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Mary Magdalene: A Patroness for Preachers

by | Jul 22, 2015 | General, Saints

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On July 22nd of each year, the Church celebrates the Feast of Mary Magdalene. Known as the “Apostle to the Apostles,” Mary Magdalene has a special place within the Dominican Order. PFIC instructor Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.,...
Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati

Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati

by | Jul 4, 2015 | General, Saints

Lay Dominican Pier Giorgio Frassati was born on April 6, 1901 in Turin, Italy to a family of political and social means. He attended the university of Turin as an engineering student. Giorgio was a popular student, a known social activist, and a servant to the poor...
Blessed Imelda’s Miraculous Communion

Blessed Imelda’s Miraculous Communion

by | Jun 26, 2015 | General, Photo Tour, Saints

On May 12th 1333, the day of the vigil of the Ascension, Blessed Imelda Lambertini, a Dominican nun aged just 9 (!) knelt in prayer and the “Light of the Host” was witnessed above her head by the sacristan, who then fetched the Priest so he could see....
Domini Canes

Domini Canes

by | Jun 25, 2015 | General, Photo Tour, Saints

“Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.” – St. Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologiae II-II Qu.188 a.6 Detail from the west window of St Catherine’s in New York. The dog with the torch is a...
The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

by | Jun 24, 2015 | General, Saints

“There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.” John was “filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb” by Christ himself, whom the Virgin Mary had just conceived by the Holy Spirit. Mary’s visitation to Elizabeth thus became a visit from God to his...
Pope Innocent V

Pope Innocent V

by | Jun 23, 2015 | General, Saints

Friar and Pope Peter of Tarentaise was born in Savoy around 1224 and as a young man entered the Order at Lyons. He was sent to study at Paris where he took the master’s degree and was given a chair at the university. Together with Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Albert...