Knowing God, Although it is Night

Knowing God, Although it is Night

  Knowing God, Although it is Night By Fr. Bruno Shah, O.P. St. John of the Cross is a mystical doctor of the Church. As a “doctor,” his teaching has comprehensive and universal value. As a “mystic,” his life displays unspeakable secrets of union with God. As a...
Letter from the Executive Director

Letter from the Executive Director

  Dear Friends in Christ, At this year’s Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage, Fr. James Sullivan, O.P., our principal preacher for the day, began his preaching with an image from a sign he saw this past summer in New Hampshire, which read, “The goal of life is living in...
Bluegrass with the Correct Theology

Bluegrass with the Correct Theology

  Bluegrass with the Correct Theology By Blackfriars Staff It was a Marian summer for The Hillbilly Thomists, a band of eight Dominican friars, who spent much of their summer touring with their new album Marigold, whose title song is an homage to the Blessed...
Serving the Powerhouse of the Order of Preachers

Serving the Powerhouse of the Order of Preachers

  Serving the Powerhouse of the Order of Preachers By Br. Jerome Masters, O.P. If you travel about 100 miles northeast of New York City, you might stumble across the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of Grace in North Guilford, Connecticut. These Dominican nuns...
Prepare The Way | The Second Sunday of Advent

Prepare The Way | The Second Sunday of Advent

  Prepare The Way | The Second Sunday of Advent By Br. Jerome Masters, O.P. On this second Sunday of Advent, we hear in the gospel that St. John the Baptist preached a baptism of repentance in order to fulfill what the prophet Isaiah wrote “A voice of one crying...