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Our Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia are being blessed with many vocations.

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News coverage on the Dominican Sisters. Mother Mary of the Eucharist

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The Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, also known as Pontificia Università San Tommaso d’Aquino or the Angelicum, is one of the major pontifical universities of Rome.

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Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P., a Dominican friar of the Eastern Province, speaks about Humanae Vitae and parish preaching. (Video 19 min.) of a talk given at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C. on June 18, 2007.

(10 min video) Fathers James Cuddy, O.P., Dominic Legge, O.P. and Allen Moran, O.P. were ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Donald Wuerl at St. Dominic Church, Washington, D.C.

While serving at St. Mary’s in New Haven I’ve come upon several interesting stories. This video is an excerpt (5 min) from EWTN’s Life on the Rock in which three Yale Bulldogs speak about living their faith on campus and St. Mary’s Church.

Video (57 min) of a lecture by Fr. Kurt J. Pritzl, O.P., entitled “Contemplation and Truth when Made in the Image of God: Aristotelian Reflections in Post-Modern Times.” Given at the Dominican House of Studies on April 12, 2007. Fr. Pritzl serves as Dean of the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America.

(3min. video) The Dominican friars in the traditional monastic Holy Week liturgy commemorating the death and burial of the Light of lights, punctuated by the haunting melodies of the Lamentations of Jeremiah as sung on the lips of Jesus Christ weeping over the lost children of Jerusalem.

Br. James Brent with Cardinal Avery Dulles and Br. Bruno M. Shah

Cardinal Dulles

See Avery Dulles’ ordination news clip 

Short interview with Br. James Brent, O.P. on the recent conference (2mins 37 secs)

The Marian Role in the Restoration of the Image of God (Video 49 mins.) by Rev. John Corbett, O.P. Assistant Professor of Moral Theology Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C.

Father John received his doctorate at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, studying with the noted moralist Servais Pinckaers, O.P., and writing a dissertation on the theology of virtue in the thought of St.Thomas Aquinas. Previously he has served on the theology faculties at Providence College in Providence, RI, and the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, OH. Father John is a popular preacher and retreat director.

“Charity’s Knowledge: The Relationship Between Knowledge and Love in Aquinas’ Account of Human Action” (60 min. Video) presented by: Michael S. Sherwin, O.P., is Associate Professor of Fundamental Moral Theology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is the author of By Knowledge and by Love: Charity and Knowledge in the Moral Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas, for which he received the 2006 Charles Cardinal Journet Prize from Ave Maria University’s Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal. Alasdair MacIntyre says of Fr. Sherwin’s By Knowledge and By Love, “Sherwin has provided a wonderfully illuminating study of the development and structure of Aquinas’ thought on these matters. Both as a guide to recent scholarship and as an insightful account of what is philosophically and theologically at stake, this is an excellent book.”

(Talk: 48 mins Q & A: 9 mins) FR. PETER JOHN CAMERON, O.P., (Editor-in-Chief of MAGNIFICAT) explains the importance of Dominican preaching for the New Evangelization whereby the preacher speaks directly to people’s hearts in order to lead them to an encounter with Christ. Fr. Cameron gave this talk to 27 men during the February 2007 Vocation Weekend.

Video (46mins. lecture 20 mins Q&A) “What Can the Human Genome Project Tell Us about What it is to be a Human Being?” Thursday, February 1, 2007 Presented by Rev. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P. Assistant Professor of Biology and Instructor of Theology at Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island. Consultant to the Committee on Science and Human Values of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Follow the March for life (18 mins. 32 sec.) with the Dominican Friars, it was shot on the ground at the March from inside the moving crowd. It includes the personal testimony of many Dominican Friars, Sisters, CFR’s, Renewal Sisters, pastors, campus ministers, college students, and youth.

For example, hear from Br. Dominic Legge, OP about how the
March affects people who work inside the Supreme Court.

In this video (12 mins.) Fr. Juan-Diego tells us about his ministries as a canon lawyer, retreat work, Youth 2000, the Third Order and his experiences of preaching and religious life.

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It is an annual tradition at the Dominican House of Studies that in November, the month when the Church remembers the dead, the Student Brothers visit the nearby cemetery of our deceased brethren and pray for them. The tradition continued this year as the video below shows (approx 3 min). Also, all the Friars join in the De Profundis before entering the refectory each night with the names of the deceased for the day being read aloud.

A Christmas Carol (3 min 33 sec) In Suso’s biography it was written: Now this same angel came up to the Servant [Suso] brightly, and said that God had sent him down to him, to bring him heavenly joys amid his sufferings; adding that he must cast off all his sorrows from his mind and bear them company, and that he must also dance with them in heavenly fashion. Then they drew the Servant by the hand into the dance, and the youth began a joyous song about the infant Jesus, which runs thus: ‘In dulci jubilo’, etc.

Vocation Stories- Fr. Jonathan is the University Chaplain & Director of Campus Ministry at Quinnipiac University, CT., He shares with us why he became a priest. (5 min 39 sec)

A interview with Brother Dominic Legge, O.P. about his vocation story, the importance in his life of the Eucharist and the Blessed Mother. His experiences of the Order and Preaching. (approx. 2O mins.)

Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. — a Professor of Moral and Spiritual Theology at the Dominican House of Studies, contributes to the formation of Dominican priests of the Eastern Province. This video, the second in a series, presents an interview with Fr. Cole on the priesthood. Under 3 minutes (2:41) Who does God call to the Priesthood? What is the Priest called to do?

Processinonal Hymn
Music: Gustav Holst, Tune: Thaxted Text: Michael Perry (Heb. 13;15)
Gospel: Matthew 19: 16-26 sung by Br. Dominic Legge, O.P.
Rite of Profession
Homily: Very Rev. Dominic Izzo, O.P.
Religious Profession

Dominican Chant:Exspecta Dominum, viriliter age.
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; yea, wait for the Lord. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? (approx. 3 minutes)

Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. — a Professor of Moral and Spiritual Theology at the Dominican House of Studies, contributes to the formation of Dominican priests of the Eastern Province. This video, the first in a series, presents an interview with Fr. Cole on the priesthood. (approx 3 minutes) 

The video recording of Brother Anthony Giambrone’s sermon at the All Saints Vigil at the Dominican House of Studies. (approx 20 minutes long)

Fr. Austriaco earned his Ph.D. in Biology at M.I.T. and his License in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. The video is taken from a symposium entitled, “Stem Cells: Science, Ethics and Politics at the Crossroads,” held on October 2, 2004. His talk in defense of the dignity of the human embryo was given to oppose Proposition 71, a ballot measure in California that sought to fund destructive human embryo research. It was hosted by The Science Network, a national cable channel, and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, CA Fr. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P., is an Assistant Professor of Biology and an Instructor of Theology at Providence College in Providence, R.I. He also serves as an Investigator of the NIH-Rhode Island IDEA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Program, a staff ethicist at the Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry of New York, and a consultant for the Committee on Science and Human Values of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Fr. Nicanor is the first speaker in the video. He speaks for about thirteens minutes and contributes to the panel discussion at the end.

Fr. Basil Cole speaks of the importance of Saint Joseph in the spiritual life. (6 approx. mins.)