Dominican Daily, the blog of the Dominican Friars, Province of St. Joseph http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog en francisop@gmail.com Copyright 2012 2012-03-12T15:09:34+00:00 Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year (Year A) http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/28_sunday_A http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/28_sunday_A#When:14:53:18Z Preacher’s Sketchbook


by The Dominican Friars
 

Each week, a Dominican member of the Provincial Preaching Advisory board prepares this Preacher’s Sketchbook in anticipation of the upcoming Sunday Mass.  The idea of the Preacher’s Sketchbook is to take quotations from the authority of the Church—the Pope, the Fathers of the Church, documents of the Councils, the saints—that can help spark ideas for the Sunday homily.   Just as an artist’s sketchbook preserves ideas for later elaboration, so we hope the Preacher’s Sketchbook will provide some …]]> Dominican Daily, Spirituality 2011-10-05T14:53:18+00:00 All Things are Made New in Christ: The Roman Missal, Third Edition http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/all_things_are_made_new_in_christ_the_roman_missal_third_edition http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/all_things_are_made_new_in_christ_the_roman_missal_third_edition#When:16:56:13Z A lecture by Fr. Gabriel O’Donnell, O.P.


by Br. Innocent Smith, O.P.
 

Fr. Gabriel O’Donnell, O.P., will give a talk on the New Translation of the Roman Missal at 11:00 am on Saturday, October 15 in Aquin Hall at the Dominican House of Studies. All are welcome! Participants are also invited to the priory’s 12:00 noon office of readings and midday prayer immediately following the talk.

]]> Dominican Daily, Liturgy & Saints, House of Studies 2011-10-03T16:56:13+00:00 Sirius XM Radio, September 30, 2011 http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/sirius_xm_radio_september_30_2011 http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/sirius_xm_radio_september_30_2011#When:16:49:11Z by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
 
In this episode of Word to Life, Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. and Fr. Bruno Shah discuss the readings for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time and are joined by Fr. Allen Moran, O.P. to discuss the New English Translation of the Roman Missal. ]]> Word to Life, Homilies 2011-10-01T16:49:11+00:00 Whether Faith Needs Philosophy http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/whether_faith_needs_philosophy http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/whether_faith_needs_philosophy#When:12:59:10Z First Things by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP
by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P.
 

Reprinted below is an excerpt of an article written by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP, and published in the Aug/Sept issue of First Things.  Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., is an assistant professor of systematic theology and director of the Thomistic Institute at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception.  His most recent book is unveiled a new website that emphasizes the school's Catholic and Dominican identity in addition to highlighting academics, campus life, and athletics. Providence College was founded in 1917 by the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph in conjunction with the Diocese of Providence. ]]> Dominican Daily, Church & Evangelization, Providence College 2011-09-29T12:05:36+00:00 Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year (Year A) http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/27_sunday_A http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/27_sunday_A#When:05:33:18Z by The Dominican Friars
 

Origin

For perchance in the Gospel the vineyard is the kingdom of God, that is, the doctrine which is contained in holy Scripture; and a man's blameless life is the fruit of the vineyard. And the letter of Scripture is the hedge set round the vineyard, that the fruits which are bid in it should not be seen by those who are without. The depth of the oracles of God is the winepress of the vineyard, into which such …]]> Dominican Daily, Spirituality 2011-09-29T05:33:18+00:00 Dvořák's 170th Birthday http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/dvoaks_170th_birthday http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/dvoaks_170th_birthday#When:22:00:20Z by Br. Innocent Smith, O.P.
 
On September 25, 2011, Archbishop Dominik Duka, O.P., celebrated Mass in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine in honor of Dvořák’s 170th Birthday and the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Nepomucene Neumann, Archbishop of Philadelphia. For the Ordinary of the Mass, the Basilica Choir sang Dvořák’s Mass in D Major, “Lužanská."

Dominican Daily, Liturgy & Saints, St. Mary 2011-09-28T22:00:20+00:00 Vigil for Vocations in Kentucky http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/vigil_for_vocations http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/vigil_for_vocations#When:16:20:24Z by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
 

The Dominican friars of the Province of Saint Joseph and the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, will be holding a Vigil for Vocations on Thursday October 6th at 7:00pm in Louisville.

