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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. Constantius Edward Warren, OP
Fr. Constantius of San Francisco entered the Dominican Order at the tender age of sixteen. After ordination, he became a preacher of grace and humility. He was well respected, and known as a teacher of the young seminarians for the Province. He was amiable to all, and won the affections of many through his steady and calm presence. His ministry brought him to places such as:
St. Dominic Church, San Francisco, California
Holy Rosary Parish, Portland, Oregon
St. Dominic Church, Benicia, California
Holy Rosary Parish, Antioch, California
St. Peter Martyr's Church, Pittsburg, California
Fr. Warren was an admirable singer and started the first choir in Holy Rosary, Portland.
On the morning of July 27, 1923, Fr. Constantius died suddenly as a result of a massive heart attack. He had finished celebrating the morning Mass, and was conversing with Fr. Bertrand Clyne, when he fell to the floor unconscious. A messenger was dispatched to retrieve a physician, and the good doctor confirmed that the situation was serious and life threatening. The sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick was administered, and Fr. Constantius died within the hour.
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Date of Birth |
Date of Profession |
Date of Ordination |
Date of Death |
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April 21, 1870 |
December 8, 1887 |
April 25, 1894 |
July 27, 1923 |
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