Last month on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P. preached the homily at a solemn Mass at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Fr. Peter Martyr Yungwirth, O.P., the pastor of the parish, then...
On the eve of the Annual Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage in Washington D.C., Dominican friars Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P. and Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P., gave a talk on the virtues of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati. The friars gathered with their audience after an hour of...
Fr. John Farren, O.P. April 28, 1938 — October 21, 2025 Please pray for the repose of the soul of our brother, Fr. John Farren, who died peacefully around 3:00 on October 21, 2025, at Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne, New York. Fr. John Joseph Aquinas Farren died at...
Advancing with Jesus By Fr. Bernard Knapke, O.P. In the year 1519, Hernan Cortes, sailing with a few hundred Spanish soldiers aboard ten small ships, landed on the coast of the Yucatan peninsula. His goal was to conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan—a massive city...
Feathered Hope By Fr. Bartholomew Calvano, O.P. “Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all – I cannot help but hear these lines of Emily Dickinson...