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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 [...]

In the short essay below, Br. Thomas More Garrett, O.P., reflects on the most recent Vocations Weekend at the Dominican House of Studies.

Advent is a period of waiting, longing and begging. The Church invites us about the same time each year to contemplate in a special way our anticipation of an encounter with the Son [...]

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 [...]

On September 14, the feast of the Triumph of the Cross, Fr. Kurt Pritzl, O.P. preached the homily at the conventual Mass at the Dominian House of Studies.  Here are his reflections on the centrality of the Cross in the Christian life:
 
At the end of his book The Kingdom of God in America published in [...]

Each summer, the student brothers from the Dominican House of Studies are sent out to various priories throughout the province for different ministries.  This is so that they can grow in their understanding of what the preaching aspect of the Dominican life is all about.  Also, it gives the brothers a chance to experience life [...]

Recently ordained Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. preached a homily on Wednesday that was fitting both for a new priest and for the Year for Priests.  Please feel free to read the text below and to keep our recently ordained priests in your prayers in this Year for Priests.
“WHAT IS THERE ABOUT HIS WORD?”
“What is there about [...]

On the Feast of St. Bartholomew, Fr. Steven Boguslawski, O.P., President of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, celebrated Mass for the opening of the 2009-2010 academic year at the Dominican House of Studies.  This year will be the first full year in the new academic center and will be full of exciting lectures [...]

Thomistic Circles is a work of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, in Washington, D.C. Serving as a forum for the exchange of theological and philosophical ideas, it seeks to consider contemporary cultural and intellectual issues from within the Thomistic tradition. As a work of the faculty, it [...]

In March 2007, Providence College sponsored a symposium on the theme “Divine Impassibility and the Mystery of Human Suffering.” The symposium was organized by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O. P.
The question of whether or not God suffers - whether His very deity places Him beyond the reach of suffering and evil - has serious [...]

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 [...]

Fr. John Corbett, O.P., Assistant Professor of Moral Theology, preached a memorable homily during the Solemn Liturgy for the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas in the chapel of the Dominican House of Studies.  The homily starts about 2.5 minutes into the video.  Father’s homily is followed by the chant schola singing “In Medio Ecclesiae,” the [...]

On Saturday November 15, 2008, the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception will offer their traditional annual St. Albert the Great Symposium.  This year, the book Vatican II: Renewal Within Tradition will provide the background for the symposium. The symposium is open to the general public but only a limited number of spaces are [...]

The annual Archdiocese of Washington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception will be on October 9, 2008. The pilgrimage will begin with the recitation of the rosary at 2:30 p.m., followed by a 3:00 p.m. Mass. Theodore Cardinal McCarrick will be the principal celebrant for the Mass.
Two [...]

Dominican friars have long been known not only as preachers, but also as friars who preach by teaching — an important dimension of the charism of the Order of Preachers.  From the beginnings of the Order, St. Dominic wanted his friars to study in order better to preach the truth of the Gospel, and he [...]

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 [...]

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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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 [...]

The New Evangelization: Overcoming the Obstacles is a new book co-edited by Fr. Steven Boguslawski, OP, and Mr. Ralph Martin which will be available in July 2008. This book identifies and [...]

O.P. Formation Program Sees a Certain Kind of Priest
BY STEPHEN MIRARCHI
REGISTER CORRESPONDENT
June 8-14, 2008 Issue | Posted 6/3/08 at 10:18 AM
WASHINGTON — When five Dominicans were ordained on May 23 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., it was the fruit of a long process.
The Order of Preachers, whose religious and priests [...]

As we have previously mentioned, a number of our brothers were involved in preaching at the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to a crowd awaiting Pope Benedict’s arrival there last month. Here is the talk preached by Br. James Brent, O.P.

abortion stem cell EWTN Audio Library - EWTN: The World Over - 5/2/2008
EWTN: The World Over - 5/2/2008
An episode from EWTN - Hosted by Raymond Arroyo with guest Fr. Joseph Fox, OP Professor of Canon Law at the Dominican House of Studies: Controversy over Communion in wake of recent Papal visit, begin listening at 8:53 [...]

 
Friday, May 2 was the Feast of St. Athanasius, the fourth century bishop of Alexandria and doctor of the Church who defended the Nicene faith in the divinity of Christ. In a homily preached at the conventual Mass at the Dominican House of Studies, Rev. Br. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. preached on the saint’s [...]

