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Our Lenten penances are meant to strike at our self-absorption, sacrificing creature comforts to open our hearts to God and our neighbor. They are not meant to be a source of spiritual pride.

Sometimes we experience that our hearts are so broken that they have turned into pieces, into ashes. These are situations when we do not only ask ourselves why that happened but what for.

​​​​​​​Br. Greg takes us through salvation history, and our own Dominican history, to explore just how God is calling us into His Wonderful Life and how He has always called us, His People. Click to view...

The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has issued two new liturgical texts in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Fr. Carl B. Trutter, O.P. Fr. Carl died on March 25, 2020, in New Orleans, LA. Read more...

Brother Carlos Salas, O.P. preaches during Vespers on 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 for the Fourth Sunday in Lent. Brother Carlos asks us what we do in the midst of unprecedented uncertainty. Click to view...

The gift of special Indulgences is granted to the faithful suffering from COVID-19 disease, commonly known as Coronavirus, as well as to health care workers, family members and all those who in any capacity, including through prayer, care for them. Read more...

See what's happening around the Province: Martin's Bread Ministry, Gratitude Events, The New Orleans Gala, A Vocations Update, The Dominican Laity of Memphis, and an Interview with Charlotte Crusta.

Please know of the prayers of the friars of the Southern Dominican Province for all who are suffering from the virus, or others who are at risk. Read more...

In this time of quarantena en quaresima, we are invited to pause and ponder the nearness of God to us. Read more...

As we begin the year of the Lord 2020, let us keep in mind the forthcoming celebration of the 8th Centenary of the Dies Natalis of our Holy Father St. Dominic. Br. Bruno Cadoré has announced in his letter on 6 August 2018 that we will “celebrate the anniversary of St. Dominic’s death during the year starting on the 6th of January 2021 until the 6th of January 2022.” Read more...

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our brother Fr. Daniel Shanahan, O.P. (1934-2019). Read more...

The new chapel at Tulane Catholic will allow students to encounter Christ in his divine majesty, uncovered by the beauty of the new worship space which is about the same size as the former chapel. Read more...

On Monday, August 12, 2019, six young men began their novitiate at St. Albert the Great Priory in Irving, Texas. Read more...

On Saturday, August 10, 2019, Br. Andrew Martin del Valle, OP professed simple vows for two years. Read more...

On Wednesday, August 7, 2019, Br. Greg Dunn, OP renewed his vows for two years. Read more...

A video update from the General Chapter (Capitulum Generale OP - Bien Hoa 2019) from Br. Herman Johnson, OP. Click to watch...

Fr. Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP is elected the 88th Master of the Order of Friars Preachers. Read more...

On June 24, 2019, the Master of the Order of Friars Preachers, Fr. Bruno Cadoré OP, signed the Decree of Promulgation of the Revised Liturgical Calendar of the Order, recently approved by the Holy See. The Calendar will go into effect with Vespers I of the First Sunday of Advent, November 30, 2019. Read more...