Most of those who join the Order do so with the intention of being ordained priests –members of the presbyteral order. The identity of priesthood is maintained in our tradition, […]

As Dominicans, we live a vowed life. On the day when a Dominican friar makes his first profession (at the end of the novitiate year) he promises obedience to God. […]

When men are accepted into the Dominican Order, they begin a process of initial formation that normally lasts about seven years. Formation begins in the novitiate community. The novitiate year […]