Avila... Where we are, who are we?
The Santo Tomas convent welcomes us and the sisters greet you! Since we’ve been here for five days now, it is high time to tell you about where we are living these days, in the Royal Monastery of (...)
Do you know about Dominican mysticism?
Sr. Silvia Bara, from the Spanish province, offered to help us discover it… People usually refer to it as “Rhine mysticism” or “German mysticism” depending on whether the speaker is French or German. (...)
Tuesday, August 4th... The word of God
Today, Fr. Brian Pierce, op, led us in a close reading of the Message to the People of God on the Word of God by the Synod of Bishops on God’s Word in the life and in mission of the Church (...)
“Laudare, benedicere, praedicare”
For the jubilee of the Order, the liturgical commission of the Order organized a contest to create the official hymn of the celebration. The winner was “Laudare, Benedicere, Predicare.” It was (...)
Dominican Spirituality with Fr. Brian Pierce, op: “Give us this day our daily bread”
Fr. Brian Pierce is a Dominican from the United States who belongs to the Southern Province (St. Martin de Porres). He has previously lived in Honduras, Peru, and in Rome as the Order’s promoter (...)