As we begin this day, let me focus on the person for whom it is named, Catherine Beninicasa later known as St. Catherine of Siena – Saint and Doctor of the Church. I will give some history during prayer to begin this conference. Catherine is the co-patroness of Italy...
Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD speaks in the chapel at Mariandale On Saturday, April 29, the feast day of St. Catherine of Siena, Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD spoke to an audience of 300 in person and online at The Center at Mariandale’s second annual St. Catherine of Siena...
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...
We had been in France for a week, and I didn’t have any huge realizations about life, just a few very simple ones, a few smoothed shells plucked from the shore of the sea. We climbed up to the town Saint Paul de Vence all of us in a minivan; the full-size van...
