Our Ministry
As ministers of God's Holy Word, the friars of our Province follow in the footsteps of the Lord Jesus himself, a poor and humble preacher and teacher of God's Kingdom. Along with the thousands of friars throughout the past eight centuries, we strive to live out the Order's mottos: Veritas (Truth) and Contemplata aliis Tradere (to hand on what has been received through prayer and study). We do so in a variety of ways throughout our province:
- as contemplatives and theologians
- as educators in colleges and high schools
- as itinerant preachers (friars who travel from place to place) and pastors,
- as chaplains to hospitals and prisons
- as campus ministers in colleges and universities
- as artists
- as advocates for justice and peace.
With our provincial offices in Metairie, Louisiana, the Province of Saint Martin de Porres (Southern Dominican Province) now includes 135 friars (priests and brothers). In an area encompassing eleven southern states and our mission in Guayaquil, Ecuador, we minister to the needs of people in every stratum of society - rich and poor, young and old, of all races, ethnicities and walks of life. As mendicant friars we depend on the generosity of our benefactors to insure that the Dominican charism of preaching the Gospel continues in our own day among the peoples we serve.
Preaching the Gospel Through Word and Action
Click here to discover where and how the friars of the St. Martin de Porres Province continue our Dominican tradition of preaching and ministry.
