Dominican Friars | Province of St. Joseph
On September 20, 2015 I will be received in The Dominican Order of Laity, St. Catherine of Siena chapter in this, the Province of St. Joseph, united with the Friars and Sisters in the pillars of Prayer, Study, Community and Apostolate. In about a year I will make a temporary profession of faith as a Dominican and in about 4 years I will make permanent profession for life. The short article below under Province of St. Joseph provides a great explanation of what we are called by God to do as Dominican’s.
God bless you on your journey! Keep Walking!!!
Chas DeFeo – 8/12/2015
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE WINS ARCHITECTURAL AWARD
The architectural publication Traditional Building recently drew attention a new building at Providence College by granting its architects the 2015 Palladio Award for “New Design & Construction, more than 30,000 sq.ft.” The architecture firm S/L/A/M Collaborative and Sullivan Buckingham Architects worked… Read More
SIMPLE PROFESSION 2015
On August 15, 2015, nine novices of the Province of St. Joseph will make simple profession at St. Gertrude Church in Cincinnati, OH. Please keep them in your prayers as they prepare for profession.
BECOMING A BETTER CONFESSOR
The Thomistic Institute recently sponsored their fourth annual Conference for Priests: “Becoming a Better Confessor: Using the Virtues and Vices in the Confessional.” The conference, cosponsored with the Archdiocese of Baltimore, took place on July 7-9, 2015 in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and at the Basilica… Read More
ST. DOMINIC AT HARVARD
The oldest surviving portrait of St. Dominic, painted in Siena c. 1240, now rests in Harvard’s Fogg Museum and may be viewed online. Since Holy Father Dominic died in Bologna in 1221, the painting may well have been made… Read More
DUAL CITIZENSHIP, BUT ONE IS TO BE PREFERRED
The following is a reflection on the tension between civic life and living a life of faith by Fr. Brian Chrzastek, O.P., professor of philosophy at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. ✠ “God… Read More
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PROVIDENCE COLLEGE WINS ARCHITECTURAL AWARD
The architectural publication Traditional Building recently drew attention a new building at Providence College by granting its architects the 2015 Palladio Award for “New Design & Construction, more than 30,000 sq.ft.” The architecture firm S/L/A/M Collaborative and Sullivan Buckingham Architects worked… Read More
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SIMPLE PROFESSION 2015
On August 15, 2015, nine novices of the Province of St. Joseph will make simple profession at St. Gertrude Church in Cincinnati, OH. Please keep them in your prayers as they prepare for profession.
PROVINCE OF ST. JOSEPH
We Dominican Friars of St. Joseph Province are a community called to preach Jesus Christ as part of the worldwide mission of the Order of Friars Preachers.
Under the patronage of Mary, the Mother of God, we are bound, poor and chaste, to one another by our common vow of obedience, and by God’s grace we grow in holiness through our common life, prayer and contemplation, study of the Word, and our fraternity.
Empowered by the Holy Spirit, our mission is exercised for the salvation of souls and extends to all of God’s people through these primary ministries:
a. preaching the Word, including all forms of evangelization;
b. teaching and scholarship in service of the ministry of the Word, with priority given to our own foundations: the Dominican House of Studies and Providence College;
c. parochial service, especially in university locales, and in parishes offering strategic opportunities for preaching; and
d. foreign missions.
WORD TO LIFE BROADCAST: THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR HOLY FATHER DOMINIC
Fr. John Maria Devaney, O.P. and Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P. continue the series on the “Bread of Life” discourse in the 6th Chapter of St. John’s Gospel, offering reflections on the readings for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary…
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