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On Saturday, August 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, the province’s nine novice professed their simple vows at St. Gertrude’s Church in Cincinnati.  Fr. Brian Mulcahy, OP, the provincial socius, celebrated the Profession Mass.  Below is the text of the homily he preached.
Profession of Simple Vows
St. Gertrude’s Church
August 15, 2009
My soul proclaims the [...]

Fr. Luke Turon, OP, gives a talk on the relationship between St. Paul, his writings, and the Church.  Fr. Luke took his first vows as a Dominican 60 years ago this year.  For most of his Dominican life, Fr. Luke was a missionary in Pakistan.  This lecture was given as a part of the Year [...]

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Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP, gives a talk on the proper way to understand the Old Testament.  Using especially St. Paul and the New Testament, Fr. Anthony shows how Christ is the hermeneutical key to understanding the full meaning of God’s revelation in the Old Testament.  This lecture was a part of the 2009 Summer Lecture [...]

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This summer, St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Zanesville, OH, is offering a series of summer lectures during the month of July. The lectures will be on the Mondays and Thursdays of July (except July 9).  The talks will be done by friars visiting St. Thomas during the summer:  Rev. Br. James Brent, OP, Br. Justin [...]

During our recent Provincial Assembly, the friars of the Province took the time to honor the jubilarians in their midst. Fr. Luke Tancrell, OP preached a beautiful homily at Mass, where he reflected on his fifty years of priesthood.

This past Sunday the Dominican parish church of St. Thomas Aquinas celebrated the feast of Corpus Christi with a Eucharistic procession through downtown Zanesville. Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, OP was the main celebrant for Mass and the procession. The procession stopped for benediction an an outside altar in front of the parish office building [...]

The local television station WHIZ “the WHIZ” TV in Zanesville, OH recently interviewed Fr. Jordan Turano, OP, pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church, on the meaning and importance of Holy Week.  A portion of that video can be seen below.  Here is the article from WHIZnews.com, speaking with Fr. Jordan about Holy Week.
Christian Churches Celebrate [...]

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On Friday, March 20, Fr. Joseph Alobaidi, OP, spoke to the parishioners of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Zanesville, OH.  Fr. Alobaidi spoke on the topic “Women and Marriage in St. Paul”.  His talk was one in a series of talks at St. Thomas in celebration of the Year of St. Paul.  Additional lectures will [...]

Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P., editor-in-chief of Magnificat preaches about the conversion of Saint Matthew.

Recently, The Catholic Times, the newspaper of record of the Diocese of Columbus, published an in-depth story on the Catholic Churches in Muskingum County Ohio, including our own Dominican parish of St. Thomas Aquinas in Zanesville.  The article is reprinted below.
Zanesville’s two parishes have much in common
By Tim Puet
Catholic Times
For more than 165 years, Zanesville [...]

On August 15, 2008, 8 of our Dominican brothers made their simple profession of vows as friars of the Order of Preachers.  Their vows were received by Very Rev. Ray Daily, OP, the Vicar Provincial of the Province of St. Joseph at our Priory of St. Gertrude in Cincinnati, OH.  The brothers making their first [...]

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 [...]

The Zanesville Times Recorder also recently published a story on Fr. Jordan Turano, OP, the recently installed pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas parish in Zanesville, OH.  Fr. Jordan assumed the office of pastor this past July, having previously ministered as the chaplain of Walsh University in Youngstown, OH.
Also in the last year, the interior of [...]

This past Sunday, Bishop Frederick Campbell, the Bishop of Columbus, OH, said Mass commemorating the 200th anniversary of the first Mass said in the territory of Ohio.  In 1808, the Dittoe family of central Ohio petition Bishop Carroll of Baltimore to send a priest into Ohio to provide sacraments for the Catholics there.  In turn [...]

On Thursday, October 9th (the feast of St. Louis Bertrand, OP), the Institute of Bioethics at Franciscan University of Steubenville will present a Bioethics seminar entitled “Moral Conviction vs Political Pressure“. Among the presenters will be Bishop Anthony Fisher, OP, who is an Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of Sidney, Australia and the Professor [...]

The founder of the Province of St. Joseph, Father (later Bishop) Edward Dominic Fenwick, O.P. spent much of his time on horseback travelling through Ohio and Kentucky and ministering to the local Catholic communitites. In 1812, he reached Dungannon, Ohio and celebrated the first Mass in Northern Ohio in the log cabin of Daniel [...]

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 [...]

Also published on the Catholic Exchange website is an article by Fr. Christopher M. Saliga, OP.  Fr. Saliga’s article - entitled “Freedom and Voluntary Death” - discusses the moral dimensions of suicide or voluntary euthanasia. The article also includes a number of resources for those seeking to better understand the Catholic perspective on this issue.  [...]

Fr. Christopher M. Saliga, OP, RN will be one among the poster presenters at this year’s Annual Meeting of the Society for Spirituality, Theology, and Health to take place at Duke University under the sponsorship of the Duke University School of Medicine from June 25-27, 2008.  Fr. Saliga’s presentation is entitled Promotion of Holistic Health [...]

Every summer, the student brothers are sent out to the various priories and hoses of the province to perform a summer apostolate. Br. Bruno Shah, Br. Austin Litke, and Br. Peter Totleben are spending the summer at St. Dominic’s Priory in Youngstown, Ohio. They have been getting an experience of the international fraternity [...]

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.

