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Dust from the Lalibela churches’ restorations points to something about the relationship between the earthly and heavenly. Namely, that the dust we know so well amid pain and suffering and sin, has a place in heaven.

With a sad, yet hopeful heart, we announce that Fr. Alfred Wilder, OP, passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.

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Jordan embraced the constitutions and rules that governed the Order, helping to establish greater internal stability by codifying its practices. He did all this for the sake of furthering the preaching of the Good News.

Today is the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church. He was born in the Kingdom of Sicily around 1225. As a child, he began his schooling at the Benedictine abbey in Monte Cassino. Often, young St. Thomas would question his teacher in his search for truth, asking, "Master, tell me—what is God?”

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.

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.