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Vocation Office
Western Dominican Province
5890 Birch Court
Oakland, CA 94618-1626
(510)-596-1821
Our Vocations require a great deal of support, from the first moment they begin their novitiate until the last moments of their retirement. Please do conside visiting our donation page and helping form and sustain the priests and brothers who will serve you in the future, serve you now and have served you in the past.
Saints and Blesseds
The Order of Friars Preachers,
The Dominican Order,
has a beautiful history of learning, service and holiness manifested in its saints and blesseds of every age since its foundation by St. Dominic de Guzman. Do enjoy the periodic postings of such stories as are available from various sources, especially our own archives.
Religious Retirement
Our elderly and infirm friars receive the best care we have available to us, as in any family. We rely heavily on the donations of others for our own existence and thus when one of our own becomes incapable of further ministry due to age or infirmity, those same donations help us support the sometimes necessary special care required by such members of our communities.
We prefer to care for our elderly and infirm in our own houses so that the life of a religious community can be a part of a friars life as long as possible. This is also the most economical in many ways. We strive to use donations wisely. But sometimes a care facility is essential. As we, as a Province, do not benefit from the national collection for retired religious, we ask that you assist us in caring for these friars who have prayed, taught, served and ministered for so many years amomg the people of the Western United States and beyond.
Please, in your kindness, consider assisting us in this work of brotherly love.
Many thanks in advance.
Catholicism
It's just the right thing
Fr. Clyde Aloysius Chamberlain, OP
Clyde Aloysius Chamberlain was born to Dennis and Mary Ann Chamberlain on 25 August 1884, in Jacksonville, Illinois. He entered the Order of Preachers on 1 November 1904 in Benicia, California. From 1896-1911, he studied at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. It was there in 1910 that he was ordained a priest.
In response to the disappointment of the Master of the Order regarding the lack of ability in public speaking and reading on the part of the novices and students, Provincial James B Connolly appointed Fr. Clyde to teach them English and Elocution. At the same time, the prior of the House of Studies believed him to be the perfect friar to teach history. Fr. Clyde, on the other hand, saw himself as incompetent for the duty of teaching English and Elocution, especially while also teaching history courses; nevertheless, the Provincial assured the humble priest that his ability to teach English and Elocution, which the provincial believed was one of the most important duties in the province, was deeply needed. The provincial assured him further that the provincial would himself resolve the situation.
Among his many other appointments, Fr Clyde became 1st Lieutenant and chaplain in the United States Army in 1915. He started off in Vancouver, Washington and went to Beauregard, Louisiana as the Chaplain to the hospital. He eventually transferred to a division which went to France where he saw World War I. He returned January 31st, 1918 after three years as Chaplain. He was also a playwright. Some of his plays were inspired by the real lives of Dominicans and other religious he knew. He died on 30 December 1957 in St. Dominic's, San Francisco. He was found on the floor outside the elevator after mass and breakfast. The Dominicans prayed the Salve Regina by the body of Fr. Chamberlain as they waited for the doctor.
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Date of Birth |
Date of Profession |
Date of Ordination |
Date of Death |
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August 25, 1881 |
November 1, 1905 |
June 24, 1910 |
December 30, 1957 |
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