St. Albert the Great is the patron of the novitiate house of the Province of St. Martin de Porres. Through his prayers, may our Dominican novices gain knowledge of God and deepen their devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

How many canonized saints and blesseds are there in the Dominican Order? According to Master Gerrard Timoner III (the current successor of Saint Dominic), we have 389 saints and blesseds within the Dominican Order (Order of Preachers).

My novice brothers hear a lot about my Camino de Santiago pilgrimage that I made a few months before entering the Order. The Camino revealed the rich spiritual and cultural heritage of the Catholic Faith in Spain spanning centuries.

Much like St. Dominic, St. Martín devoted his nights to prayer and often slept on the floor. Yet, despite these austerities – or perhaps precisely because of them – his joyful spirit never wavered, even in the most challenging times.

He was a man who constantly gave himself to others through his preaching, teaching, and blessings. His first assignment was as novice master to the Dominican novices in Valencia. During his several years as novice master, he proved himself to be a prudent, kind, and firm shepherd of souls.

The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary which we celebrate today was originally known as the Feast of Our Lady of Victory. In 1571, Pope Pius V organized a coalition of Christian forces, known as the Holy League, to rescue Christians in Cyprus from the attacks of the Ottoman Empire.

Raymond was Catherine’s spiritual director for the last six years of her life. After inspiring many sinners to repent, Catherine sent them to Raymond to confess their sins.

In his youth, he was good-natured and generous, a rich frat boy among his friends, a pampered prince smothered with the love of his enabling parents, a spendthrift, and a prodigal son.

When we meditate on even the lives of the saints, we recognize how Christ lived through them, and how His earthly life can sometimes be uncannily similar to those of the saints.

His life, marked by humility, service, and profound spiritual experiences, continues to inspire those who seek to live out the radical vocation of a Cooperator Brother in the Order of Preachers.

One in eight known pregnancies end in miscarriage, one in eight married couples experience infertility, and one in five households are raising children that have special health needs. In starting a conversation about some of the challenges involved in women’s health and being unabashedly Catholic, our goal is to learn how to listen, support, and aid our sisters so that we might begin to create that culture of life that we are called to build.

Jesus heals the man's deafness and his speech impediment and then orders him to be silent. In fact, he orders everyone who witnesses the healing to be silent about what they saw.

In the last several years we have seen a resurgence of vocations and our most pressing need is to update the novitiate chapel to accommodate the growing number of friars. Last year, we were able to renovate the chapel floors and give the walls a facelift. This year, we want to complete the chapel renovation with choir stalls.

Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary at Holy Rosary Parish in Houston, Texas, from October 4 to October 13, 2024.

Today is the feast of the great St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church. He was born in modern-day Algeria in 354.

Today, on the feast of St. Rose of Lima, we pray that the Order of Truth may remain faithful to its mission for the salvation of souls by preaching the truth, Jesus Christ.

With a sad, yet hopeful heart, we announce that Fr. Bruce Schultz, OP, passed away on Monday, August 5, 2024.

Bl. Mannes is not well known by anyone outside the Dominican Order, but he is a man who influenced St. Dominic tremendously. Novice Br. Matthias shares a reflection about Bl. Mannes de Guzman.

View the pictures from the Simple Profession of Vows on August 3, 2024, and from the Vestition of the Novices on August 8, 2024.

The disciples were worried about who would be the greatest in the Kingdom. Anyone worried about being great in the Kingdom has a ways to go in humility. So, how do they get started?