The Call
Vocations find their true meaning in Christ
Three young men share their stories as they are just days away from receiving an irreversible grace of being ordained priests. They speak about how they were influenced by others and how they could not avoid the call from God to be men who serve others.
Click here to see their video.
Keeping the Light Burning
Your prayers, service and donations help us to keep the flame of Dominican Vocations bright in the Western United States. Please do consider making a regular contribution for future preachers for the salvation of souls.
Saint Jude Shrine
Shrine of
St. Jude Thaddeus
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P.O. Box 15368
San Francisco
California 94115-0368
415-931-5919
www.stjude-shrine.org
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Vestition 2009
Three men enter the Dominican Order through the Western Dominican Province.
The Novices are preparing to embark on their tour of the Western Province. As the people of God and the friars prepare to welcome them, here is short photo montage of their Vestition (receiving the Dominican habit).
The Novices are preparing to embark on their tour of the Western Province. As the people of God and the friars prepare to welcome them, here is short photo montage of their Vestition
(receiving the Dominican habit).
Santo Domingo Leyenda y Realidad
Fundador de la Orden de Predicadores
Fr. Roberto Corral, comparte la vida temprana de Santo Domingo. Versión en Inglés está disponible en siguiente entrada.
Santo Domingo de GuzmánParte Una: Su Familia
El fundador de la Orden Dominicana – oficialmente conocida como la Orden de Predicadores (por eso tenemos los iniciales “O.P.” después de nuestros nombres) – era Santo Domingo de Guzmán. La Iglesia celebra su fiesta cada año en el 8 de agosto. Para ayudarnos preparar para esa celebración, me gustaría dedicar unos cuantos de mis mensajes semanales a su historia para que podamos tener un mejor entendimiento y apreciación para este hombre maravilloso y santo.
Sto. Domingo nació alrededor del año 1171 en un pueblo llamado Caleruega en la región de Castilla la Vieja en España. Como todos nosotros, Sto. Domingo fue muy influenciado por la familia en la cual nació; así es que es importante también saber algo de ellos aunque no hay mucha información al respecto.
St. Dominic Legend and Fact
Founder of the Order of Preachers
Fr. Roberto Corral, OP shares the early life of St. Dominic. Spanish Version available in an adjoining post.
Part One: His Family
The founder of our Dominican Order – officially known as the Order of Preachers (that is why we have the initials “O.P.” after our names) – was St. Dominic de Guzmán. The Church celebrates his feast day each year on August 8th. In order to prepare us for that celebration, I would like to dedicate a few of my weekly messages to his life story so that you can have a better understanding and appreciation of this remarkable, holy man.
St. Dominic was born around 1171 in a village named Caleruega in the region of Castile in Spain. Like all of us, St. Dominic was very much influenced by the family into which he was born, so I think it is important to know a little about them as well, even though we do not have much information to go by.
Until Death...
Solemn Vows
Brs. Mark Manzano and Boniface Willard make their solemn profession in the hands of the Prior Provincial to be Dominican friars for life.
Solemn Profession of Religious Vows
Br. Mark Manzano, OP
&
Br. Boniface Willard, OP
Congratulations !
Are you called to be a Dominican friar?
contributed by Br. Michael Rivera, OP
Quiz Monster it!
In Which Relgious Order Do You Belong?
Fr. Bart Hutcherson launched a guy quiz on FaceBook, and to his surprise and delight 3,864 people have taken in it the past week. Try it now!
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=79002736420
On Being a Brother-Kathryn Kuhlman and the Miracle Years
Voices of the Western Dominican Province
ON BEING A BROTHER:
Kathryn Kuhlman and the Miracle Years
By Brother Daniel Thomas, O.P.
"He touched me and made me whole."
Katherine Kuhlman was an internationally known miracle worker who was most popular in the 1960's and '70s. She had a daily radio broadcast which was aired both nationally and internationally and a weekly TV program, I Believe in Miracles. Before 1970 I had never heard of her and didn't even know who she was.
My initial introduction to Kathryn Kuhlman came through my Charismatic friends, Bob & Suzzie Fern. They were the ones who wrote to her when they learned about my airplane crash which happened on November 9, 1970 in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Vocation Weekend
Come and See
Does the blood of a preacher run through you? Are you called to be a Dominican priest or brother? If so, this weekend gathering is for you. Contact our Vocation Director and join the other men discerning a vocation with the Western Dominican Province.
Solemn Vows 2009
Br. Lupe Gonzalez experiences solemn vows being made in Mexico, and shares his video of it.
