Who We Were, Who We’ve Become: a Brief History of U.S. Dominicans

Who We Were, Who We’ve Become: a Brief History of U.S. Dominicans

This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of...
Gospel Reflection: Seeing the Transfiguration as a Gift

Gospel Reflection: Seeing the Transfiguration as a Gift

I have thought of the Transfiguration as a gift of Jesus to Peter, James and John. Life had been pretty good for them thus far; miracles in abundance, attention was being paid to the poor, to the not-so-important. But life was going to get challenging and very...

What is O.P.?

The short answer is: O.P. stands for the ‘Order of Preachers,’ the name of the Dominican Order. But, why are Dominicans called the Order of Preachers? The answer necessitates a look back at history, back at Saint Dominic himself. In 1170, Domingo Félix de Guzmán was...