Wonderful Animated Videos on Dominican Lay Brothers

I have the real pleasure to announce to our readers that the cooperator brothers, as we now call what used to be known as our lay brothers, from the Western Dominican and Central American Provinces have produced a wonderful series of animated videos about the lives of four less-well-known lay brothers.

These are Blessed. James of Ulm, the famous stained-glass artist; Bro. Carino of Balsamo, who, before becoming a penitent brother, assassinated St. Peter Martyr; Bro. Balthasar Carayol, a remarkable early-modern French educator, and finally Bro. Marcos de Mena, an adventurous missionary in early Spanish America.

I urge readers to see the whole series of videos here.  They are very suitable for children as well as adults! 

Dominican Rite Mass Ordo Available for 2026

 I am happy to announce that, through the hard work of the staff of Holy Rosary Church in Portland OR, we can now make available a Dominican Rite Mass Ordo for 2026.

 This Ordo, of which a sample page is found to the right, gives not only the feast to be celebrated at Mass on each day of the year, but also vestment color, the rank of the feast, whether there is a Gloria or Creed, any additional collects, and finally page reference for the Mass as found in the 1933, 1939, and 1965 Dominican Rite Missals. In cases where there are more than one collect the Ordo gives their order and which ones have a doxology.

 In addition, this Ordo has special entries for all feasts proper to the Western Dominican Province, the dioceses of that province where there are houses, and of all the local houses of the province. To make the Ordo useful to non-Western Province Dominicans, there is a supplement with the proper feasts of the other three American Provinces.

This Ordo can be ordered here: here. I apologize that this Ordo is a bit late appearing, but it is a new production and so took a bit more time in preparation than expected.

 Those who would prefer a PDF digital version of this Ordo may download it from the left sidebar under Dominican Rite Texts -- Downloadable.