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in the early 19th century. The first Dominican institution in the United States was the Province of Saint Joseph, which was established in 1805. Additionally, there have been numerous institutes of Dominican Sisters and Nuns.


Friars

The Dominican Order (Order of Preachers) has four provinces of Friars established in the United States. Each province is divided according to the states in its geographical region. As of 2016, there are 593 professed members of the US provinces.


Province of St. Joseph (Eastern)

The Eastern Province, or The Dominican Friars of the Province of Saint Joseph, now covers the northeastern United States (i.e. Kentucky, the original home of the Dominican Order in the United States, and the states to the north and east of eastern Kentucky).


Communities and Apostolates of the Province


Holy Innocents Parish, Pleasantville, NY

Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC

Sts. Philip and James University Parish, Baltimore, MD
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The Catholic Community at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

St. Catherine of Siena Priory, New York, NY

St. Dominic Priory, Washington, DC

St. Dominic Priory, Youngstown, OH

St. Gertrude Priory, Cincinnati, OH

St. Joseph's Parish Greenwich Village, New York, NY
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Catholic Center, New York University, New York, NY
* St. Joseph Rectory, Somerset, OH *
Holy Trinity Church, Somerset, OH

St. Louis Bertrand Priory, Louisville, KY

St. Mary's Priory, New Haven, CT

St. Patrick Priory, Columbus, OH

St. Patrick's Rectory, Philadelphia, PA

St. Rose Priory, Springfield, KY

St. Denis Parish, Hanover, NH
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Aquinas House -Catholic Student Center at Dartmouth College

St. Thomas Aquinas Priory, Charlottesville, VA

St. Thomas Aquinas Priory, Providence, RI

St. Pius V Parish, Providence, RI

St. Vincent Ferrer Priory, New York, NY
* Siena House, Nairobi


Province of St. Albert the Great (Central)

The Central Province, or Province of Saint Albert the Great was established in 1939, and it currently covers the states of Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, and serves ten parishes, five campus ministries, three high schools, several houses of studies, publication services, and a variety of social justice ministries within this area. The headquarters is in Chicago. In 2012 the Province completed construction on the new Saint Dominic Priory in St. Louis, Missouri; the new Priory, which can house up to 50 friars, is the House of Studies for the Central and Southern Provinces. As of June 2015, the
Prior Provincial Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be l ...
is the Very Rev. James Marchionda, O.P.


Communities and Apostolates of the Province


St. Dominic Priory (House of Studies), St. Louis, MO

Fenwick High School, Oak Park, IL

Domestic Violence Outreach, Archdiocese of Chicago

St. Pius V. Parish, Chicago, IL

Shrine of St. Jude, Chicago, IL

New Priory Press, Chicago, IL

Holy Name of Mary, Chicago, IL

St. Vincent Ferrer Parish, River Forest, IL

St. Paul Catholic Center at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

St. Thomas Aquinas Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Aquinas College- Campus Ministry, Grand Rapids, MI

Blessed Sacrament Parish, Madison, WI

St. Albert the Great Parish, Minneapolis, MN
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Holy Rosary Parish, Minneapolis, MN

University of St Thomas, St Paul, MN

Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Louis, MO

Thomas More Center, Webster, Wisconsin

St. Dominic Priory, Denver, CO

Dominican Ecclesial Institute, Albuquerque, NM


Province of St. Martin de Porres (Southern)

On December 8, 1979, in response to the rapid growth of the Catholic population in the
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, the
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approved the foundation of a new Dominican province – the Province of Saint Martin de Porres. The geographic boundaries of the province cover eleven states: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The friars (priests and brothers) minister in a variety of settings throughout the South, including universities and other educational institutions, campus ministries, Dominican parishes, and itinerant ministries. The Provincial Office (headquarters) is in New Orleans, Louisiana.


