Knowing God, Although it is Night By Fr. Bruno Shah, O.P. St. John of the Cross is a mystical doctor of the Church. As a “doctor,” his teaching has comprehensive and universal value. As a “mystic,” his life displays unspeakable secrets of union with God. As a...
Dear Friends in Christ, At this year’s Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage, Fr. James Sullivan, O.P., our principal preacher for the day, began his preaching with an image from a sign he saw this past summer in New Hampshire, which read, “The goal of life is living in...
Going Godward at the Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage By Blackfriars Staff A little slice of heaven is how one pilgrim described this year’s Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage—a day-long gathering of more than 3,000 pilgrims with the Dominican Friars and the Blessed Mother...
Bluegrass with the Correct Theology By Blackfriars Staff It was a Marian summer for The Hillbilly Thomists, a band of eight Dominican friars, who spent much of their summer touring with their new album Marigold, whose title song is an homage to the Blessed...
Serving the Powerhouse of the Order of Preachers By Br. Jerome Masters, O.P. If you travel about 100 miles northeast of New York City, you might stumble across the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of Grace in North Guilford, Connecticut. These Dominican nuns...