St Dominic

This year, the 800th of the Dominican Order, our governing body, the General Chapter, met in Bologna to discuss and

I consider it truly providential that the Dominican Jubilee to celebrate 800 years of the Order of Preachers should overlap

We Dominicans have not always been very good at promoting devotion to Our Holy Father St Dominic: that’s why our

After a hearty breakfast in Silos our pilgrimage made the short twenty minute journey to Caleruega, the birthplace of St.

18 months ago, my 10 year old nephew and godson, Leo, said to me that he wanted to choose St

As we celebrate the feast day of Saint Dominic, we might wonder how our father Dominic would react if he

The salvation of souls (other people's, but also our own) has always been considered the goal of the Order of

The title 'praedicator gratiae' can be taken in three senses all of which are realised in the life of Saint

At the translation of the relics of St. Dominic, we are told that the air was filled with the odour

During his life St. Dominic had many encounters with the devil. Sometimes Satan would appear in diabolic form.

St Dominic is frequently depicted with a star around his forehead, because his mother, Blessed Juana de Aza saw this

St Dominic's feast day (8 August) falls on a Sunday this year, but our parishes and churches which have St