A Hidden Ministry

Fr. Frassati Davis, O.P. Baptizes at St. Dominic’s   A Hidden Ministry By Blackfriars Staff It was 1977 when the steel mills began closing down in Youngstown, Ohio. Since then the city, once a locus of steel in America, lost more than half its residents. That...

It’s Eucharistic Revival Time

  It’s Eucharistic Revival Time By Blackfriars Staff   “What is the Lord about to do in our country? Are we receptive to what the Lord wants to do in this National Eucharistic Revival?” These are questions Fr. Peter Martyr Yungwirth, O.P., pastor of...

Fruits of Contemplation

  Fruits of Contemplation By Blackfriars Staff   As he tells the story, it simply dawned on Fr. James Brent, O.P., one Christmas Octave several years ago that God wants to raise up contemplative souls in the Church—people who have truly heard, and take...

“Holy Mother Church Asks You to Ordain These Men”

  “Holy Mother Church Asks You to Ordain These Men” By Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. I was ordained a priest on May 24, 2002, at St. Dominic Church in Washington, DC. One year after I was ordained I was sent to Nairobi, Kenya, where I lived at another St....