Saint Catherine de’ Ricci OP
St Catherine de’ Ricci OP Feast Day: 4th February Alexandra de’ Ricci was born of a noble family near Florence in 1522. At the age of twelve she entered the Dominican convent of St Vincent at Prato and...
View ArticleSaint Catherine of Siena OP
St Catherine of Siena OP Feast Day: 29th April Saint Catherine was born in Siena in 1347, being the youngest of 25 children. She lived in a time disrupted by political turmoil, wars, the plague and...
View ArticleBlessed Jane of Aza – 2nd August
Feast Day: 2nd of August Blessed Jane was born in the prominent Aza family and married Felix de Guzman. Three of their Children spent their lives in the service of the Church – Anthony, Mannes and...
View ArticleSaint Martin de Porres
Feast day: 3rd of November Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru, in 1579 of John, a Spanish nobleman, and Anna Velasquez, a freed slave. As a boy he studied medicine which later, as a member of the...
View ArticleTo Whom Do We Belong?
St Catherine of Siena To whom do we belong? This is without doubt the central question of one’s spiritual life – do we belong to the world with its boisterous demands, worries and vain promises of...
View ArticleHoney for the Bees
Honey for the Bees. Every family has fond memories, ones they often recall. This is no different for the Dominican family who often recalls the ‘early days’ when the Order was taking shape. One such...
View ArticleSt Catherine of Siena
Today is the great Feast of our sister in St Dominic, St Catherine of Siena. It is providential that the Church places before us for imitation this great Saint in the season of Eastertide. The Lord...
View ArticlePope St Pius V
Born in a town called Bosco in Northern Italy, and raised in the humblest surroundings of poverty and obscurity, Anthony Ghislieri was born to poor parents in the year 1504. His Baptismal Name was...
View ArticleSt Dominic – Man of Fire
Today around the world Dominicans are celebrating the Feast of our Holy Father St Dominic. A celebration such as this is not just an opportunity to remember the life and legacy of our founder; it is...
View ArticleFrassati Experience
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati was a mountaineer, a great friend, a charitable volunteer, a political activist, a man of deep prayer, and… a third-Order Dominican. Inspired by his example, the Dominican...
View ArticleBlessed Peter O’ Higgins OP
Today Irish Dominicans keep the memory of one of their own brothers, Blessed Peter O’ Higgins, OP, Prior and refounder of the Post Reformation Dominican Priory at Naas Co. Kildare, who was martyred for...
View ArticleSt. Catherine of Siena, O.P.
‘O Mary peaceful sea ! Mary giver of peace! Mary fertile soil You Mary are the new sprung plant from whom we have the fragrant blossom, the word, God’s only begotten son, for in you, fertile soil was...
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