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A private evening benefiting the Dominican Friars
How to better experience the three Holy Days before Easter.
Feeling hopeless? There’s medicine for that … the medicine of immortality!
April 22 | 9:00AM | St. Dominic’s Catholic Church
Of course you kvetch, you've overstretched! Let Mary show you a better way.
Want to be holy? Choose hatred!
Are you sure you have repented? Think again!
My younger sister is a fantastic skier. We have both skied since a very young age. However, once upon a time, she fell down and hurt her knee…
Can shame be healthy?
How does a whole burnt offering point people to the meaning of human life?
There is nothing unfortunate about the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience!
The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple was a monumental moment in the history of salvation. How do Simeon's words in the Gospel of Luke show us the Word's fulfillment of the entire Old Testament?
Join the Dominicans on pilgrimage in honor of Aquinas' 700th Jubilee! Click to learn details, which friars are attending, and more!
Read on for news from Chapter, including more elections and commission work!
We often find the life of the mind placed in opposition to the spiritual life. However, is this a fair opposition? Aquinas can be our guide in resolving this tension.
Sr. Marianne Farina, CSC, to Lead DSPT Effective Immediately.
What should the name of Jesus evoke within me?
Announcing news regarding the President of the Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology, Fr. Allen Moran, O.P. Read the full statement here or…
An exciting update from Chapter - we have a Prior Provincial!
Read our second update from Chapter!
What is so special about a name?
Read our first update about the beginning of Provincial Chapter
During this Christmas season of joy, how can Christ manifest in our struggles and sorrows?
The nativity of Jesus: a mystery of a personal victory that mobilized his friends and agitated his enemies.
We're excited to announce that the newest edition of Mission West, our quarterly newsletter for friends of the Western Dominican Province, is…
An effusion of the Ineffable!
Celebrate the Christmas season at our House of Studies!
Do not be afraid to take Mary into your home (which always brings Christ) as we come to the end of Advent and prepare for His coming at Christmas.
How can we joyfully prepare for God Incarnate amidst a dark and sinful world?
It's Gaudete Sunday and we are entering the third week of Advent with joyful anticipation for the commemoration of Christ's birth.
Mary the Immaculate Conception: Forbidding Myth or Grace-filled Maiden?
St. Nicholas is not only a giver of gifts but a giver of Truth!
How can we better prepare for the coming of our Savior this Advent season?
We're so grateful for your support of this year's Rosary Sunday: Dominican Student Appeal!
Browse the newest publications by Western Dominicans
To see God's face once meant death, but now we see true life in the face of God Incarnate.
Can thinking on Hell increase our faith? Learn why hellish meditations should be included in our spiritual exercises.
How can we grow in the virtues of hope, patience, and joy?
Join us for an enrollment ceremony into the Angelic Warfare Confraternity at the Priory of St. Albert the Great in Oakland, CA this Saturday, November 19, 2022.
Will we grow bored of worshipping God in heaven for "forever?" How will our heavenly unity with God affect our desires?
What is the value of suffering - for us and for "holy souls" in Purgatory?
What is true humility? The foundation of humility lies not in ourselves, but in God.
St. Jude and the Birthday Cake - is the oft-forgotten apostle a baker?
Climb the mountain - a pilgrimage of our mind and heart!
Worthy of love or worthy of honor: how do we properly approach Our Lady?
One great preacher can change the world. How can you help?
How do I pray well, even perfectly? Br. Anthony Maria Akerman, O.P. offers a reply to this perennial question.
We're excited to announce that the newest edition of Mission West, our quarterly newsletter for friends of the Western Dominican Province, is available…
How is St. Michael the Archangel a powerful defender in all battles? Learn from Fr. Michael Hurley, O.P., on how this powerful saint helps us flex our spiritual muscles!
If St. Michael the Archangel can save Rome from the plague, how can he help us in modern times? Br. Scott Norgaard, O.P., helps us understand how angels are instrumental in executing God's mercy.
The Big Bang was the moment of creation...or was it? Br. Pascal Strader, O.P. helps unfold the cosmological and theological considerations in this claim.
