Richard Woods’ New Book
August 17th, 2008
You can order this book in the U.S. by contacting:
Dufour Editions
124 Buyers Road
PO Box 7
Chester Springs, PA 19245-007
When more ordering information in available, it will be posted here.

You can order this book in the U.S. by contacting:
Dufour Editions
124 Buyers Road
PO Box 7
Chester Springs, PA 19245-007
When more ordering information in available, it will be posted here.
On July 24, 2008, the Rev. Martin Francis G. McCormick, O.P., died from cancer. Father McCormick was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, the son of late Frank and Loretta Mansfield McCormick. He is survived by his brother James and sister Regina. He was proceeded in death by his sisters Loretta and Dorothy. He made his religious profession as a Dominican Friar on August 31, 1955 and was ordained June 3, 1961. During his ministry as a Dominican he taught at Fenwick High School, was a hospital chaplain and the chaplain to the Dominican Nuns in Farmington Hills, Michigan. He was noted for his work with those who suffer from alcohol addiction.
The Office of the Dead will be celebrated at 9:30 AM, followed by a Memorial Mass at 10:30 AM at Saint Pius V Church, 1909 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL on Monday July 28th. Burial will be in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois. Memorials can be made to the Dominican Society for Vocational Support, 1909 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60608.

UPDATE #2: Here is the link to Fr. Graham’s obituary in the Chicago Tribune.
UPDATE: Here is a link to Fr. Graham’s obituary in the Dallas Morning News.
Our beloved brother Gilbert Passed away Friday, June 20, 2008 at 8:40 P.M. Leave a comment here or go here to our In Memoriam page of our photo gallery.
A funeral is planned for him at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in River Forest later this week:
Wake with Office of the Dead, Thursday, June 26th, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Reception of the Body at St. Vincent’s - 7:00 p.m.
Office of the Dead - 7:30 p.m.
Funeral, Friday, June 27th
Final Viewing - 9:30 a.m.
Mass of Christian Burial - 10:00 a.m.
Luncheon at St. Vincent’s following Funeral Mass.
Interment at All Saints Cemetery
St. Vincent Ferrer Church
1530 Jackson, Ave.
River Forest, IL 60305
It has been a busy Spring this year for the Province of St. Albert the Great as three new priests have been ordained and five brothers professed solemn vows. Go to our online photo gallery and click on Special Events to see the pictures of the events.
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Our Summer 2008 edition of Dominican Central is available here. You can also receive a print copy by sending your address to domprovinoffice@domcentral.org.
The new Dominican Ordo is online in PDF format. You can access it by searching for Ordo in our Online Resources page or by simply clicking here.
Tuesday, April 29th is the feast day of our sister Saint Catherine. If you need more information about her or are looking for some preaching resources, be sure to check out Fr. Tom McDermott’s web site Drawn by Love. If you can’t find it there, it might not exist!
Several of the student brothers, as well as Aquinas Institute President Fr. Peddicord, made the journey to St. John’s Seminary in New York for the audience with Pope Benedict XVI. For more pictures, go to our Gallery.
Our brother Arthur passed away today, Sunday April 6, 2008. He was the oldest brother in the Province in order of religion and was our last living link to the mother province of St. Joseph, where Art had made his novitiate when the Province of St. Albert the Great was formed in 1939.
Funeral Plans are pending and will be posted here when available.
Fr. Albert Judy, O.P. has been hard at work translating many sermons from our brother Vincent. It is updated as he gets them completed, so bookmark the site and visit often. The sermons are from a volume of 400 in Latin, so give him a little time to get them all done!