From the May 10, 2008 edition of The Canton Repository, a newspaper in Canton, OH, reporting a story on the appointment of Fr. Chris Saliga, O.P., a Dominican of St. Joseph’s Province, as the new full-time chaplain of Walsh University.

Walsh University was founded as a Catholic college by the Brothers of Christian Instruction in Canton, [...]

During a Theology of Tap gathering in New York City, Fr. Carlton Jones speaks of his conversion to Catholicism. Father Jones is a graduate of Yale University and after fourteen years in the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Father Jones became a Roman Catholic in 1982, entered the Dominican Order, and was ordained [...]

St. Dominic’s church in Youngstown, OH recently went on-line with its new webpage. You can view the new website at: www.saintdominic.org.

Fr. Christopher Saliga, O.P. will speak on health-care ethics on January 16 at 7:00 pm at Walsh University’s Honor Society of Nursing in North Canton, OH. The talk by New York City-based health-care chaplain and ethicist Father Saliga will reflect on “ethically-excellent clinical interventions within the end-of-life context.” The school is located at [...]

15 men, the largest novitiate class in 32 years, were vested in the black and white habit of our Holy Father St. Dominic on August 8, 2007 in the priory chapel at St. Gertrude Priory in Cincinnati, OH.  Their stories are below.

First Row (L-R): Br. Bartolome de las Casas Sweeney, Br. Michael Lynch, Br. Paul Kennedy, Br. Charles Shonk, Br. [...]

On August 15, 2007, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, eight of our Dominican brothers completed their novitiate and took their first vows as Dominican friars. Our Prior Provincial, Very Rev. Dominic Izzo, OP, received their vows at our Priory of St. Gertrude in Cincinnati, OH.
The brothers have now arrived in [...]

On the feast of our Holy Father St. Dominic, 15 men received the habit of St. Dominic and entered the novitiate of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. The novitiate is located at St. Gertrude Priory in Cincinnati, OH. The purpose of the novitiate is to introduce individuals interested in religious life to the life [...]

One year ago, eight men received the habit of St. Dominic and entered the Novitiate for the Province of St. Joseph in the Priory of St. Gertrude in Cincinnati, OH.  Those same eight men are now preparing to take their first vows as religious, promising obedience to the Master of the Order according to the [...]

15 men, the largest postulancy class in 32 years, arrived at Providence, R.I., July 6, 2007 to spend 3 weeks at Providence College preparing to begin their novitiate in Cincinnati, OH, on August 8, the Solemnity of St. Dominic. Their stories are below….

On Mondays and Thursdays in the month of July, Br. Anthony Giambrone, OP, is offering a series of lectures at St. Dominic’s Summer School of Theology at St. Dominic’s Parish in Youngstown, OH.  On Mondays he will speak about first century history as a background for understanding the Gospels; and on Thursdays he will comment [...]

“You are ransomed . . .  not with perishable things like silver or gold but with the precious blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:8-9)
Traditionally, the month of July is dedicated to the Precious Blood of Jesus.  In the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Jesus offers himself for the life of the world, so that we [...]

Brs. Francis de Sales Johnston, OP, and Ignatius Schweitzer, OP, will be co-hosting a summer lecture series at our parish of St. Patrick in downtown Columbus, OH. The series will be on Thursday nights from June 7 to July 26 at 7:00pm in the parish hall. The title of the Series is “Exploring Catholicism: Rediscovering [...]

Follow the March for life (18 mins. 32 sec.) with the Dominican Friars, it was shot on the ground at the March from inside the moving crowd. It includes the personal testimony of many Dominican Friars, Sisters, CFR’s, Renewal Sisters, pastors, campus ministers, college students, and youth.
For example, hear from Br. Dominic Legge, OP about [...]

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Father Michael shares his vocation story and his first assignment at St. Gertrude Parish and School. (3 mins 47 sec)

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Dominican Habits
Read about them below:

Brother Justin
I was born and raised in Totowa, New Jersey. I am 21 years old and the oldest of five children. My undergraduate degree was completed at the University of Notre Dame, my favorite place in the world. I majored in Philosophy and double-minored in Medieval Studies and Philosophy within Catholic Tradition.
I was raised [...]

Brother Matthew
I have lived my whole life in Manassas, VA along with my parents and my younger brother Chris. I just graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, with a BA in Music (and a minor in Computer Science). Being a cradle Catholic, I have thought about becoming a priest [...]

Brother Peter
I grew up in Erie, PA with my younger brother and sister. After graduating high school in 2000, I attended Penn State University, where I received bachelor’s degrees in math and computer science. After graduating in May 2004, I moved to Farifax, and then Alexandria, VA, where I worked as a software developer [...]

Brother Bernard
I was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. I’m 24 and the younger of two brothers in my family. I came to the United States in 2000 to pursue my undergraduate and graduate studies in University at Buffalo, NY. My undergraduate major was in Business Administration and my Graduate major was in Geography. [...]

Brother Michael
I grew up in a small town called Peru, IL, and most recently have been living in Peoria, IL. I am 24, and the oldest of three boys. I was raised Catholic and started thinking about being a priest when I was a young boy. I grew up in a Benedictine parish and [...]

Brother Augustine
My hometown is Wenatchee, Washington, an agricultural community at the foot of the Cascade Mountains and on the banks of the Columbia River. I am the second of three brothers and raised Catholic. I spent six years at the University of Notre Dame for both undergraduate and graduate work, studying pre-medicine and theology [...]