Quantcast
Channel: Dominican Saints – Irish Dominicans
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 12 View Live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Blessed Jane of Aza – 2nd August

Feast Day: 2nd of August Blessed Jane was born in the prominent Aza family and married Felix de Guzman. Three of their Children spent their lives in the service of the Church – Anthony, Mannes and...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Saint Martin de Porres

Feast day: 3rd of November Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru, in 1579 of John, a Spanish nobleman, and Anna Velasquez, a freed slave. As a boy he studied medicine which later, as a member of the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

To Whom Do We Belong?

St Catherine of Siena To whom do we belong? This is without doubt the central question of one’s spiritual life – do we belong to the world with its boisterous demands, worries and vain promises of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Honey for the Bees

Honey for the Bees. Every family has fond memories, ones they often recall. This is no different for the Dominican family who often recalls the ‘early days’ when the Order was taking shape. One such...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

St Catherine of Siena

  Today is the great Feast of our sister in St Dominic, St Catherine of Siena. It is providential that the Church places before us for imitation this great Saint in the season of Eastertide. The Lord...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Pope St Pius V

  Born in a town called Bosco in Northern Italy, and raised in the humblest surroundings of poverty and obscurity, Anthony Ghislieri was born to poor parents in the year 1504.  His Baptismal Name was...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

St Dominic – Man of Fire

Today around the world Dominicans are celebrating the Feast of our Holy Father St Dominic. A celebration such as this is not just an opportunity to remember the life and legacy of our founder; it is...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Frassati Experience

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati was a mountaineer, a great friend, a charitable volunteer, a political activist, a man of deep prayer, and… a third-Order Dominican. Inspired by his example, the Dominican...

View Article


Blessed Peter O’ Higgins OP

Today Irish Dominicans keep the memory of one of their own brothers, Blessed Peter O’ Higgins, OP, Prior and refounder of the Post Reformation Dominican Priory at Naas Co. Kildare, who was martyred for...

View Article


St. Catherine of Siena, O.P.

‘O Mary peaceful sea ! Mary giver of peace! Mary fertile soil You Mary are the new sprung plant from whom we have the fragrant blossom, the word, God’s only begotten son, for in you, fertile soil was...

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 12 View Live




Latest Images