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Southern Province celebrates Jubilee Mass
Members of the Dominican Family on Nov. 7 at St. Dominic Church in New Orleans at the Mass for the Opening of the Jubilee Year, celebrating the 800th Anniversary of the Order.
Dominican Friars
News from the Western Province Friars
Fourteen Dominicans representing four provinces of friars, one monastery of cloistered nuns, and three congregations of active sisters participated in the annual Vocations Fair Oct. 9 at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Steubenville, Ohio. From Western Dominican Vocations Facebook page
Read recent article in Catholic San Francisco: Dominican vocations on the West Coast: “A real sign of hope”
Fr. Mazzuchelli Memorial Mass is Aug. 23
The annual Father Samuel Mazzuchelli Memorial Mass and dinner will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, at St. Patrick Church in Benton, Wisconsin. Father Mazzuchelli is known in Iowa and Wisconsin for establishing at least 35 parish communities, designing and building at least 24 churches, and founding the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters. He was declared “Venerable” by Pope John Paul II, the first step to sainthood. The day’s events also include a tour of St. Augustine Church in New Diggings, Wisconsin, and Father Mazzuchelli’s home and grave site in Benton. The public is invited. For more information, call 608-965-4517.
Fr. Timothy Radcliffe appointed as consultor
News from the Vatican
Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, OP, former Master of the Dominican Order, as a consultor of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Read CNS article
Eight friars ordained to the priesthood
Eastern Province
On May 22, eight friars of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph were ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Charles Brown at the St. Dominic’s Church in Washington, D.C.: Fathers Thomas More Garrett, John Maria Devaney, Boniface Endorf, Gabriel Joseph Torretta, Innocent Vincent Smith, Charles Shonk, Vincent Ferrer John Bagan, and Philip Neri Jordan Reese. Read more
