Dominican Friars
Br. Louis Bethea, O.P. on the Truth of the Pro-Life Movement
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The Death of St. Thomas Aquinas
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 to a Cistercian abbey. There he lies now, dying. The end is near.
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Three Days with My Brother Thomas
Early in the morning of December 11, a friar from St. Louis Bertrand and I carefully hefted a crate with our brother’s noggin into the back of my car.
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Sharing in Your Master’s Joy
The March for Life, in short, does not put on an angry face because it is really about love—especially for mothers who feel their only way out of a hard situation is the wrong choice of abortion.
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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.
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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.
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Thousands Flock to Venerate the Skull of St. Thomas
In November 2024, the major relics of St. Thomas Aquinas, namely his skull, traveled from Toulouse, France, to 14 parishes and ministry sites of the Province of St. Joseph.
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Q&A: Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P.
“You love Jesus above all. He gives you strength, and this doesn’t mean it takes away the suffering, but he gives you his presence and accompaniment, and he typically does that through good people in your life.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Solemn Professions | 2025
Two of our brothers, Br. Raphael Mary Arteaga, O.P. and Br. Pius Mary Henry, O.P., recently professed Solemn Vows, fully committing the whole of their lives to God through our Dominican way of life.
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