Dominican – Dominican Friars Ireland

‘Late Have I Loved You’: An Introduction to St Augustine’s Confessions

Archivist Author — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 08:43:27 +0000

Structure of talk Introduction Augustine’s life (up to conversion) Augustine and our post-Christian contemporaries The Confessions: style, structure, content Augustine’s conversion (Confessions V-IX) Questions for discussion Conclusion Quotations You are great, Lord, and highly to be praised (Ps 47:2), great is your power and your wisdom is immeasurable (Ps 146:5). Man, a little piece […]

Our Lady of the Rosary

Archivist Author — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 08:02:17 +0000

Today we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. It is a special feast for us as Dominicans as according to Catholic tradition, in the 13th century, Mary, the Mother of God appeared to our Holy Father St Dominic gave him the Rosary and asked him that instead of praying the psalms on […]

The Marian Foundation of the Order of Preachers.

Archivist Author — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:21:44 +0000

“The brothers ought to cherish the Orders traditional devotion to the Virgin Mother of God, Queen of Apostles. She is the example of meditation on the words of Christ and of acceptance of one’s mission.” (Constitutions of the Order of Preachers) In our formulae of profession, Dominicans unlike other religious communities promise obedience to Mary. […]

Mary stands by the cross

Archivist Author — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 18:57:12 +0000

Close by the Cross of Jesus was his mother Mary. But she was not simply there as the other by-standers, she wasn’t simply looking on. She was suffering with him. Here at the Cross she was living out the prophecy of Simeon. Years earlier when she brought her little boy to the Temple in Jerusalem […]

The Rosary – our Dominican heritage

Archivist Author — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:57:03 +0000

As this year draws to a close it seems fitting to call to mind once again the powerful gift entrusted to us in the Holy Rosary, this extraordinary Gospel prayer in which is so beautifully intertwined our Contemplative gaze on God and our Apostolic outreach to the world and its needs. One of the most […]

Religious Formation Ministry Program Award

Archivist Author — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:54:13 +0000

During this academic year Fr. Dwight Black OP from Trinidad and Tobago has been living in St. Saviour’s Priory in Dublin while studying for the ‘Loreto House Religious Formation Ministry’ program run by the Irish Missionary Union. At the end of the academic year the brothers in Dominick St. joined together to congratulate Fr. Dwight […]

S.T.B. Degree Conferrals

Archivist Author — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 14:24:40 +0000

On the 6th June 2015 Fr. Luuk Jansen OP and Fr. Matthew Martinez OP both received their Bachelor of Sacred Theology (S.T.B.) degrees. This is a graduate-level academic degree in theology awarded after four years of theological studies at the Dominican Studium in Dublin. The degree was awarded by the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas […]

Habit receptions and first professions

Archivist Author — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 13:06:24 +0000

The 14th of September, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, is the traditional day in which new novices in the Irish Province of the Dominicans receive their habit and start their noviciate year. It is then followed on the 15th of September, the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, by the simple profession of the […]

Blessed John of Fiesole OP (Fra Angelico)

Archivist Author — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:44:46 +0000

Bl John of Fiesole OP (Fra Angelico) Feast Day: 18th February According to the contemporaries of Fra Giovanni da Fiesole, popularly known as “Fra Angelico”, he often used to say- “Whoever does the work of Christ should always remain with Christ!”. While this saying of his can certainly be said to summarize Fra Angelico’s life […]

Blessed Jordan of Saxony

Archivist Author — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:37:22 +0000

Bl Jordan of Saxony OP Feast Day: 13th February Mothers hid their sons when Master Jordan came to town… These ten short words sum up in a humorous kind of way, the outstanding legacy of the successor of St. Dominic. It not only gives the impression that this new group of mendicant preachers had a […]