A Dominican Presence at Youngstown State By BlackFriars Staff This school year, Fr. Norbert Keliher, O.P., began his tenure as the Youngstown State University Catholic Chaplain. While the Dominicans had a part time presence on campus in the past, taking on this...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dear Friends, Prostration is a gesture packed with meaning. At Ordinations, the most striking moment is seeing the friars lie prostrate. The fact that the praying Church is calling upon all the saints at that moment becomes...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk, O.P. and Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P., discuss Saint Dominic, the 800th anniversary of his death, and his impact in the Church...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Monthly Donor to Enter Dominican Monastery By Rebecca Derks Our Lord gave me my first real nudge toward religious life during a Latin exam at Christendom College. The exam required me to provide insights on St. Thomas Aquinas’s...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dear Friends, On August 6, the Order of Preachers celebrated the 800th anniversary of the passage of St. Dominic into eternal life, his Dies Natalis. Before he died in Bologna, Italy, at age 51, he preached his final sermon to the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Friars Cast A Wider Net with “Godsplaining” An Interview with Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P. By Br. Pius Henry, O.P. In August 2019, Frs. Patrick Briscoe, O.P., Bonaventure Chapman, O.P., Jacob Bertrand Janczyk, O.P., Joseph-Anthony...