There will be a Holy Hour with compline and afterwards time to meet the friars and the sisters. Refreshments will be served, see the address below:

St. Louis Bertrand Priory Chapel
1104 South …]]> Dominican Daily, Province & Vocations 2011-09-27T16:20:24+00:00 DC Frassati Fellowship http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/dc_frassati_fellowship http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/dc_frassati_fellowship#When:15:23:55Z by The Dominican Friars
 
The DC Frassati Fellowship follows in the footsteps of the lay Dominican Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati, seeking to bring the whole person to Christ through adoration, study, community, charitable activity, and love of the outdoors. Young adults ages 21-35 in the DC area are welcome to join. For more information, sign up for the DC Frassati Fellowship email list and Facebook page. Dominican …]]> Dominican Daily, Church & Evangelization 2011-09-25T15:23:55+00:00 Virgin Worthy of Heaven http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/virgin_worthy_of_heaven http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/virgin_worthy_of_heaven#When:13:18:49Z by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P.
 

From October 27-29, 2011, Rome and Siena will be host to an international convention on St. Catherine of Siena.  The event is meant to mark the 550th Anniversary of her canonization by Pope Pius II Piccolomini (who himself had studied in Siena).  She was canonized in June of 1461, eighty years after …]]> Dominican Daily, Liturgy & Saints, Theology & Philosophy, Rome, Italy 2011-09-24T13:18:49+00:00 Sirius XM Radio, September 23, 2011 http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/sirius_xm_radio_september_23_2011 http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/sirius_xm_radio_september_23_2011#When:01:37:54Z by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
 
In this episode of Word to Life, Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. and Fr. Bruno Shah, O.P discuss the readings for the Twenty-six Sunday in Ordinary Time. Chris Mueller also joins the show again this week, he is the Director of Music for the Church of Notre Dame and also directs the choir of the Columbia University Catholic Ministry. Chris has composed over 200 sacred choral works, the bulk of which were written for parish …]]> Word to Life, Homilies 2011-09-24T01:37:54+00:00 "The Intellectual Tasks of the New Evangelization" http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/the_intellectual_tasks_of_the_new_evangelization http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/the_intellectual_tasks_of_the_new_evangelization#When:17:40:05Z by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
 

Archbishop J. Augustine DiNoia, O.P., secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship, recently gave a talk at a symposium titled, "The Intellectual Tasks of the New Evangelization," which was held in Washington, D.C. Joan Frawley Desmond, senior editor of the Register described the event saying, "Seeking to reverse a generational breakdown in the transmission of faith, the U.S. bishops have targeted a potential ally - young theologians who have just begun …]]> Dominican Daily, Church & Evangelization 2011-09-23T17:40:05+00:00 Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year (Year A) http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/26_sunday_A http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/26_sunday_A#When:12:26:00Z by The Dominican Friars
 

1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, #1803

A virtue is an habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best of himself. The virtuous person tends toward the good with all his sensory and spiritual powers; he pursues the good and chooses it in concrete actions.

"The goal of a virtuous life is to become like God." (St Gregory of Nyssa)

2. Morality: The Catholic …]]> Dominican Daily, Spirituality 2011-09-22T12:26:00+00:00 Dominicana Digest http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/dominicana_digest http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/dominicana_digest#When:12:16:38Z Dominicana online edition
by Br. Innocent Smith, O.P.
 

The Dominicana online edition has now implemented an email subscription feature: Dominicana Digest. Once a week, excerpts from the most recent posts on Dominicana will be sent to subscribers to the Dominicana Digest. You may subscribe using the form on the righthand column of the Dominicana, or by clicking here.

Recent posts on Dominicana include reflections on adventure …]]> Dominican Daily, Culture & Media 2011-09-22T12:16:38+00:00 Witnesses to Christ in the World http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/witnesses_to_christ_in_the_world http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/witnesses_to_christ_in_the_world#When:01:09:00Z by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
 

Listen above to the Most Rev Anthony Fisher O.P.'s World Youth Day Catechesis for Friday 19 August 2011, Parroquia Sta Teresa y San Jose, Plaza de Espana, Madrid. Fr. Boniface Hicks OSB and Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P. recently discussed the catechesis on "We are One Body Radio station" out of Latrobe PA. (Click here for the Fr. Benedict Croell's radio show).

