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Q&A: Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P.
Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P., shares how Dominican preaching reaches young adults today, emphasizing beauty, clarity, and timeless truth. Discover his insights on vocation, evangelization, and the mission of the Order of Preachers in the modern world.
Three Days with my Brother Thomas
A Dominican friar reflects on three grace-filled days accompanying the relic of St. Thomas Aquinas through the Province of St. Joseph. Through preaching, prayer, and fraternity, he witnesses how the presence of the Angelic Doctor draws souls to Christ and deepens the friars’ own devotion to their brother and spiritual father.
Performing for God
From the midwest to Florida to Washington, DC to Rome and now Arlington, VA. Fr. Vincent Ferrer Bagan, O.P., has been taking his musical talents around the world to promote and teach sacred music and is currently serving as the Director of Music at the Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Arlington, VA.
A Radical Faith
Comparing the life of St. Dominic to the patriarch Abraham, Fr. Allen Moran, O.P., Prior Provincial of the Province of St. Joseph preached that “the life St. Dominic set out on was a life of faith,” as he received solemn vows from two Dominican friars.
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 the700th anniversary of the canonization of St. Thomas; in 2024, the 750th anniversary of St. Thomas’ death; and in 2025, the 800th anniversary of his birth.
Preaching in the Digital Public Square
On the feast of Pentecost, the Church remembers when the Holy Spirit descended upon Our Lady and the Apostles, sending them out to proclaim the Gospel to all nations.
Thinking at Eastertime about Heaven
When Saint Augustine preaches on Psalm 148, a great psalm of praise, he says that Lent reflects our life here on earth, but Easter anticipates our life in heaven. What will we be doing in heaven? Praising God. That’s why the Church sings out Alleluia, praise the Lord, endlessly in the Easter season. Easter is full of praise for God.
By His Death, He Saves Us | Good Friday Meditation
In the beginning, was the Word. “Let there be light.” And so it was. But goodness gave way to evil. We were free to love—free to not love. Light was our beginning. We preferred the darkness. And so the darkening dusk began to fall.
Ash Wednesday: Carry the Fire
God does not send us down any road without His grace. No matter whatever road He chooses for us, and no matter the turns we take, as long as we remain with Him we trust that His grace is with us. The fire is with us.
