The Call
Vocations find their true meaning in Christ

Three young men share their stories as they are just days away from receiving an irreversible grace of being ordained priests. They speak about how they were influenced by others and how they could not avoid the call from God to be men who serve others.
Click here to see their video.
Keeping the Light Burning

Your prayers, service and donations help us to keep the flame of Dominican Vocations bright in the Western United States. Please do consider making a regular contribution for future preachers for the salvation of souls.
Saint Jude Shrine
Shrine of
St. Jude Thaddeus
2390 Bush Street
P.O. Box 15368
San Francisco
California 94115-0368
415-931-5919
www.stjude-shrine.org
Voices of the Western Dominican Province - August 24, 1997
The First Crisis
by Br. Daniel Thomas, OP - Part 2 in the series "On Being a Brother."
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Voices of the Western Dominican Province ON BEING A BROTHER: THE FIRST CRISISBy Br. Daniel Thomas, OP
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It was 1959, I was eighteen years old. I had graduated from high school in June and entered the Dominican Order as a brother in September. I had only been shaving for a year. The thought of becoming a Dominican brother had been with me for a long time and there were no doubts in my mind that I would walk through those cloister doors and never even think about leaving. I had just graduated from high school and had that kind of firm purpose, "Look out world! Here I come!" There were three of who entered the Order that year. I'm sure we all shared some of these same ideas.... more
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Mission West Newsletter
The Mission West Newsletter helps to keep your finger on the pulse of the province.
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Visit the Other Sites
of our Province
There are links to our ministry sites under Ministries. There are also links to information posted on some of those sites under About Us, including links to the blogs of the Students and House of Studies. Feel free to explore!
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Mission West:
Campaign for Dominican Friars
Simple, Safe, Secure
Donations made easy
Mission West: Campaign for Dominican Friars is a capital campaign to raise critical funds for the support of our mission of evangelization and preaching the gospel. Our mission begins by forming and educating our novices and student brothers to become good priests and brothers, zealous for Christ and His Gospel. We must also care for our aged friars who, having dedicated many years in service to the people of God are now offering their continued service in prayer during their retirement, often requiring specialized care. This is why our new, three-year effort to raise $15 million is subtitled Campaign for Dominican Friars.
Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary
Join the Rosary Confraternity, a world-wide movement of prayer for peace.
Learn about the rosary and Mary by visiting the Rosary Center, home of the Rosary Confraternity and a souce for many spiritual blessings.
Building A Faithful Church
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
Tradition Today
At DSPT we are a community engaged in study that is rooted in tradition and provides answers to today's challenges.
"Undoubtedly one of the strengths of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology is the ability it fosters in its students to dialogue, on the intellectual level, with contemporary society ....The faculty is both academically prepared and doctrinally sound."
- 2008 report of the Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education.



