The Dominican Friars based in Louisville, Kentucky, are members of the Province of Saint Joseph with headquarters in New York City.  They are part of a community founded in the thirteenth century by Saint Dominic de Guzman called to preach Jesus Christ as part of the worldwide mission of the Order of Friars Preachers.

   Under the patronage of Mary, the Mother of God, we are bound, poor and chaste,  to one another by our common vow of obedience, and by God's grace we grow in holiness through our common life, prayer and contemplation, study of the Word, and our fraternity.

  Empowered by the Holy Spirit, our mission is exercised for the salvation of souls and extends to all of God's people through these primary ministries:

• preaching the Word, including all forms of evangelization;

• teaching and scholarship in service of the ministry of the Word, with priority given to our own foundations:
  the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.  and Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island;

• parochial service, especially in university locales, and in parishes offering strategic opportunities for preaching; and

• foreign missions.

For more information on the Order of Friars Preachers, click here.

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