You guys, my Dominican Province — the Province of St. Joseph (Maine to D.C. and west to Ohio) — ordained their largest number of men to the priesthood in 45 years this past weekend! Says Charlotte Hays in her National Catholic Register article “Dominicans Ordain Largest Number of Friars in 45 Years“:
“The 11 new priests, mostly men in their 20s, were ordained at a May 21 Mass that filled to capacity the Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, which is across the street from the Dominican House of Studies and seats 6,000 people.”
Mostly men in their 20s y’all!! We are in good hands!!
And they were ordained by none other than Archbishop Augustine DiNoia, himself a Dominican and adjunct secretary for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome.
You know. No big deal.
😲😍😲😍😲😍
But what are their NAMES?? was of course my immediate question, because I know a lot of Dominicans take new names (swoon!) (a young Fr. Thomas More LastName, OP baptized my godson this weekend [that’s Fr. Thomas More, double first name, thankyouverymuch]), and I was excited to find them:
Clement
John Baptist
Dominic Mary
Raymond
Joseph-Anthony
Michael Mary
Patrick Mary
Louis Bertrand Mary
John
Gregory Maria
Athanasius
I love each one! And all those Marys!!!
What a wonderful thing for the 800th year anniversary of the Dominican Order! Please pray for our new Dominican priests!! ❤
Sancta Nomina 
All great names, and such a beautiful liturgy. (Not that I’m biased. And they should have handed out a “First Priestly Blessing” punch card…)
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Were you there????
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Yes, Fr Patrick is a close friend, and I know several others as well! They are all just great men.
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Soooo lucky!! I only know one of them sort of — Br. James I think his name is now? He’s really good friends with friends of mine.
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😀 😀 😀 This is so awesome!!
I wonder if some (like Michael Mary and Patrick Mary) just attached Mary to the end of their given names. I would find it really difficult to adjust to being called a completely new name personally, so it would be nice to keep part of it.
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Maybe Brigid can answer? She knows some of them …
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Oh, I love these! And this is such wonderful news for the priesthood.
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beautiful names! We knew one of the new Dominican priests as well! Yay for so many new and holy priests in that beautiful order!!!
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Sooo cool!!
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