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Nuestra predicación tiene que estar encarnada en nuestra realidad y partir de la escucha de nuestro mundo, de sus riquezas y pobrezas, de sus capacidades y limitaciones, de sus alegrías y sufrimientos. Fr. Javier Aguilera OP

#OrdenDePredicadores #Dominicos

YouTube video by Dominican Friars in Britain 1. Psalm 50(51) - The Conquest of Sin | Lent with the Psalms

Lent with the Psalms. 51.

22 Feb 1632: Printing of Galileo's 'Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems' is completed #otd

19 Feb 1304: Benedict XI designates Walter of Winterbourne as Cardinal Priest of Santa Sabina #otd

A Dominican, he had been confessor to Edward I.

18 Feb 1455: d. Bl. Fra Angelico #Dominican #painter #otd - who was declared patron of Catholic artists in 1984.

The Dominican Blessed By Fra Angelico OP, who died #otd 18 Feb 1455.

These panels were orginally part of an altarpiece at the convent in Fiesole, founded by St Vincent Ferrer OP (The National Gallery, London)

Journey through Lent with the Psalms This Lent, join Fr Richard Ounsworth OP for a series on the Psalms. In Mass there is one book of […]

Journey through Lent with the Psalms--
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The Crucifixion possibly c. 1440 Fra Angelico, d. #otd 18 Feb 1455
To the left: Saints Monica, her son Augustine, and Peter Martyr. To the right: Saints Dominic, Francis, and Elizabeth of Hungary. (Met Museum)

Fra Angelico #Dominican died #otd 18 Feb 1455. Here's his Madonna of Humility, c. 1440 (Rijksmuseum)

A tricky virtue to get right.

Follow these Dominican friars preaching online this Lent During the holy season of Lent, the Order of Preachers offers a rich array of online preaching and prayer opportunities to accompany the faithful on the

Online Lenten Meditations and Reflections from The Order of Preachers. So many to explore-- www.op.org/follow-these...

Painted Sermons | Ingrid D. Rowland The dazzling works of Fra Angelico both testify to the immense wealth and power of fourteenth-century Florentine society and attempt to heal its pride, greed, and brutal inequality.

Fra Angelico’s patrons “presented him with the earth’s most precious pigments for his palette and prestigious destinations for his finished work, but they could never buy the man himself.” —Ingrid D. Rowland

Hoy se celebra el día del beato Nicolás Paglia, compañero, muy letrado y eficacísimo predicador, del mismo santo Domingo.

👉🏼 A él se debe la preparación de una Concordancia bíblica.

⏩️ https://www.dominicos.org/predicacion/evangelio-del-dia/16-2-2024/beato-nicolas-paglia/

Gustavo Gutiérrez Exhibit Explores 50 Years of Liberation Theology | Harvard Divinity School The exhibit opening event will offer space to gather and reflect on Gutiérrez’s life and legacy.

A new exhibit in the HDS library curated by Professor Raúl Zegarra honors the work and legacy of Gustavo Gutiérrez, the influential theologian known as the father of liberation theology.

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15 Feb 1681: John [Peter] Atwood reprieved by Charles II - he had been one of eleven Dominicans cited by Titus Oates. Atwood's reprieve came, apparently, just as he was about the step onto the hurdle at #Tyburn (BM)

#PopishPlot

Archbishop Lori of Baltimore's February 2026 pastoral letter garners international media attention. "In Charity & Truth: Toward a Renewed Political Culture"

Chaucer held that birds began mating on #St.Valentine’sDay. Nature begins to reawaken. There are several Valentines, or there is one with many stories. Venerated relics are in the Basilica Santa Maria in Cosmedin. The Bocca della Verità is there as well. Joyous St. Valentine's Day! cosmedin.org

#LayDominicans are men and women, single and married, 18 years +, living out their Catholic faith with a Dominican spirituality in the secular world. They come from diverse backgrounds and parishes. Join us in #Montreal. E-mail: bdelascasasopmtl@pm.me

New statistics offer global snapshot of Dominican Order ROME — The Order of Preachers closed the year 2025 with 5,111 friars worldwide, according to the newly released Statistics of the Order of Preachers

"The Dominican Family includes...137,412 Lay Dominicans organized in 2,306 fraternities across 75 countries...three Dominican secular institutes are present in 13 countries, and the International Dominican Youth Movement counts 1,940 members in 122 groups across 30 countries."

Home - UNOP Dominicans for Justice and Peace UNOP Dominicans represents the Dominican Order at the United Nations (UN), dedicated to the promotion of the Good News of justice and peace in the world, as an integral element of the Order’s mission ...

"Dominicans for Justice and Peace (Order of Preachers) was created in 1998...and endorsed...as a Permanent Delegation of the Order to the United Nations. The Delegation is based in Geneva and obtained its Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the UN in 2002." un.op.org

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Fra Angelico Meeting of St Francis and St Dominic c. 1429 (Staatliche Museen, Berlin)

Giovanni Bellini
Portrait of Fra Teodoro of Urbino as St Dominic 1515 (National Gallery, London)

7 Feb 1497: Girolamo Savonarola #Dominican preacher & visionary & his followers light the bonfire of vanities in #Florence #otd He would be burnt in the flames himself on 23 May 1497 (M SanMarco)

#santamariasopraminerva #StCatherineofSiena #FraAngelico #ChapelofStDominic #ChristtheRedeemer #CarafaChapel
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Anna McGee · At the Palazzo Strozzi: On Fra Angelico Faced with a parade of flushed Madonnas and anguished Christs, it would be easy to think that Fra Angelico was somehow...

At the Palazzo Strozzi www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Among the discarded of the world - L'Osservatore Romano William T. Vollmann is the author of monumental novels and first-hand reportage. Born in Los Angeles in 1959, Vollmann is known for his immersive ...

William T. Vollman: Some Thoughts on and Around 'Dilexi Te'

The Digital Collections of the Vatican Library.

22 Dec 1216: Honorius III issues the papal bull Religiosam Vitam, establishing the #Dominican order #otd

#DominicdeGuzman #CatherineofSiena #ThomasAquinas #RoseofLima #MeisterEckhart #SigridUndset #FraAngelico #DianadegliAndalo #PierGiorgioFrassati #MargareteSommer

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