Communities and Apostolates of the Province


Dominican Province of St. Martin de Porres - Official Site

Dominican Province of St. Martin de Porres - Vocations Site

Emory University Catholic Center, Atlanta, GA

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Atlanta GA

Southeastern Louisiana University Catholic Center, Hammond, LA

Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Hammond, LA

University of Houston Catholic Center, Houston, TX

Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Houston, TX

Holy Trinity Seminary, Irving, TX

St. Albert the Great Priory and Novitiate, Irving, TX

University of Dallas - Campus Ministry, Irving, TX

St. Elizabeth Catholic University Parish, Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University Catholic Center, Lubbock TX

St. Martin de Porres National Shrine and Institute, Memphis, TN

St. Peter Catholic Church, Memphis, TN

St. Dominic Catholic Church, Miami, FL

Barry University, Miami Shores, FL

Barry University - Campus Ministry, Miami Shores, FL

Archdiocese of New Orleans, Hispanic Apostolate, New Orleans, LA

St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, New Orleans, LA

Tulane University Catholic Center, New Orleans, LA

Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA

Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, TX

St. Joseph Abbey and Seminary College, St. Benedict, LA

Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Louis, MO

St. Dominic Priory and Studentate (House of Studies), St. Louis, MO

Congar Institute for Ministry Development


Prior Provincials

*1979–1984 Fr. Bertrand Ebben, O.P. *1984–1988 Fr. Thomas M. Cumiskey, O.P. *1988–1993 Fr. Paul J. Philibert, O.P. *1993–2002 Fr. Alberto Rodriguez, O.P. *2002–2010 Fr. Martin J. Gleeson, O.P. *2010–2014 Fr. Christopher T. Eggleton, O.P. *2014–2022 Fr. Thomas M. Condon, O.P. *2022–Present Fr. Roberto Merced, O.P.


Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus (Western)

The Western Province, or Province of the Most
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was first established in 1850 by the co-founders Fr. Sadoc Vilarrasa and Bishop
Joseph Alemany Joseph Sadoc Alemany y Conill, O.P. (Spanish: José Sadoc Alemany y Conill; July 3, 1814 – April 14, 1888) was a Spanish Catholic clergyman, who served most of his career in California. He served as the first Bishop of Monterey (1850–53) a ...
. Alemany, who in 1840 completed his studies in sacred theology in Rome at the Dominican College of St. Thomas, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, ''Angelicum'', had been appointed Bishop of
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and invited Fr. Vilarrasa to accompany him to
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. On his way to his new post in California Alemany stopped in Paris and asked Dominican sisters to join him to teach the children of the Forty-niners. Mary Goemaere (1809-1891) volunteered to accompany the new bishop and to begin a school in his new diocese. Within three years, nine women (three American, one Mexican, and five Spanish) joined Sister Mary to form the Congregation of the Most Holy Name. The province was soon reduced to a self-governing Congregation. Finally, in 1912, the congregation was formally re-erected as a province, and currently covers the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, and Washington, and serves eight parishes and ten campus ministries within this area. It is headquartered in Oakland, California. As of January 2019, the
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is the Very Rev. Christopher Fadok, OP.


Communities and Apostolates of the Province


Dominican Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus - Official Site

Blessed Sacrament Church
Seattle, WA
Catholic Community at Stanford
Stanford, CA
Dominican Mission Foundation
San Francisco, CA *
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (DSPT) is a Catholic graduate school in Berkeley, California. It is a member of the interfaith Graduate Theological Union (GTU) and an affiliate of the University of California Berkeley. DSPT ...
, Berkeley, CA
Holy Family Cathedral
Anchorage, AK
Holy Rosary Catholic Church
Portland, OR * Parroquia de Santa Maria de Guadalupe, Poblado Compuertas, Mexicali, Mexico
Prince of Peace Catholic Newman Center, University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Rosary Center & Confraternity
Portland, OR
St. Albert the Great Priory
Oakland, CA * St. Benedict Lodge, McKenzie Bridge, OR
St. Catherine of Siena Newman Center, University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
St. Dominic's Catholic Church
Benicia, CA
St. Dominic's Catholic Church
Los Angeles, CA
St. Dominic Cemetery
Benicia, CA * St. Dominic Church, San Francisco, CA
St. Raymond Catholic Church
Menlo Park, CA
St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center, University of Nevada - Las Vegas (UNLV)
Las Vegas, NV
St. Thomas More Catholic Church, University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
St. Thomas More Catholic Church, University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ


Sisters and Nuns

Dominican Women have been established in the United States since the establishment of the Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena in 1822. Since that time, numerous congregations of Sisters and Nuns have existed.


