by Gabrielle Huff | Jun 14, 2025 | Dominicana Journal
Summer Schedule Announcement Dear Friends, As the days stretch to their longest and the temperature rises, we student brothers have had much to celebrate. We recently welcomed the Master of the Order, Father Gerard Francisco Timoner (the 87th successor of Saint...
by Gabrielle Huff | Jun 12, 2025 | Dominicana Journal
Hope, in reality, is the worst of all evils because it prolongs man’s torment. — Friedrich Nietzsche Both intuition and common wisdom—for we are frequently told to never give up hope—tell us that this statement from Nietzsche is simply wrong. Of course, what Nietzsche...
by Gabrielle Huff | Jun 10, 2025 | Dominicana Journal
In February 2025, scientists released a digital reconstruction of Saint Thomas Aquinas’s face based on his relics. Dominican friars shared what it meant to them to glimpse their beloved brother, but they are not the first to be moved by his impressive appearance. In...
by Gabrielle Huff | Jun 5, 2025 | Dominicana Journal
The mystery of the priesthood gives us so much food for thought, it’s almost too much. We can wonder how a mere man becomes an instrument to save sinners like himself. We can reflect on how God seems to pursue the priest as much as (if not more than) the priest...
by Gabrielle Huff | Jun 3, 2025 | Dominicana Journal
I stood in an open field under a blue sky. The sun shone softly on the many wildflowers populating the field, and a light breeze caused the grass to sway rhythmically as if to a song. I delighted in the bright array of colors—white, yellow, orange, green,...
