"If you really are what you should be, you will set the world on fire."
- St. Catherine of Siena (taken from letter 368)
FATHER JAMES BRENT, O.P.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2025
FRIARS
We Are the Lay Dominicans
“The Laity of St. Dominic are those faithful who, baptised in the Catholic Church or received into her, confirmed and in full communion of faith, sacraments and ecclesiastical governance, are called by a special vocation to progress in the Christian way of life and to animate temporal things through the charism of St. Dominic.”
— General Declarations of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic 1.§ 1, 2019
WE ARE THE EASTERN PROVINCE
The Lay Dominicans are divided into four provinces within the United States. Which province you belong to is determined by where you live, as membership within a community is local. The Province of St. Joseph comprises the north-eastern United States, highlighted in yellow below. You can click the “Fraternity Finder” button under the map to locate a group within our province, or connect with our brothers and sisters around the country:
