News - Dominican Friars

Letter from the Prior Provincial

by jacob.df | Oct 18, 2022 | General, News, Newsletter

Letter from the Prior Provincial On June 10, I was elected Prior Provincial of the Province of St. Joseph at our quadrennial Provincial Chapter. I am very humbled to accept this office and know that I only fulfill it through God’s Grace and with the prayers and...

Watch the Ordination Mass of Fr. Hyacinth Grubb, O.P.

by jacob.df | Jun 1, 2020 | Film, General, News, Vocations

Thank you to all who support the education of men for the Dominican priesthood! Eight friars were recently ordained in three separate Masses. Watch the ordination Mass of Fr. Hyacinth Grubb, O.P., at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer in its entirety below:...

A Dominican Microbiologist on a Possible Coronavirus Treatment

by jacob.df | Mar 20, 2020 | General, News

By Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., S.T.D, Ph.D. I was struck by the attempts of these New York Times reporters to dismiss or minimize the impact of the possible use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to treat COVID-19. As a molecular biologist, what is so exciting for me about...

Province Founds New Dominican Community in Philadelphia

by jacob.df | Jan 8, 2019 | General, News

Province Founds New Dominican Community in Philadelphia By Blackfriars Staff At the invitation of Archbishop Charles Chaput, the Dominican Friars have established a new Dominican house in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The four friars will serve the parish of...

The Holy Countrymen of St. John Paul the Great

by jacob.df | Jul 9, 2018 | General, News

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”9529″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]By Brother Luke Mary VanBerkum, O.P. To the right of Our Lady of Fatima at the shrine of the Saint John Paul II Society here in New...

An Interview with Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.

by jacob.df | Mar 13, 2018 | News, Newsletter

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., is one of the principal organizers of the Thomistic Institute, which brings accessible presentations of Catholic theology and philosophy to over thirty college campuses,...