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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...
Salve Regina

Salve Regina

by | Jun 22, 2015 | General, Photo Tour, Saints

The Salve Regina (“Hail, Holy Queen”) is sung every evening by Dominicans. According to tradition, the Blessed Mother prays for the security of the whole Order as Dominicans sing, “Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward...
Lumen Ecclesiae

Lumen Ecclesiae

by | Jun 19, 2015 | General, Photo Tour, Saints

Dominic is referred to as “Lumen Ecclesiae” (“Light of the Church”). The “O Lumen,” a hymn to Dominic, is sung nightly in the Dominican communities throughout the world. The above excerpt is from Reflections of Dominican...
St. Cecilia Rose Window

St. Cecilia Rose Window

by | Jun 17, 2015 | General, Photo Tour, Saints

St. Cecilia (fifth century) is honored as one of the patronesses of the Dominican Order, for it was on her feast day in 1206 that Dominic gathered the religious community in the village of Prouille, France, for the first time at the chapel. During his apostolic...
St. Peter Martyr

St. Peter Martyr

by | Jun 4, 2015 | General, Photo Tour, Saints

At the end of the twelfth century, in Verona, Italy, St Peter was born of Manichaean parents, but converted to the Catholic faith as a young boy. As a young man he went to Bologna to study and, inspired by St Dominic’s preaching he joined the Order, receiving the...