Br. Hugh Vincent Dyer’s latest article is now available on Godspy.com. The first paragraph of the article is below.
A young lady with olive skin, black hair, and black eyes approached us. Her accented voice trembled as she asked us to pray with her there on the street. She explained that her brother had [...]

One of the benefits of a world interconnected through the Internet, with websites like blogs, is that you are able to read comments and even compliments that you might not otherwise hear. In a recent blog interview, Architect Adam Hermanson in describing some of the influences on his own appreciation of sacred architecture mentions [...]

Br. Pius Pietrzyk, OP, is interviewed by WUSA Channel 9 news in Washington, DC about his experiences during the visit of the Holy Father to the United States.  This news clip aired on the 9News Now program at 11:00pm on Sunday, April 20, 2008.
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 In this video, you can see the Holy Father stand up to greet the crowd of Dominican friars gathered on the steps of the National Shrine.  He must have liked our banner, “Dominicans Love Our Holy Father”!

The Dominican Friars of the Priory of the Immaculate Conception have unfurled a banner welcoming the Holy Father to America (watch video below). The banner faces 4th Street in Northwest Washington, DC and will be visible to the Holy Father as he makes his way up the parade route from the U.S. Bishops’ Conference [...]

The Arlington Catholic Herald, the newspaper of record for the diocese of Arlington, VA, recently published an article by Dr. Jem Sullivan, a professor at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception.  Dr. Sullivan also recently published a Study Guide on the Pope’s Encyclical Spe Salvi.  The article below is the eighth in a series [...]

From the Dominican House of Studies Website:
The Analogy of Being: Invention of the Anti-Christ, or the Wisdom of God?A Theological Symposium
Date: April 4—6, 2008
Place: The Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington , D.C.
Is there any ‘natural’ knowledge of God available to the human person, apart from Christian revelation, or is all knowledge of God [...]

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, March 20, 2008

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 [...]

Christ Our Hope: A Parish Study Guide To Pope Benedict XVI’s Encyclical Letter, On Christian Hope (Spe salvi)
Complete Study Guide (51 page PDF document)

The study guide was prepared for the Archdiocese of Washington by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D., professor in the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, [...]

Below is a reprint of an article which appeared in 1908 edition of The Dominican Yearbook. It is a description of what was then the newly built Priory of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The pictures are original to the article. 
 
THE DOMINICAN HOUSE OF STUDIES
AT WASHINGTON

From The Dominican Yearbook, 1908
 

The first harvest [...]

This year is the 150th anniversary of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Bernadette Soubirous. Br. Hugh Vincent Dyer, O.P., a student brother at the Dominican House of Studies wrote an article for the website GodSpy.com reflecting on the significance of the apparition entitled: “The Healing Love of Lourdes.”
 
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This past weekend, February 8-10, 2008, the Dominican House of Studies hosted its semiannual vocations weekend for men discerning a vocation to our province. The weekend was a resounding success, with 26 men attending.
On Friday night, there was a Holy Hour, with preaching by Rev. Br. Bruno Mary Shah. In his homily, he reflects on [...]

On Saturday, January 12, 2008, seven of our brothers were ordained to the diaconate at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC by the Most Rev. Thomas Cajetan Kelly, OP. Below is a slideshow of the event.
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On Saturday, January 12, seven of our brothers will be ordained to the Diaconate at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The program for the ordination Mass is available by clicking here. The brothers to be ordained are: Br. Peter Hoàng Ðỗ, O.P., John Sơn Thanh Hoàng, O.P, Br. [...]

January 3rd is the day on which the Church celebrates the feast of the Holy Name of Jesus.  In 1274, Pope Gregory X entrusted devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus to the Dominican Order.  The Confraternity of the Holy Name had its origins in the Council of Lyon in the same year, as a [...]

Below is a short video montage of photos from the Christmas Mass during the Day at the Priory of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. The celebrant for the Mass was His Excellency, Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, OP, recently retired after more than 25 years as Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky. Archbishop Kelly’s last [...]

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On this day, December 22, in the year 1216, His Holiness Pope Honorius III gave official approval to the creation of the Order of Preachers to St. Dominic.  It is somehow fitting in this season in which we look forward to the birth of Our Savior, we celebrate as well the birth of our Order.  [...]