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For centuries, lay people have prayed popularized forms of the Liturgy of the Hours.  The most popular of these is the well-known “Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary.”  But there are others.  Some years ago, a small booklet of these was published for the use of the Dominican Laity.  Br. Thomas More Garrett, O. [...]

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 [...]

Archbishop Jean-Louis Bruguès is a Dominican who currently holds the position of Secretary in the Congregation for Catholic Education of the Holy See in Rome.  He is a Dominican of the Toulouse Dominican Province in Southern France.  He was appointed the to the Congregation for Catholic Education by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007.  Earlier in [...]

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 [...]

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
Focused on [...]

As a part of their photography project, the Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph (the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati) recently published the following old photo and caption:

1961: “New priory of the Dominican Fathers at St. Gertrude’s Church, Madeira, will be dedicated by Archbishop Alter Nov. 7. The $500,000 building, which will accommodate 20 priests, was erected [...]

Recently, Zenit news sat down for an interview with Sister Catherine Marie Hopkins, OP, of the Congregation of St. Cecilia in Nashville, TN. Sr. Catherine Marie was the longtime vocations director for the Nashville Dominicans and was recently appointed to the U.S. Bishops’ National Advisory Council. In her interview, Sr. Catherine Marie suggests [...]

The First Annual Meeting of the Society for Spirituality, Theology, and Health, Fr. Chris Saliga, OP, was invited to present a paper on a topic concerning the intersection of theology and health. The Society is affiliated with the Duke Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health.  This first meeting brought together more than 400 scholars from [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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Fr. John Vidmar, O.P., an associate professor of theology at Providence College and the archivist for our province, has written a new book on Dominican Spirituality. It is called Praying With the Dominicans: To Praise, To Bless, To Preach.

The book contains a wealth of Dominican blessings and prayers, as well as brief reflections [...]

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 [...]

The liturgical season of Advent has two parts, both of which look to the coming of the Lord. The first part of Advent, opening the Liturgical year and following the feast of Christ the King, looks to the return of Jesus at the end of time. The first part of Advent continues until December 16th. [...]

The Third Sunday of Advent is known popularly as Gaudete Sunday. The name comes from the first word of the Mass in Latin: Gaudéte in Dómino semper: íterum dico, gaudéte (Missale Romanum 2002), which is taken from St. Paul’s letter to the Phillipians (Phil 4,4) and translates as “Rejoice in the Lord always; [...]

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It is a truism that the actions we undertake often have effects far beyond our expectations. Nonetheless, it is still remarkable to see how the actions of a priest, ministering to one of God’s people, can continue to be remembered and appreciated some 50 years after they occurred. Below is a letter that appeared in [...]

 
The President of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Domincan House of Studies, Very Rev. Steven C. Boguslawski, OP, has just published a new book entitled Thomas Aquinas on the Jews: Insights into his Commentary on Romans 9-11.  It is now available from Paulist Press.  The Paulist Press website describes the book [...]

The following article by Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, originally appeared at the Catholic Exchange website on November 9, 2007.  Fr. Aquinas was originally ordained for the diocese of LaFayette, Louisiana.  He is currently in simple vows as a Dominican Friar, ministering at our parish of St. Vincent Ferrer in New York City.
Even in death, Mother [...]

CAROUGE, Switzerland, OCT. 30, 2007 (Zenit.org).- If the young Georges Cottier was in contact with great thinkers of the 20th century, why did he end up becoming the theologian of the pontifical household, instead of a Marxist or a follower of Sartre or Nietzsche?
How can the Church continue to claim in the 20th century that [...]

Some of the Dominican Friars of the Western Province serve at the Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska. Below is a recent interview by Joel Davidson.
10/30/2007 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Catholic Anchor) - Three new Dominican friars recently arrived at Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage (see separate Catholic Online story for background). Last month, the Catholic [...]

Rev. Augustine DiNoia, a Dominican priest and a member of the Province of St. Joseph, is the Undersecretary for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Recently, he spoke with Vatican Radio about the recent clarification made by the Congregation on the morality of providing artificial nutrition and hydration to patients in a [...]

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The latest issue of the Dominican Review, the Journal of the Student Brothers of the Eastern Province, is now available.  This issue includes a reflection by the editor on the relationship between the theological virtue of hope and the Blessed Sacrament.  Also, Br. Ignatius Schweitzer, O.P., writes on “The Holy Name of Jesus and Blessed Henry [...]

an Article by Br. Bruno M. Shah, O.P.

I. Playing A Part
During the first days at the seminary, the Master of Students gathers the newly arrived to discover what practical talents are available for the community’s benefit. (We blithely refer to the house’s chores as “privileges.”) Each of our sixty men has some share in [...]

The All Saints vigil is written up in an article by Nick Manetto.
PLEASE NOTE: The article erroneously states that the Dominican House of Studies is the “order’s U.S. seminary.” In fact, the other provinces also have their own studia, and the Vigil of All Saints originated at the Western Province’s Dominican School of Philosophy and [...]

His two most famous sayings are both negative: “Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ,” and, “The enemies of the Church should be also my enemies.” Perhaps a saint with a gentler temperament — one not hardened by the hot Syrian sun, all-night prayer vigils, and superhuman fasts — perhaps such a saint would [...]

Student Brother James Dominic Brent, O.P. has published a brief article entitled

“The Beatitudes: Stages of Christian Development” on the Catholic Exchange website

Three Dominicans priests tell thier story in a book by Colleen Carroll.
Review: The New Faithful Jim Bowman The New Faithful: Why Young Adults are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy, by Colleen Carroll, Loyola Press, 320 pp.
If you like newspaper feature stories, you will love this book. It applies the formula expertly: general statement, plus survey [...]