]]> Dominican Daily, Church & Evangelization 2011-09-21T01:09:00+00:00 Son Rise Morning Show http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/son_rise_morning_show http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/son_rise_morning_show#When:11:54:06Z by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
 
Listen above to Br. Gabriel Torretta, O.P. on Sacred Heart Radio speaking about discerning God's will for our lives. Br. Gabriel writes for Dominicana, a publication of the Dominican Students of the St. Joseph Province. The online edition is updated every weekday, and the print edition appears twice a year. ]]> Dominican Daily, Province & Vocations 2011-09-20T11:54:06+00:00 Up to Bat with the Cross http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/up_to_bat_with_the_cross http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/up_to_bat_with_the_cross#When:16:23:18Z by Br. Innocent Smith, O.P.
 
In today's Dominicana online edition, Br. Michael Mary Weibley, O.P., a former varsity baseball player for Walsh University, explains how baseball can help us understand the Christian life. Don't miss last Friday's post, where Br. Tomás Martín Rosado, O.P., writes about silence, developing St. Catherine of Siena's image of religious life as a ship …]]> Dominican Daily, Culture & Media 2011-09-19T16:23:18+00:00 Sirius XM Radio, September 16, 2011 http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/sirius_xm_radio_september_16_2011 http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/sirius_xm_radio_september_16_2011#When:19:34:57Z by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
 

In this episode of Word to Life, Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. discusses the readings for the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time and is joined by Fr. Allen Moran, O.P. to discuss the New English Translation of the Roman Missal. Chris Mueller also joins the show this week, he is the Director of Music for the Church of Notre Dame and also directs the choir of the Columbia University Catholic Ministry.  Chris has composed …]]> Word to Life, Homilies 2011-09-16T19:34:57+00:00 The Crown of the Aventine http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/the_crown_of_the_aventine1 http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/the_crown_of_the_aventine1#When:11:56:13Z by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
 

The first documentary of Kindly Light, a media division of the Dominican Fathers Province of Saint Joseph, is now available on CreateSpace: (click below to order)

The Crown of the Aventine

A short form documentary featuring Father Allan White, O.P., who gives us an in depth tour of the Basilica of Santa Sabina, the Dominican Mother House in Rome, its connection with the order's founder, St. …]]> Dominican Daily, Church & Evangelization 2011-09-16T11:56:13+00:00 Radio interviewed with Fr. Carleton Jones http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/radio_interviewed_with_fr._carlton_jones http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/radio_interviewed_with_fr._carlton_jones#When:13:16:30Z by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
 

Listen above to Catholic Matters radio host, Irene Lagan interviewing Father Carleton Jones, O.P., pastor of the Johns Hopkins University parish of Sts. Philip and James in Baltimore, about Catholic Higher Education, and challenges to faith that face college students.

]]> Dominican Daily, Church & Evangelization 2011-09-15T13:16:30+00:00 Let me share with you his pain http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/let_me_share_with_you_his_pain http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/let_me_share_with_you_his_pain#When:11:24:54Z by The Dominican Friars
 
Today, the new online edition of Dominicana features an article by Br. Innocent Smith, O.P., reflecting on today's feast of Our Lady of Sorrows in relation to St. Edith Stein's philosophical reflections on empathy. The online edition of the Dominicana will be appearing each weekday, and the print edition will be published twice a year. For subscription information, write to dominicanadhs@gmail.com. …]]> Dominican Daily, Liturgy & Saints, Culture & Media 2011-09-15T11:24:54+00:00 Dominicana launches Online Edition http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/dominicana_launches_online_edition http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/dominicana_launches_online_edition#When:14:39:58Z by The Dominican Friars
 

On September 14, 2011, the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross, the Dominican student brothers launched a new initiative under the aegis of the studentate publication Dominicana: a daily blog which will feature short articles on matters of timely and timeless relevance, from science to Scripture, literature to liturgy, politics to prayer, or anything in between. The website, moderated by a Dominican priest, will publish short essays …]]> Dominican Daily, Culture & Media 2011-09-14T14:39:58+00:00 Can You Live This Way? http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/can_you_live_this_way http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/can_you_live_this_way#When:12:15:11Z by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
 

This Saturday, a free, four-week film series, Can You Live This Way?, will be taking place on the lives and faith of four extraordinary people. The series is will be held at The Church of Saint Catherine of Siena, 411 E. 68th Street, New York, NY. and presented by the Siena Forum for Faith & Culture Crossroads Cultural Center.