How should we treat those who have seriously hurt or wronged us? Br. Anselm shares the difficult, but life-giving answer in honor of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of our beloved brother, Fr. Thomas James Hayes, O.P., who died on Saturday, September 10, 2022. Ordained…
This past July, I was in Berlin taking an intensive course in German. Over the past five years studying at the Dominican School of Philosophy…
This summer, I spent several weeks learning Spanish in Mexico along with four other Dominican student brothers -- Br. Nathaniel Maria Mayne,…
The Dominican Friars of the Western Province have had a special relationship of mutual support and collaboration with the Polish Province for…
When I disclose the fact that I am learning Arabic to family, friends, and acquaintances here in the Western United States, I receive similar…
Dominicans offer their lives to preach the Gospel and dedicate their lives in service to God and the Church. The vast majority of Dominican friars…
On September 1st, four more men received the habit of the Order of Preachers and began their first year of formation as novices. Blessed with…
On August 16th, a new class of postulants arrived, eager to start their journey in the footsteps of St. Dominic. These men are preparing for…
Please pray for the repose of the soul of our beloved brother, Fr. Denis Daniel Reilly, O.P., who died on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Ordained in…
Since the Supreme Court's ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson last Friday, the friars have observed heated debate surrounding the Court's decision. As…
Totus tuus ego sum et omnia mea tua sunt. Accipio te in mea omnia. I am all yours, and everything that I have is yours. I take you for my all.…
The Church dedicates this month of May to Our Lady. Therefore, this is a very convenient time for us, her children, to contemplate the beauty…
Fr. Bartholomew Hutcherson, O.P., is an itinerant preacher and member of the Western Dominican Province Preaching Team. His book, For the Beauty…
The history of salvation is not the history of the One Creator God acting alone in human history. Rather, it involves an intimate dialogue between…
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can…
“Christ is Risen! - Truly, He is Risen!” This Paschal greeting that we are so accustomed to hearing on Easter morning represents the overwhelming…
Have you ever been betrayed by a friend? If so, you know how terrible it feels when a friend turns against you. Our attention is drawn to the…
Few words are so ubiquitous in Christian circles (and even outside them), as the word “grace.” Just from the amount we talk about it, grace seems…
“If I speak in human and angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy…
“You who have been raised with Christ, set your heart on higher things where Christ reigns at the right hand of God the Father.” (Col. 3:1)...
Jesus, the material incarnation of the Second Person of the Trinity, asks of us what God demanded of His Chosen People in the Shema prayed each morning and evening by the pious Jew...
I am always deeply moved by Caravaggio’s “The Calling of St Matthew.” If there was anything Caravaggio was good at, it was painting and being…
To learn more about St. Joseph, his life, and patronage over the Church, read Fr. Mullady's article on our Rosary Center website here: St. Joseph,…
If you look around you might get the impression that the world is upside down and we with it. We are confronted with conflicts which are far…
I recently went on my annual retreat at Holy Transfiguration Monastery, a community of monks in Redwood Valley, CA who are affiliated with the…
DSPT’s Annual Aquinas Lecture will be held virtually on March 12th, 2022 at 10:30am. This year, Dr. Linda Zagzebski, Emerita Professor from the…
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving for many Christians around the world. Why do we…
Join our friars who are preaching around the country! Fr. Bartholomew Hutcherson, O.P. | Moments of Mercy Information on Fr. Bart's 2022 Lenten…
Is marriage at all different from buying a car? In this day and age, it would seem that it isn’t necessarily... Looking at the way we live…
One of the results of our individualistic society is that families have become increasingly isolated. This isolation is sometimes justified by…
“…Sitting on the shore, and his eyes were never dry of tears, and his sweet life was ebbing away, as he longed mournfully for his return.” Such…
Happy feast of the Presentation of the Lord! St. Thomas once said that the whole of theology is contained in the psalms and when I look at the…
What is a priest? He is more than just a man that dresses strangely and performs some arcane religious ritual. No, a priest is a man set apart…
Throughout the Gospel tradition, Jesus referred to Himself as the Son of Man; 81 times, to be precise. When Jesus healed and forgave the paralytic…
Reports from the Dominican Christmas Mission Thank you for your prayers for our traveling friars who brought the Sacraments to remote communities…
Christology, the study of Christ and the Incarnation, gets very little serious attention these days among mainstream Christians. I suspect one…
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God…
Walk into many if not most Catholic churches, and in the center of the sanctuary you’ll see a tabernacle. This locked box, often covered in gold…
Dominicans to Travel 5,250+ Miles to Bring the Eucharist at Christmas “Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping…
“And how does this happen to me, that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?” (Luke 1:43). This past Sunday, we heard these magnificent words…
We're excited to announce that the next edition of Mission West, the quarterly newsletter for friends of the Western Dominican Province, is available…
Our Dominican Order is noted for its intellectual tradition, especially luminaries such as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Albert the Great. These…
What we believe about Mary can make a huge difference in what we believe about Jesus and about our own salvation. That’s why certain truths about…
Fr. Allen Moran, O.P., to Lead DSPT Beginning July 2022
“Before a man are life and death, and whichever he chooses will be given to him.” -Sir 15:17 We find ourselves on a river in a strange land.…
We can think of Psalm 137 as a “homesickness” psalm. After being conquered by the Babylonians, the Israelites are brought into a foreign land.…
According to Gregory the Great, final judgment is the pinnacle manifestation of Christ’s victory over his enemies and the fiery purification…
“What are the four last things of man? Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell. What is Death? Death is the separation of man’s mortal body and immortal…