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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. David Orique, OP
English
Friar David Thomas Orique, O.P., a second-generation Portuguese-American from Kingsburg, CA, is a doctoral candidate at the University of Oregon. In 1986, he graduated from California State University Fresno with a B.S. in Business Administration and a minor in Spanish, and then worked for 12 years in the business world before entering the Dominican Order in 1992. Subsequently, David earned a Master of Divinity and a Master of Theology, with special emphasis in Luso-Hispanic historical and economic studies. Since ordination to the priesthood in June 2001, he has served at St. Thomas More Newman Center at the University of Oregon. In 2007, he completed a Masters in History at the University of Oregon, as part of his doctoral studies in Early Modern European and Latin American History.
Español
Fray David Tomás Orique, O.P., natural de Kingsburg, California, segunda generación de una familia de emigrantes portugueses, es un estudiante de doctorado de la Universidad de Oregon. Graduado en 1986, en Administración de Empresas y Lengua Española, en la Universidad del Estado de California, en Fresno, se dedica durante doce años al mundo de los negocios antes de su ingreso a la Orden de Predicadores en 1992. Subsiguientemente a su formación dominicana, obtiene una licenciatura en teología orientada al estudio de la historia y de la economía luso-española. Desde su ordenación sacerdotal en Junio de 2001, ejerce su ministerio en la parroquia de Santo Tomás Moro y en el Centro Newman de la Universidad de Oregon. En el año 2007 completa una Maestría en Historia en dicha Universidad como parte de sus estudios de doctorado en Historia de la Edad Moderna Europea y Latinoamericana.
Português
Frei David Tomas Orique, O.P., luso-americano da segunda geração, natural da freguesia de Kingsburg, CA., é actualmente candidato a doutoramento na Universidade de Oregon. Em 1986, formou-se na Universidade Estatal de Califórnia em Fresno, em administração de negócios e língua espanhola. Depois trabalhou durante 12 anos no mundo bancário comercial antes de entrar para a Ordem Dominicana em 1992. Subsequentemente, recebeu a licenciatura em religiões e um mestrado em teologia, com especial ênfase em estudos históricos e económicos luso- hispanos. Desde sua ordenação sacerdotal em Junho de 2001, serviu a Paróquia de São Tomas More do Centro Newman da Universidade de Oregon. Em 2007 terminou uma licenciatura em historia na Universidade de Oregon, como parte de seus estudos de doutoramento em historia Latino-americana e europeia da época moderna. [updated: February, 2010]
Curriculum Vitae (MS Word)
University of Oregon, History Department
Confesionario: Avisos y Reglas Para Confesores | by Bartolomé de Las Casas | A Translation and Introduction to Its Historical Context and Legal Teaching | A thesis by David Thomas Orique, O.P, August 8, 2001
La Gran Aventura de España, The Great Spain Adventure, February 29, 2000
The Profession of Solemn Vows, June 17, 1999
