dominican, it is always a thrill to see images like this one, because proclaiming the Gospel at the Holy Father’s Mass [...]