Five more!
Ordination
Congratulations to our newest deacons! Truly we are blessed. Rev. Brs. Michael Amabisco, Chris Fadok, John Bingham, Stephen Lopez, Tap Vu.
Invitation (PDF)
Congratulations!
Ordination
Br. Isaiah Molano, OP is now Rev. Br. Isaiah Molano as he was ordained to the diaconate on January 10, 2009.
Here's the flickr.com slideshow:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominicanfriars/sets/72157612631241183/show/with/3204504624/
Master of Sacred Theology
Master of Sacred Theology
Fr. Augustine Thompson, OP celebrates a Dominican Rite Mass
and receives the STM.
Please enjoy the following slideshows.
Vocation Weekend - Nov 7/9, 2008
Are you called?
Want to find out more about the Dominicans first hand?
Contact our Promoter of Vocations to attend our
"Come and See" weekend
Nov. 7-9, 2008
Fr. Steven Maekawa, OP
Promoter of Vocations
(510)-596-1821
email
Discerning a vocation?
Fr. Steven Maekawa, OP
Promoter of Vocations
(510)-596-1821
email
Our future!
Student friars from Canada and the USA gather
and share their experience through this slideshow.
Making the commitment
Three men make their first profession of vows as
sons of St. Dominic for the Western Dominican Province.
[Video]
Br. Gabriel Thomas Mosher, OP | Br. Michael James Rivera | Br. Simon Andrew Kim
To learn more about your vocation with the Dominican friars visit our vocation page.
Photo Credits: Lorelei Low (of Lorelei Low Photography)
Video Footage: Arturo M. Briz (of ABREEZ Video)
Arrangement: Br. Michael Rivera, OP
Music: Apple Loop
Meet our novices! 2008
These three men begin religioius life in the Dominican Order at our Novitiate,
St. Dominic Priory, in San Francisco, California
St. Dominic Priory is delighted to announce the Novice Class of 2008. These three men have come from various walks of life, and have sought to live and serve the Lord in the tradition of St. Dominic De Guzman. Please pray for them as they spend one year dedicated to deeper prayer and learning to live the Dominican life.
Dominican Rite Solemn Mass
Dominican Rite Solemn High Mass
Through the generosity of readers of
Dominican Liturgy
we have photos, video, and more on this special Mass
celebrated August 8, 2008
at Blessed Sacrament Parish
Seattle, Washington
Check out YouTube for other Dominican Rite Videos
You want me to kiss what??!!
The Venia and Kissing the Scapular
Fr. Augustine Thompson, OP writes of the customs of the Order
and the Western Dominican Province
regarding the venia and kissing of the scapular.
Fr. James Moore celebrates his First Mass...in Latin.
Fr. James Moore, OP celebrates a first Mass at
St. Albert Chapel in Oakland, California, using the Latin text.
See the slideshow
Fr. Dominic DeMaio presides for the first time.
Fr. Dominic DeMaio presides at the Eucharist for the first time
with many family, friends, and friars in attendance.
See the slideshow!
New priest celebrates.
Fr. Dismas Sayre, OP celebrates his first Mass.
Fr. Dismas Sayre, OP celebrates his first Mass at St. Albert Chapel in Oakland, California.
The photos of this slide show are through the generosity of Zachery Foreman,
a former classmate of Fr. Dismas.
Rare opportunity on August Eighth
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church of Seattle, WA will celebrate
the 100th anniversary of their foundation with the full dignity and glory of
a Solemn High Dominican Rite Mass.
You will not want to miss this!
Be sure to read the press release.
Slideshow of the 2008 presbyteral ordination.
Congratulations to
Fr. Dominic DeMaio, OP, Fr. Augustine Hilander, OP,
Fr. James Moore, OP, and Fr. Dismas Sayre, OP
who were ordained on May 31, 2008.
Friar, what is going on with your little hood?
Dominican Customs of the Cappuce
Historically men have worn hats, or at least they did until John F. Kennedy made going bareheaded fashionable, and the Capuce is the "hat" of the Dominican habit. The capuce is one of the three parts of the white Dominican habit and has a short shoulder cape attached to it. It is worn over the scapular, which is wore over the tunic. There is also a black version, which is worn over the white one when the cappa (a long black cape) is worn. The raising and lowering of the capuce is analogus to the lay practice of doffing one's hat, and to the parallel use by secular clergy of the biretta.
More ...
The IRL comes to California
The Institute on Religious Life
meets to discuss the consecrated life,
obedience as contemplation,
and the evangelical councils