Dominican Order - Wikipedia
The Order of Preachers (Latin: Ordo Prædicatorum, abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilian priest named Dominic de Guzmán.
Dominican Order
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Dominican | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
Dominican, one of the four great mendicant orders of the Roman Catholic Church, founded by St. Dominic in 1215. The order has been a synthesis of the contemplative life and the active ministry and is noted for it unswerving orthodoxy. Learn more about the Dominican order and its history.
History - ORDO PRAEDICATORUM | OFFICIAL - Dominican Order
For 800 years the mission of the Order of Preachers has been to proclaim the Gospel to every corner of the world. We do this for one simple reason: that every soul may come to know and love Jesus Christ. It was for this reason that St. Dominic de …
Dominican Order - New World Encyclopedia
The Dominican Order, originally known as the Order of Preachers, is a Catholic religious order created by Saint Dominic in the early thirteenth century in France. Dominic established his religious community in Toulouse in 1214, officially recognized as an order by Pope Honorius III …
Dominican Order in the United States - Wikipedia
On December 8, 1979, in response to the rapid growth of the Catholic population in the Southern United States, the Order of Preachers approved the foundation of a new Dominican province – the Province of Saint Martin de Porres.
History of the Order of the Preachers, the Dominican Friars
During the first century of the Order’s existence, Dominican friars served as preachers, inquisitors, canon lawyers, theologians, and teachers at intellectual and spiritual centers such as Paris, Bologna, Orvietto, and Rome.
Charism - ORDO PRAEDICATORUM | OFFICIAL - Dominican Order
The Rosary. For centuries the Order of Preachers has promoted the rosary among the faithful, helping establish the Rosary Confraternity and prayer groups around the world. Everyday Dominicans recite at least five decades, fostering devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and asking for her intercession.
Dominicans of the Central Province | Dominican Friars
We are members of the Order of Preachers, an 800-year-old religious order in the Roman Catholic Church. We preach throughout the central region of the United States, from the Dakotas to Michigan, down to Colorado and New Mexico.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Order of Preachers - NEW ADVENT
Of the first order (the Preachers) are St. Dominic, St. Peter of Verona, martyr, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Raymond of Pennafort, St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Antoninus of Florence. Among the Dominican saints in general there is a predominance of the intellectual over the emotional qualities; their mystical life is more subjective than objective; and ...