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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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Advent

By Mr. Mark Connolly, OP · November 29, 2021

The Season of Waiting Fr. Jude commented in his homily yesterday that emergency hospital waiting rooms are holy places for many prayers are said there. It made me quiet inside.

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Dominican Life is Contemplative

By Ms. Debra Weldon, OP · September 11, 2021

This is Part 2 of a series. Part 1 is HERE Undertaking the task of explaining how “Dominican Life is Contemplative” has been a real challenge (just ask Mark who has read a variety of drafts). While explaining what it means to me is hard enough, trying to fi...

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The Dominican Way of Praying the Rosary

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

The Dominican Friars have traditionally prayed the Rosary in a way that is slightly different and also slightly shorter from the (now) more common way. The Dominican way begins with a series of verses and responses that recall the opening of the Liturgy of the...

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