- Sat, Sep 17: Maria Yudina: The pianist who moved Stalin

Presenter: …]]> Dominican Daily, Church & Evangelization 2011-09-14T12:15:11+00:00 Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/twenty-fifth_sunday_in_ordinary_time_year_a http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/twenty-fifth_sunday_in_ordinary_time_year_a#When:19:01:33Z by The Dominican Friars
 

Benedict XVI

Perhaps you remember when, on the day of my election to the pontificate, I addressed the crowd in St. Peter's Square and I presented myself, in an off the cuff way, as a worker in the Lord's vineyard. Well, in today's Gospel (cf. Matthew 20:1-16a), Jesus recounts the parable of the owner of the vineyard, who at different hours of the day calls laborers to come work in his vineyard. And in the evening he …]]> Spirituality 2011-09-13T19:01:33+00:00 "Catholic Life in the Ivy League" http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/catholic_life_in_the_ivy_league http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/catholic_life_in_the_ivy_league#When:17:42:37Z by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
 

Below is an excrecpt from Stephen Schmalhofer recently published article, "Catholic Life in the Ivy League: Memories of Yale University and St. Mary's, New Haven" on the New Liturgical Movement website. Stephen Schmalhofer studied history at Yale University and formerly blogged at "For God, For Country and For Yale."

On Hillhouse Avenue, "the most beautiful street in America", I stepped into St. Mary's. …]]> Dominican Daily, Church & Evangelization 2011-09-13T17:42:37+00:00 We Lift Up Our Hearts http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/we_lift_up_our_hearts_the_roman_missal_and_its_chant http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/we_lift_up_our_hearts_the_roman_missal_and_its_chant#When:17:03:23Z by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
 

Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P. and Fr. Columba Kelly, O.S.B., will present a seminar, We Lift Up Our Hearts: The Roman Missal and Its Chant on 7 October, followed on 8 October with a Master Chant Workshop led by Fr. Columba Kelly, O.S.B., both events will be held at The Church of Saint Catherine of Siena, 411 E. 68th Street, New York, NY 10065.

Father Gabriel O'Donnell is a spiritual …]]> Dominican Daily, Liturgy & Saints 2011-09-12T17:03:23+00:00 Morning Air with Sean Herriott http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/morning_air_with_sean_herriott http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/morning_air_with_sean_herriott#When:09:57:06Z by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
 
Listen to Fr. Paul Keller, O.P., on Relevant Radio, Catholic radio network. The show is part of a weekly series on Wednesdays that Fr. Paul has been doing for the past year and a half. He discusses the upcoming new translation of the Roman Missal. In this particular episode he discusses the Opening Prayer at Mass for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary time, and also talks about the mercy of God and …]]> Dominican Daily, Liturgy & Saints 2011-09-10T09:57:06+00:00 Sirius XM Radio, September 9th , 2011 http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/sirius_xm_radio_september_9th_2011 http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/sirius_xm_radio_september_9th_2011#When:18:33:11Z by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
 
In this episode of Word to Life, Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. and Fr. Darren Pierre, O.P., discusses the readings for the Twenty-fouth Sunday in Ordinary Time. They are joined by Father Paul Arinze who serves as the Vocations Director for the Diocese of Madison, Wis. and is also a tennis umpire at the U.S. Open. Fr. Arinze's story was featured recently in the NY Times. ]]> Word to Life 2011-09-09T18:33:11+00:00 Slideshow: Solemn Profession 2011 http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/slideshow_solemn_profession_2011 http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/slideshow_solemn_profession_2011#When:16:07:45Z by Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P.
 

On August 13, 2011, nine brothers made their solemn vows as Dominicans, promissing to live a life of poverty chastity and obedience usque ad mortem (until death).  The brothers making vows were:   Br. Peter Totleben, O.P.; Br. Paul Martin Kennedy, O.P.; Br. Joseph-Mary Hertzog, O.P.; Br. Mario Aquinas Calabrese, O.P.; Br. Albert Duggan, O.P.; Br. Reginald Mary Lynch, O.P.; Br. Leo Checkai, O.P.; Br. Peter Martyr …]]> Dominican Daily, Province & Vocations, Washington, D.C., House of Studies 2011-09-09T16:07:45+00:00 Liturgiam Authenticam - Trailer http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/liturgiam_authenticam_-_trailer http://www.op-stjoseph.org/blog/liturgiam_authenticam_-_trailer#When:12:23:09Z by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
 
Watch the trailer above from Kindly Light's upcoming documentary on the New English Translation of the Roman Missal. ]]> Dominican Daily, Liturgy & Saints 2011-09-07T12:23:09+00:00