Monasteries of nuns

:1880: Newark, NJ (Closed) :1889
Corpus Christi Monastery, Hunts Point, Bronx, NY
:1891: Union City, West Hoboken, NJ (Closed) :1897
Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary, Milwaukee, WI
:1899: Catonsville, MD (Closed) :1900: Camden, NJ (Closed) :1905
Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, Buffalo, NY
:1906: Detroit, MI, moved t
Farmington Hills, MI
:1909: La Crosse, WI, moved t
Linden, VA
:1915: Albany, NY (Closed) :1915: Cincinnati, OH (Closed) :1919
Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, Summit, NJ
:1921
Corpus Christi Monastery, Menlo Park, CA
:1921
Los Angeles, CA
:1922
West Springfield, MA
:1925
Lancaster, PA
:1925: Syracuse, NY :1945: Elmira, NY, moved t
Springfield/Girard, IL
:1945
Dominican Monastery of St. Jude, Marbury, AL
:1945
Lufkin, TX
:1947
North Guilford, CT


Congregations of Sisters

:1822: Congregation of St. Catharine of Siena, St. Catharine, KY (now Dominican Sisters of Peace) :1830: Congregation of St. Mary of the Springs, Columbus, OH (now Dominican Sisters of Peace) :1849: Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary, Sinsinawa, WI :1850: Congregation of the Most Holy Name, San Rafael, CA :1853: Congregation of the Holy Cross, Amityville, NY :1860: Dominican Sisters of St. Mary, New Orleans, LA (now Dominican Sisters of Peace) :1860:
Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia The Congregation of St. Cecilia, commonly known as the Nashville Dominicans, is a religious institute of the Roman Catholic Church located in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a member of the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious, one of the ...
, Nashville, TN :1862: Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena, Racine, WI :1869: Dominican Sisters of Hope, Newburgh, NY :1873: Congregation of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Springfield, IL :1876: Dominican Sisters of Hope, Ossining, NY :1876: Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary, Sparkill, NY :1880: Congregation of St. Catherine de Ricci, Elkins Park, PA (now Dominican Sisters of Peace) :1881: Congregation of the Sacred Heart, Caldwell, NJ :1882: Congregation of the Sacred Heart, Houston, TX :1888
Congregation of the Queen of the Rosary
Mission San Jose, CA :1888: Congregation of St. Thomas Aquinas, Tacoma, WA :1890: Congregation of St. Dominic, Blauvelt, NY :1891: Fall River, MA :1894: Congregation of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart :1898
Congregation of St. Rose of Lima
Hawthorne, NY :1902: Congregation of the Immaculate Conception, Great Bend, KS (now Dominican Sisters of Peace) :1906: Sisters of Charity of the Presentation of the BVM, Fall River, MA :1911: Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena, Kenosha, WI :1920: Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, Maryknoll, NY :1923: Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary, Adrian, MI :1923: Congregation of Holy Cross, Edmonds, WA (merged with Adrian Dominicans) :1923: Congregation of St. Rose of Lima, Oxford, MI (now Dominican Sisters of Peace) :1927: Eucharistic Missionaries of St. Dominic, New Orleans, LA (now Dominican Sisters of Peace) :1929: Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Akron, OH (now Dominican Sisters of Peace) :1946: Hartford, Ct :1950: Puerto Rico :1951: Abbeville, LA :1955: Dominican Mission Sisters, Chicago, IL :1997:
Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist is a Catholic female religious institute of diocesan right based in Ann Arbor, Michigan which follows the charism of the Dominican Order. The congregation was founded in 1997 by four members of ...
, Ann Arbor, MI :2009:
Dominican Sisters of Peace The Dominican Sisters of Peace is a congregation of Dominican Sisters of apostolic life, founded on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009, from the union of seven former Dominican foundations. With general offices in Columbus, Ohio, the congregation holds l ...


Dominican Laity

From the earliest days of the Order, lay men and women have been an intrinsic part of the Dominican Family, gathered to share the Dominican mission and way of life. In whatever lifestyle they find themselves, married or single, Lay Dominicans enrich the Dominican Family with their passion for the Truth, their love of Dominican prayer and apostolic zeal. Lay Dominicans have a direct role in the preaching mission. Many pursue degrees in theology or liturgy, are engaged in justice ministries and fully participate in St. Dominic's call to contemplate and share with others the fruits of contemplation.. Lay Dominicans preach primarily in the marketplace or wherever our station in life finds us. We preach by our lives and example, and when opportunity arises, with our voices as well. Dominican Lay men and women pursue study, particularly in theology, Scripture, and catechesis in order to preach well when called upon to do so. The Lay Dominicans make promises to follow The Rule of the Lay Chapters of St. Dominic and the Particular Directory of the Province in which they live. They meet in community regularly and participate with the friars, nuns, and sisters, as well as the Church in general, in praying the Liturgy of the Hours. They engage in active apostolates such as letter-writing on issues of peace and justice, ministry to the poor, liturgical ministries, teaching, authorship, and spiritual counseling. They endeavor to live lives of simplicity and generosity.


Dominican Young Adults, USA

In the summer of 2008, members who attended the Preaching in Action College conference, held a reunion at Edgewood College in Madison, WI. While there, work was done to form the Dominican Young Adults, USA (DYA, USA). Local chapters are present in Dominican colleges, universities, parishes, and other local areas with Dominican influence. Local chapters of 18- to 30-year-olds center meetings around the four pillars of Dominican life: Community, Prayer, Study, and Preaching/Mission. They have a mentor who is a member of the Dominican Family. Each chapter also has a young adult leader. Every two years, national gatherings are held. DYA, USA was officially recognized at the 2009 International Gathering of International Dominican Youth Movement (IDYM) in Fatima, Portugal.


Notable Dominicans in America

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Benedict Ashley Benedict M. Ashley, O.P. (born Winston Norman Ashley, May 3, 1915 – February 23, 2013), was an American theologian and philosopher who had a major influence on 20th century Catholic theology and ethics in America through his writing, teaching, an ...
* Luis de Cancer *
Edward Fenwick Edward Dominic Fenwick, (August 19, 1768 – September 26, 1832) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church, a Dominican friar and the first Bishop of Cincinnati. Early life Edward Fenwick was born August 19, 1768 on the family plantation ...
* James Whelan * John T. McNicholas *
Jordan Aumann Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan River ...
http://domcentral.org/jordan-aumann-o-p-introduction/ Dominican Friars web page about Fr. Aumann, deceased. *
Joseph Augustine Di Noia Joseph Augustine Di Noia (born July 10, 1943) is an American member of the Dominican Order who is a Roman Catholic archbishop and theologian. Since 2013 he has been Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He has ...
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Joseph Sadoc Alemany Joseph Sadoc Alemany y Conill, O.P. (Spanish: José Sadoc Alemany y Conill; July 3, 1814 – April 14, 1888) was a Spanish Catholic clergyman, who served most of his career in California. He served as the first Bishop of Monterey (1850–53) a ...
*
Richard Pius Miles Richard Pius Miles, O.P. (May 17, 1791 – February 21, 1860) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Nashville in Tennessee from 1838 until his death in 1860. Biography Early li ...
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Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli, O.P. (November 4, 1806 – February 23, 1864) was a pioneer Italian Dominican friar and Catholic missionary priest who helped bring the church to the Iowa-Illinois-Wisconsin tri-state area. He founded several parishes ...


References

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External links


Eastern Province (Province of St. Joseph) official website

Central Province official website

Southern Province Official Website

Western Province official website

Aquinas Institute of Theology official website

Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology official website

Lay Dominicans of North America
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Lay Dominicans Eastern Province
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Lay Dominicans Central Province
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Lay Dominicans Southern Province
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Lay Dominicans Western Province
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