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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. Edward Gerard McMullan, OP
Edward McMullan was born and raised in San Francisco, and before entering the Order he studied at St. Patrick's Seminary. His antecedent study of theology expedited his ordination, and by 1917, only four years after receiving the habit, he was already serving as assistant pastor at St. Vincent's Church in Vallejo.
Not much is known about the quality of his experiences or the tendency of his character and vocation, but it is clear from the record of his assignments that he functioned for several decades as a trustworthy pastor in such parishes as Eagle Rock, Pittsburg, and Portland. In 1932, he served as Master of Conversi in Benicia.
Already when in his late fifties, however, Fr. Edward fell prey to cancer, but surviving letters show that he bore this cross as patiently as possible until his death in 1950. While we do not know much about the man himself, it is evident that he had the admiration and respect of his peers and superiors.
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Date of Birth |
Date of Profession |
Date of Ordination |
Date of Death |
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March 30, 1886 |
February 23, 1914 |
May 17, 1916 |
November 23, 1950 |
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