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Preacher’s Sketchbook: Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Each week, a Dominican member of the Province of St. Joseph’s Preaching Advisory Board prepares this Preacher’s Sketchbook in anticipation…

The Risk of Faith: The Example of the Saints

Having survived the impact of Hurricane Sandy, the Dominican Friars of the Priory of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC,…

Catholic Social Teaching Corner: Caritas in Veritate – Part II

Pope Benedict on Globalization, the Environment and, Well, Everything Caritas in Veritate, Pope Benedict’s 2009 social encyclical, is a rich…

The Most Sensible of Gifts: Prayer for the Dead

The following article appeared in the English edition of L’Osservatore Romano, the newspaper of the Holy See.  It is reprinted…

Catholic Social Teaching Corner: Caritas in Veritate – Part I

Pope Benedict on Globalization, the Environment and, Well, Everything The latest in the series of papal encyclicals that constitute Catholic…

Vigil of All Saints 2012 [Updated 10/30]

10/30 UPDATE: The postponement of the Vigil has been cancelled.  It will be held tomorrow night as originally scheduled. Please continue…

Preacher’s Sketchbook: Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Each week, a Dominican member of the Province of St. Joseph’s Preaching Advisory Board prepares this Preacher’s Sketchbook in anticipation…

Dominican Saints 101: Bl. Terence O’Brien and Bl. Peter O’Higgins

In 1992, Bl. John Paul II beatified 17 Irish martyrs, two of whom were Dominicans: Bl. Terence Albert O’Brien (1600-1651)…

Preaching to the Whole Person: Classical Wisdom for the New Evangelization

Fr. Michael Dominic O’Connor, O.P., one of the newly ordained priests highlighted in the video “Five Paths to the Priesthood,”…

Saint Catherine’s Celebrates Feast of Saint Luke with Cardinal, CMA

On Sunday, October 14th, the New York Metropolitan Guild of the Catholic Medical Association (NYCMA) met at the Church of…