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DISCERNING GOD’S WORD

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800 Years of Dominican Legacy

August 25, 2020 / Featured

It all began 800 years ago with a light shining in the darkness of confusion and false reality. St. Dominic had a hope for humanity, founded upon a Presence that was certain. This Presence of God needed to be known so humanity would be free to see Truth. As the Gospel of John applies Psalm 69:9 to the impassioned Christ, “zeal for your house will consume me,”

Dying for another, St. Maximilian Kolbe shows the creative power of love

August 20, 2020 / Detroit Catholic / Reflection

By Sr. Maria Veritas Marks, OP

Engaging in a Spirit of Totality and Joy

August 8, 2020 / Featured / News

Saint Dominic was a man moved by his engagement with reality. The Albigensian heresy ran strong in St. Dominic’s time, teaching that things of the physical world – material and created things – were evil and corrupt. It went so far as to devalue the humanity of Christ and the holiness of the sacraments, as they too were considered physical realities.