Newsletter - Dominican Friars

Preachers of Happiness

by Kareem Nelson | Dec 18, 2025 | Praedicare, General, Newsletter, v1i2

If you’re reading this, you’re a teacher of some sort–and you share that in common with the Dominican Friars. Each person has a natural desire to learn and to teach others, Archbishop Anthony C. Fisher, O.P., Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, told us when he was in...

Going Godward at the Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage

by jacob.df | Dec 5, 2024 | General, Newsletter

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 jacob.df | Dec 5, 2024 | General, Newsletter

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...

Keeping the Faith on Campus

by jacob.df | Sep 17, 2024 | General, Newsletter

Keeping the Faith on Campus By Blackfriars Staff “Prefer Jesus to everything,” was the parting wisdom Fr. Edmund McCullough, O.P., gave to students at his last Munderground talk this past semester. He told the nearly 60 students gathered for the Monday night...

The Importance of Loving God with the Mind

by jacob.df | Sep 17, 2024 | General, Newsletter

The Importance of Loving God with the Mind By Blackfriars Staff You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind (Matthew 22:37). For most people, when going on retreat, the focus is on the movement of the...