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Invitation to Pray for Peace from fr. Gerard

By Mr. Mark Connolly, OP · March 6, 2022

Dear brothers and sisters: As we begin the great season of Lent, the Master of the Order, fr. Gerard Timoner, OP, has issued a Lenten message asking us to continue to offer our prayer, fasting, and almsgiving for peace where there is war, unrest, and persecu...

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The Rule of St. Augustine

By Mr. Mark Connolly, OP · August 31, 2021

Anyone taking a look at the Dominican Order will eventually come across the fact that St. Dominic adopted as his first Rule the Rule of St. Augustine. Upon Dominic’s petition to Pope Innocent III in 1213 to form an order, he was given the condition that he mus...

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A Look into the Dominican Family

By Roy Johnston · July 22, 2021

What is a Lay Dominican? Many of us are asked this question when people see us wearing a white scapular or pin of the Dominican shield or cross. To quote one of the members of our Chapter, “It isn’t a social club or bible study.  People come here to discern jo...

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