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Welcome to the Dominican Central Province.

The Province of St. Albert the Great in the USA. We are a Roman Catholic religious order of men officially called the Order of Preachers. Our provincial headquarters are located in Chicago, Illinois. As the United States Central Province, with 200 members, we minister primarily in the Midwest, but our work extends throughout the world. Our ministries span from Albuquerque to Detroit, from St. Louis to Minneapolis, then on to Bolivia, France, Switzerland, Rome, and Nigeria and Kenya.

Our mission is preaching.

The following pages demonstrate that this preaching takes place in a wide variety of settings: in diocesan offices, in parishes, on college and university campuses, in schools, in hospitals, through the arts, in the missions, among the poor, on the road, and in various other specialized fields.

Mission Statement of the Province.

The Dominican Friars of the Province of Saint Albert the Great communicate the word of God through preaching, theological education and the promotion of justice and peace. This mission in the body of Christ demands a vowed community life, liturgical prayer and life-long study.

Featured Friar

Br. Dominic McManus, O.P.

“The truth which we seek daily to know better and love more is not a proposition; rather, it is a person—the person of our Blessed Lord. Once we have grasped this, that when Jesus identifies Himself with the Truth that He has sanctified all truth, then we find ourselves compelled, not by fear, nor by ambition, but by the very love of God, to the discipline of study. In time this discipline orders not only our thoughts, but our affections also, and so our love for God and neighbor is perfected in contemplative study.”

Bro. Dominic McManus, OP DOB: October 5, 1982 Professed: August 13, 2006 Current Ministry: Student Brother Fun Facts: Dominican Student Brother. Wannabe Classicist. Sometime Poet. Gaelic Enthusiast. Inveterate Storyteller. No fixed abode.Read More

Our Web Blog

  • 07/23/10 - Below is a video on Government of the Order featuring our own Fr. Ed Ruane, O.P. Please subscribe to the channel to keep up with all the happenings of the ... Read More

  • 06/21/10 - On June 13, 2010, the Rev. Vincent Italo Zarlenga, O.P., died from advanced age. He was a native ... Read More