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May 08
Under Our Lady’s Mantle
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May 05
Petition to Add Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati to the Liturgical Calendar
There is an online petition underway to present a petition to the USCCB for the Divine Worship Committee to add Bl. Pier Giorgio to the Liturgical Calendar. You can find the petition and sign it at change.org. In the words of the petition: Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati was an incredible witness to Christ and …
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May 02
Prayer for the Jubilee
With the Jubilee of the 800th year of the Order coming soon an official prayer has been released: God, Father of mercy, who called your servant Dominic de Guzman to set out in faith as an itinerant pilgrim and a preacher of grace, as we prepare to celebrate the Jubilee of the Order we ask …
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May 01
Fr Giuseppe Girotti, OP Beatified
Fr. Giuseppe Girotti, OP was beatified last Saturday the 26th of April at Duomo di Alba in Cuneo the city of his birth. He was a Scripture scholar who studied at the Angelicum and the Ecole Biblique under Servant of God Marie-Joseph Lagrange, OP. Later he taught Scriptures at the Dominican Theological Seminary of Turin …
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Mar 04
Lenten Resources
On this Fat Tuesday here are some resources for your Lenten journey: Here are the Prayer Intentions for March: Respect for Women. That all cultures may respect the rights and dignity of women. Vocations. That many young people may accept the Lord’s invitation to consecrate their lives to proclaiming the Gospel. You can sign up for …
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Feb 27
Novena for the Canonization of Archbishop Sheen
The blog of the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation has announced that beginning today, Wednesday, February 26th until March 6th they are beginning a novena for the canonization of Archbishop Sheen. As Archbishop Sheen was a Dominican tertiary this seems like a wonderful exercise leading up to Lent. The prayer is the one for canonization which follows: …
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Feb 21
Lay Dominicans and Preaching
As part of the preparations for the upcoming 800th anniversary of the Order Brother Bruno Cadore, the Master of the Order has issued a letter about Dominican Laity and preaching. The letter, updated for American spelling, can be found below and the original can be found in pdf format at this link.
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Feb 20
Win a Catholic Men’s Bible
The Catholic Bibles Blog is running a contest from not until Sunday, February the 23rd for a copy of the new Catholic Men’s Bible from Our Sunday Visitor. I’d highly recommend visiting the Catholic Bibles Blog for information on upcoming editions of Scriptures and also for information on various versions, study tools, and other issues …
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