Livestream Now from Blessed Sacrament Church in Seattle We are pleased to announced that our Sunday Mass Livestream at 9:30am PDT will now be coming to you from our Dominican parish in Seattle, Blessed Sacrament Church. We hope you have the opportunity to attend Mass in person, safely, where you are. If not, please enjoy […]
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The Dominican Friars of the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus joyfully announce the Solemn Profession of their Brother John Winkowitsch, O.P. into the hands of The Very Reverend Christopher Fadok, O.P. Prior Provincial Saturday, August, 29, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. Priory of St. Albert the Great 5890 Birch Court – Oakland, California […]
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The Western Dominican Province has a new way to learn about the Truth, Goodness and Beauty of the Catholic Faith – the Truth in 60 series. Presented by some of your favorite Dominicans, this series of short videos about the Catholic faith is our gift to you, and another way we’re trying to help […]
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Racism is an offense against solidarity, the fundamental social virtue. How then, are we to adequately respond to the evil of racism in our society? Solidarity is key! Join us on Zoom with Fr. Michael Sweeney, O.P., Executive Director of the Lay Mission Project, and past President of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, […]
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I love the vow of chastity! Yes, you heard me right. I, a twenty-four-year-old male, who grew up in the hyper-sexualized culture of twenty-first century America, am thankful that I have chosen not to marry. This choice is especially puzzling in a society where the chastity of priests and religious is looked upon by many […]
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Psalm 130:6-7 “My soul looks for the Lord more than sentinels for daybreak. More than sentinels for daybreak, let Israel hope in the Lord, For with the Lord is mercy, with him is plenteous redemption,” When you can, reread the miracles of Jesus, especially in the synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke). I am often […]
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Today marks the 103rd anniversary of the apparitions of Fatima. All such apparitions are judged the way we judge any private revelation, namely, by whether they are in accord with the Faith revealed once and for all to the saints and handed down to us in Sacred Scripture and Tradition. One of the most consoling […]
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Readings: John 12: 24-26 | Phil 3: 8-14 There was a morbid custom in parts of the American prison system before the 1960s: as a man condemned to die was led to the place of execution, a guard would call out, “Dead man walking! Dead man walking!” When I was a student brother, I’d say […]
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I am always fascinated by flying. It is remarkable how many people and systems have to work together in order to allow travelers to go from one part of the globe to another. And there is the flying itself—rising from the ground and seeing the landscape get smaller and smaller is always a strange sight. […]
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When I was growing up, my family kept a garden. There would be a certain day in the mid-spring, a warm and dry day, when we’d start the work of planting. The first thing to do was to prepare the ground, and so we uprooted the weeds that had grown in the autumn and died […]
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