Dominicans Interactive - Irish Dominicans

This week Fr. Luuk OP continues to look at the Gospel in relation to the season of Advent. This week the focus is one of the main charaters featuring in the season of Advent, the one who "makes the path straight", "the voice crying in the wilderness". Guided by the relevant scripture passage this weeks reflection is mainly on John the Baptist.

The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

This week Fr. Luuk OP continues to look at the Gospel in relation to the season of Advent. Passages in the past week have brought to light the importance of faith in relation to the ministry of Jesus. This time of advent gives us an opportunity for ourselves to reflect on our own faith in relation to Jesus. What do we think of miracles? Do they still happen? Some of the topics that come up in this weeks episode.

The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

We have begon the season of Advent. Advent is a time of preparation, expectation and waiting for the coming of Christ. In this weeks episode Fr Terence OP and Fr. Luuk OP will look at the infancy naratives as found in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke. What dot he infancy narritives tell us about the coming of Jesus, how does it connect to ancient history and what does it mean to us in our lives?

The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

As it is the month of November this weeks edition of 'The Light of Truth' talks about the Saint, the Holy Souls and how these are connected to our lives and world. This is the end of the Liturgical Year and the focus is shifting to the world to come. As such it is a good time of the year to think about our own journey, where we are, and where we are going in the licht of all this.

The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

Bro. Philip Mulryne OP was ordained deacon in St. Saviour’s Dublin on Saturday the 29th of October.

Bro. Philip was ordained by the Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, during a Mass celebrated at 2:30 pm in St. Saviour’s. Bro. Philip was joined by his family, friends and many Dominican brothers on this joyous occasion.

Bro. Philip will with the help of God be ordained to the priesthood sometime during the coming year, so please keep him in your prayers as he continues his studies.

This week some of the Irish Dominican Friars were on a mission to Derry. In this weeks program we talk a bit about the mission and also talked about two questions which we received a short while ago through the social media.

The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

In our relationship with God there are many variables. One of the most important things is off course prayer. Prayer can have many different forms and shapes, and many people pray in different ways. This week Fr. Luuk O.P. and Bro. Philip O.P. return to prayer and our relationship with God, and some of the basics that need to be in place to let this relationship flourish.

The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

During the summer four Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia from Nashville, Tennessee, arrived in Limerick and moved into the Dominican Priory in Glentworth Street. This week on 'the Light of Truth' they share a little about their story, and the daily life as religious sisters.

The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

The scriptures occupy a central role in our Christian lives. Through the scriptures God speaks to us, and makes known to us the plan of salvation. At many times during this radio show the scriptures come to the fore as a central aspect in deepening our relationship with God through listening to His Word.

This week we will look at the Bible and how God is revealing Himself to us through the books we find within it. Fr. Terence Crotty OP and Fr. Luuk OP have a look at the bible as a whole and then with a focus on the beginning and the book of Genesis.

The radio program ‘The Light of Truth’ is a weekly Dominican radio program on Radio Maria Ireland. Please join us every Wednesday live at 14:00 GMT on Radio Maria – you can listen to the program on DAB in Dublin or Cork and online using the Radio Maria App or on the website: http://www.radiomaria.ie.

This short video shows a recording of homily given by Fr. John Harris OP at the Mass for the Opening of the Academic Year 2016-1217.

The Irish Dominican Province has its own theology Studium, or House of Studies located in the north city center of Dublin. St. Saviour’s Priory houses the student brothers during the years of their initial formation and intellectual studies leading to their ordination to the priesthood. Apart from the brothers of the Irish Dominican Province brothers from the Provinces of Malta and Poland as well as a student from the Benedictine Silverstream Priory in Co. Meath and a Conventual Franciscan from Fairview finishing off his studies as he prepared for his priestly ordination..

(Appologies for the short disruptions in the recorded audio caused by electronic interference)