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Sharing in Your Master’s Joy
Sharing In Your Master’s Joy By Br. Gerard Rosario DeAngelis, O.P. Try as you may, whatever you are inside will eventually show itself on the outside. Reflecting on my third time marching for life as a Dominican, this simple nursery school truth has been on my...
The Death of St. Thomas Aquinas
By Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P. It is March 7, 1274, and Thomas Aquinas is dying. He had been on the road, traveling to a Church council, when he struck his head badly on a tree branch. He tried to keep going, but illness quickly followed injury, and he was eventually taken...
Q&A: Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P.
Welcome to New York City, Father! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? I grew up in a small town in southeast Ohio (St. Clairsville) with my two older sisters. I attended Franciscan University at Steubenville and spent the first two years there as a seminarian...
Thousands Flock to Venerate the Skull of St. Thomas
As Fr. Pier Giorgio’s story hinted at, the Dominican Order is in the midst of celebrating a three year jubilee of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 2023, the Order celebrated the 700th anniversary of the canonization of St. Thomas; in 2024, the 750th anniversary of St. Thomas’...