My novitiate took place at Saint …

Every summer, the student brothers are sent throughout the province to work in various apostolates. Over the next few days, we will have a few short descriptions of what some of the student brothers did.

This summer I was assigned to live in the community at St. Dominic's Priory in Southwest DC. This community consists mainly in retired fathers who are in our Center for Assisted Living there. Spending the summer with …

Soon after his conversion, Augustine wrote one of his first works, called the Soliloquies, in which he basically argues that one soul cannot teach another anything. We merely present outward signs to one another through speech, and the inner working of illumination and insight that allows us to coordinate signs with truth: this is the work of God alone, who gives us to understand. It is a …

Every summer, the student brothers are sent throughout the province to work in various apostolates. Over the next few days, we will have a few short descriptions of what some of the student brothers did.

I thirst. Two words that I thought much about this summer. I would see this phrase on the walls of a chapel; I would be reminded of the words in prayer throughout the day. While there …

To help us enter into the life of St. Augustine, I would like to share with you a meditation from Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

Dominicans celebrate August 28 as the Feast of Holy Father Augustine. We call St. Augustine "Holy Father" because St. Dominic brought the Rule of St. Augustine to his founding of the Order of Preachers. The Order's medieval profession formula, which we …

Click above to hear this week's edition of "Word to Life." Joining me today to discuss the readings for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time was my co-host, Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P.. Joining us by phone was Rev. Charles P. Connor, a noted theologian, Church historian, and author of such works as Classic Catholic Converts and Defenders of the Faith and The Saint for the Third …

Dear Men discerning with the Province of St. Joseph,

This is just an announcement to you that only a few spaces are left for the second vocation weekend on December 3-5, 2010 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. We already have a waiting list for the October 15-17, 2010 weekend. If you would like to visit the Dominican House of Studies informally, this may be possible if you contact me.

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In a commentary that appeared on CatholicExchange.com, Father Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P., applauded the Aug. 23 ruling by Federal Judge Royce Lambert that, if it stands, will outlaw federal funding for any research whatsoever involving embryonic stem cells, including "research involving the derivation of human embryonic stem cells" no matter how these are obtained. The ruling, writes Fr. Austriaco-who teaches biology and theology at Providence College and is a staff ethicist at the Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry of New …

Watch the video above which takes a look at the life of Cardinal John Henry Newman. The beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman will take place on September 19th during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Britain. Beatification is the final step before canonization. Newman was an Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism in 1845. He had a great influence on English Catholics and the wider Church. …

In 1992, the Province of St. Joseph officially established the Vicariate of East Africa so that, with the assistance of the other American Dominican Provinces, the preaching mission of the Order of Preachers might be established in eastern Africa.  The Dominican Vicariate of East Africa comprises Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and southern Sudan. Watch the slideshow above in which the new novices are vested with the habit of our Holy Father, St. Dominic. In addition, you …

Rooted in sound principles and concrete experience, Fr. Saliga presents a thought provoking anecdote about the overlap between pastoral sensitivity and clinical policy. It leads him to judge, "multi-disciplinary cooperation is prudent in order to enhance the safety and efficacy of the holistic care of the patients involved. At the same time, our contemporary healthcare system in the United States exists with a heavy dose of litigious pressure. …

Why do Catholics pray to Mary and the Saints instead of only praying to God directly? Br. Innocent Smith, O.P. discusses the special role the saints play in our lives as examples and intercessors. He explains how to answer those who think that we worship statues, Mary, and the saints or that the Rosary is a waste of time. Learn how to foster devotion to the …

Watch the slideshow above of first Vespers of the Solemnity of Our Holy Father, St. Dominic, in which 21 men entered their canonical year of novitiate during the Dominican Rite of Vestition with the Province of St. Joseph at St. Gertrude Priory in Cincinnati, OH.

Please remember these men in your prayers that they will persevere!

"Put away the old self …