'How in Heaven's name did we get from Bethlehem to here?: What we can learn from the early Church'. Fr Tom McCarthy OP, a priest of the Irish Province of Dominicans, guides us through some of the main developments in early Christian theology, showing how the whole process is really an unpacking of the central Gospel event: God becoming man in Jesus Christ.
It’s nearly Christmas! After weeks of waiting, the day of the Birth of our Lord is just around the corner. Today’s reading is a reminder then, to get things in perspective. If you have been absorbed recently in the commercial side of Christmas, St Augustine’s reading reminds us of the true meaning of the season: ‘Wake up, O man’, he says, ‘it was for you that God was made man!’
Throughout the twenty centuries of Christianity, writers and preachers have been falling over each other trying to do justice to Mary, the Mother of God. Perhaps the most successful in this regard is St Bernard of Clairvaux. He was a Cistercian monk and he had an enormous impact on the Europe of his day. Here, though, we see his tender side, as he addresses our blessed Mother. Appropriately for this stage of Advent, he turns to the moment when the Word became flesh, when Mary said Yes to what Go...
In this episode of St. Saviour's Symposium we have Dr Miguel DeArce giving a presentation on "Friendship, Religion and the Spread of Darwinism"
This is a recording of a discussion in which the students of the Irish Dominicans had to look back on World Youth Day in Madrid last August.
A short video of the Irish Dominican Pilgrimage to Madrid - 2011, starting with the visit to Caleruega, Salamanca, Avila, Toledo and then Madrid.
There are two speakers in this second Symposium of this academic year. This is the first part in which Kevin Hargaden speaks about the phenomenon of the social networks like Facebook. Saint Saviour's Symposium is a monthly meeting with presentation and discussion around popular topics connected to the Catholic faith.
This is a recording of Fr. John Harris OP, giving a homily at the opening Mass of the Academic Year in the Dominican Studium in Dublin.
The archbishop of Dublin, Most Rev Diarmuid Martin, ordained Fr Denis Murphy OP and Fr Maurice Colgan OP during the celebration of Mass which was attended by many Dominican friars, family and friends of the two brothers and parishioners of Dominick Street parish.
On the 14th September 2011, the Feast of The Triumph of The Cross, five men received the Dominican Habit and were received in the Irish province of Dominicans. On the 15th September, the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, Br. Paul Hughes OP made his simple Profession.
Fr. David Barrins OP was ordained to the priesthood on the Feast of Christ the King, 2010. This short clip gives a summary of the Mass.
On the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Sr Mary Teresa Dunphy OP made her Solemn Profession (vows for the rest of her life) in the Dominican Convent of Saint Catherine of Siena, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Please have a look at the synopsis of this joyful occasion!
The last meeting of the St Saviour's Symposium for the academic year 2010/11 was addressed by Dr Catherine Kavanagh of the Department of Philosophy, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Dr Kavanagh studied at UCD and Notre Dame, and is an expert in the thought of the ninth-century Irishman Johannes Scottus Eriugena. In her lecture she spoke about his interest in synthesising the thought of Eastern and Western theologians in his work. It was a great honour to be present at such a detailed presentat...
On May 1, Pope Benedict beatified his predecessor, John Paul II. John Paul's legacy will be analysed by historians for years to come, but perhaps the best way we can honour his memory is to study and his teachings. With this in mind, the topic of this symposium is, 'The Conversion of the Baptised in the Thought of John Paul II'. Dr Carole Brown gave the lecture, based on her recent doctoral research. Dr Brown has been involved in many aspects of the 'New Evangelisation' in the US, Ireland and el...
This recording shows a discussion of some of the student brothers and Fr. John Harris OP of the Dominican Irish Studium in Dublin, concerning the message of the Pope for World Youth Day (WYD) which is going to be held in Madrid this summer.
This month in the Saint Saviour's Symposium we have Angelo Bottone who gave a lecture on Blessed Henry Cardinal Newman an the idea of the University, especially in relation to the time Newman was in Dublin to setup the Catholic University.
A recording of David Quinn of the Iona Institute giving a presentation of the Dictatorship of Relativism.
This time we have Fr. Terence Crotty O.P. in our Symposium series, giving a lecture on Creation in Genesis. Do we read the creation accounts as a literal text or is there more under the surface?
Fr. Allan White O.P. gave a lecture in honor of the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, in the Irish Dominican Studium here in Dublin. The talk was entitle "the Humble Intelligence of the Heart" about study in the Dominican Order.
On the 2nd of January 2011, brothers Denis Murphy OP, Maurice Colgan OP and Brian Doyle OP were ordained as deacons in preparation for priestly ordination in the near future. The ordination took place in St. Saviour's Priory, Dublin, and the ordaining prelate was Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin of the Dublin Archdiocese.
This is a recording of the Salve procession after First Vespers of a Sunday in St. Mary's Church, Pope's Quay, Cork, Ireland. This is the Dominican version of the Salve Regina, which is followed by the O Lumen Ecclesiae (O light of the Church), the Magnificat Antiphon of the feast of Saint Dominic. ;
Discussion on Pope Benedict XVI's address in Westminster Hall during his visit to the UK. By some of the Dominican Students of the Irish Province of the Dominican Order
A recording of the Rorate Caeli, with the Latin and English texts.
On the unusual occasion of a lot of snow in Dublin, the students of the Irish Dominican Province had a bit of a snowball fight...
Part 2 of the discussion of the students in St. Saviour's Dominican Priory in Dublin. The students discuss the address of Pope Benedict XVI during the Holy Hour held in Hyde Park on the Vigil of the Beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman. ;
Fr. David Barrins on RTE 1 radio.
The students in St. Saviour's Dominican Priory in Dublin discuss the address of Pope Benedict XVI during the Holy Hour held in Hyde Park on the Vigil of the Beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman.
Recently, three of our brothers here in the Dominican Studium in Dublin received the Ministry of Acolyte. This short video shows part of the ceremony and explains what the Ministry of Acolyte is about.
Two of our student brothers, Ronan Bernard OP and Damian Polly OP recently gave a brief interview to ;RNN
This video shows a discussion between students of the Irish Dominican Province about the letter Pope Benedict XVI sent to seminarians.
