Ordo Praedicatorum

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 [...]

The Archdiocese of New York has released a new 90-second vocations video that highlights the sights and sounds of the 2009 Ordination Mass celebrated in St. Patrick’s Cathedral.  This ordination was Archbishop Dolan’s first in New York, and the brief extracts we hear from his homily offer good points for meditation, especially in this Jubilee [...]

A crowd of over 400 gathered Tuesday night at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer for a special pre-screening of “The Human Experience.” Preceeded by a holy hour led by the Frassati Fellowship and the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, the pre-screening attracted a wide variety of viewers: regular parishioners, youth groups from Long Island, [...]

This past January 28th, nearly 150 people gathered at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer to celebrate the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas and to hear Professor Robert Louis Wilken deliver the parish’s second annual St. Thomas Day Lecture. One couple shared that they traveled from Colorado and made the lecture part of their anniversary [...]

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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time with Nathaniel Peters and Amanda Shaw, assistant editors of First Things, and Fr. Bryce Sibley, pastor of St. Anne Church in Mamou, LA.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Fourth Sunday of Advent with Dr. David Franks, professor of theology at St. John’s Seminary in Boston, and Fr. Joseph Johnson, rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, MN.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for Gaudete Sunday with Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP, and Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, OP.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Second Sunday of Advent with Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP, and Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time with Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP, and Fr. James Cuddy, OP.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica with Br. Anthony Giambrone, OP, and Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, OP.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses this weekend’s celebrations of All Saints and All Souls with Fr. Chad Partain.
In anticipation of next week’s national election, he also speaks with Kathryn Lopez, editor of National Review Online, about the intersection of religion and politics in American life.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time with Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP, and with Mary Halpine, Rita-May Rahme, and Kelly Shulz, members of the World Youth Alliance.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary time with Fr. James Cuddy, OP, parochial vicar of St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY, and Fr. Sean Connor, pastor of St. Ann’s Church in Neponset, MA.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time with Angelo Matera, editor and publisher of Godspy.com, and Fr. Dominic Legge, OP, a professor of theology at Providence College.
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The second lesson in today’s Office of Readings has been a favorite of mine for years. In it we glimpse the fiery passion that should inflame the heart of every pastor.  
Because his monastic prayer and priestly office produces in him an unquenchable thirst for souls, St. Augustine finds himself in an apparent clash of [...]

Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time with Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, OP, and Fr. James Moore, OP.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for this Sunday’s Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross with Fr. Luke Sweeney, Vocation Director of the Archdiocese of New York, Deacon Vincent Druding, a fourth-year theologian at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie, and Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP, professor of theology at the House of Studies.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time with Fr. Dominic Legge, OP.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the Queenship of Mary and the readings for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time with Fr. James Cuddy, OP, and Fr. Sean Connor.
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Fr. John Farren, OP, Director of Advancement for the Province, discusses the readings for the Solemnity of the Assumption and the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time with Angelo Matera, editor of Godspy.com.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time with Br. Jerome Zeiler, OP, and Fr. Chad Partain.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time with Fr. John Martin Ruiz-Mayorga, OP, and Fr. James Cuddy, OP.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time with Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP, and Fr. Bryce Sibley.
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Fr. Richard J. Neuhaus ( Editor in Chief, First Things) , Fr. John Farren, OP (Director of Advancement, Dominican Province of St. Joseph), and Angelo Matera (Publisher and Editor, Godspy.com) reflect on the Pope’s recent apostolic journey to the USA, focusing particularly on his messages to American Catholics, American non-Catholics, and American [...]

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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul with Br. Anthony Giambrone, OP, and Fr. Joseph Johnson.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time with Fr. John Farren, OP, and Fr. James Cuddy, OP.
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The Dominican Friars and the Blackfriars Repertory Theatre held a Eucharistic Prayer Service with drama and music presented in the style of the Stations of the Cross at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in New York City on the Feast of Corpus Christi Sunday 2008.

Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, and Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP, discuss the readings for the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Vocations & Formation by Brother Ignatius Perkins, O.P.

A Cooperator Brother is a friar who is called to live a life of prayer and service in the Order of Preachers. Referred to by the title of “Brother,” he relates to the [...]

Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time with Fr. Carlos Quijano, OP, and Fr. Bryce Sibley.
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At the Noon Mass on Sunday, June 1, the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Br. Damian McCarthy, OP. A native of the Bronx, Br. Damian has spent more than half of his religious life living and working at St. Vincent’s. Click below to hear the homily delivered by [...]

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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, discusses the readings for the Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time with Fr. John Farren, OP, Angelo Matera, and Fr. Chad Partain.
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau and Fr. Dominic Legge discuss the mystery of the Holy Trinity.
 
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Fr. William Bonniwell, O.P., one of our deceased brothers (1886-1984), was not only a famous historian of the liturgy, but also served as a military chaplain in World War I. Watch this fascinating interview of Fr. Bonniwell about his service (conducted by Fr. Antoninus Wall, O.P. of the Western Province), filmed in 1982 at [...]

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by Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP
During Pope Benedict’s recent apostolic journey to the United States, Dominicans again found themselves doing what they do best—assisting existing institutions understand and appropriate the Gospel. Throughout the papal visit, Dominicans played a major role in assisting the media with their coverage of the visit. Like the medieval university, [...]

Video excerpt from a special edition of “Word to Life,” the province’s weekly program on Sirius 159, The Catholic Channel. Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. and Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. discussed and explained the events of the Papal Visit in NYC on Saturday April 19. Full Audio of both hours below: 
             
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Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. helped provide commentary, during the Pope’s visit to Yankee Stadium, for WNBC News.
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