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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. Sadoc Francis Welch, OP
Fr. Francis was another vocation from San Francisco. He was a true missionary priest, spending his life working among the parishes run by the Dominican friars. His ministry brought him to places such as:
St. Dominic Church, Benicia, California
St. Dominic Church, San Francisco, California
St. Catherine's Parish, Martinez, California
Holy Rosary Parish, Portland, Oregon
Rheumatism was a chronic problem for Fr. Francis, and he offered his poor health and ailing body to God for the good of others' souls. In this, many knew his uncomplaining and gentle disposition was not by accident, but rather a wonderful example of God's grace at work for the sanctification of souls. His rheumatism was not of the most critical nature until the final ten days when he was confined to his bed. Even then, his death at the age of forty-one came as surprise, as most thought he would recover.
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Date of Birth |
Date of Profession |
Date of Ordination |
Date of Death |
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January 27, 1871 |
1885 |
April 21, 1894 |
October 13, 1912 |
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