Last month on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P. preached the homily at a solemn Mass at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Fr. Peter Martyr Yungwirth, O.P., the pastor of the parish, then...
On the eve of the Annual Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage in Washington D.C., Dominican friars Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P. and Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P., gave a talk on the virtues of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati. The friars gathered with their audience after an hour of...
All Things Work for Good: A Tremendous Reason for Hope By Fr. Cyril Stola, O.P. “We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose” (Rom 8:28). With these famous words, St. Paul gives us tremendous reason for hope:...
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...
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. By Praedicare Staff 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...