Dominicana » Br. Pier Giorgio Dengler, O.P.

Editor’s note: This post was originally published on August 23, 2013 as part of a series called To the Heights. The entire series can be found here. Father Pier Giorgio Dengler was ordained t...

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Editor's note: This post was originally published on August 30, 2013. It is part of a series on the Dominican Nuns, and you can read the rest of the series here. The Church is sometimes describe...

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Editor’s note: This is the third post in a series commenting on the first words of Christ as presented in the Gospels. Let it be so for now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righte...

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Though St. Peter Claver, SJ (1581-1654), was a very holy and remarkable man, he was “forgotten” during his earthly life in the very city in which he toiled: Cartagena, Colombia. How is it po...

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  During the Exodus story, which features the mighty manifestations of God’s power and love, God puts on a virtual fireworks display before all of Egypt. Pharaoh, the Egyptians, and the Israe...

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Saint Dominic famously didn’t sleep, except for a bare minimum.  Instead, he held vigil in the chapel, weeping.  Alone in the darkness with the Blessed Sacrament, St. Dominic would sob loudl...

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The figure of John the Baptist personifies this season of Advent – assiduously preparing for the coming of the promised Messiah; fasting; enduring physical discomfort; crying out day and night...

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Even though St. Columbanus or St. Frances of Rome are the patron saints of motorcyclists, you’re far more likely to see St. Jude riding a Harley – generally on a biker’s bicep.  With the ...

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Recently, I encountered a young woman struggling with many difficulties who turned all the bitterness in her heart against her faith.  She launched into a diatribe about “not getting anything...

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“I’m ready for a change – I want to like you. . . how do I start?” The man who spoke these words couldn’t have reached his 40s yet, but his searching gaze looked as if those eyes had ...

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Today, as we celebrate the birthday of our nation, you will no doubt watch fireworks and hear patriotic songs about the grandeur of our great country. Freedom figures prominently in our associat...

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