The sacrament of the anointing of the sick has enjoyed increased use after Vatican II clarified that it is not only for those at the point of death. Recent scholars have continued to explore theological and pastoral considerations surrounding this oft-neglected sacrament. Join the Dominican Healthcare Ministry for lectures on Read more
A revised translation of The Order of the Anointing of the Sick and of their Pastoral Care has been promulgated, available for use on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes 2026. The Friars of Dominican Healthcare Ministry have prepared a small insert, designed to be printed on avery labels Read more
Join us on February 7th for the annual Lourdes Healing Mass. Download the poster here.
The friars and lay volunteers of Dominican Healthcare Ministry devote themselves to the service of the sick daily, providing chaplaincy services to patients, their families, and medical staff in the hospitals around St. Catherine of Siena Church. Within a few blocks of our church there are over 2,000 hospital beds! Read more
Join the Dominican Healthcare Ministry as we pray for all of the faithful departed in our hospitals and healthcare institutions with a Sung Requiem Mass. All are welcome to join us in prayer, and we especially invite any families of patients and medical staff, and those who wish to pray Read more
On October 18th we celebrate the feast of St. Luke, patron of physicians. The Catholic Medical Association New York Metropolitan Guild and Dominican Healthcare Ministry will host a special Mass for Healthcare Workers. All physicians, nurses, medical students, healthcare professionals are especially invited, as well as anyone who would like to Read more
We are happy to announce that, starting on Tuesday September 2, confessions will be offered weekdays after the 11:45am Mass at St. Catherine’s Church by priests of the DHM. Confessions will also continue to be offered at 4:40-5:10, before the evening Mass. Find the full Mass, Confession and Adoration schedule Read more
The friars and lay volunteers of Dominican Healthcare Ministry wish you a blessed summer. Whether you are taking a summer vacation, moving into a new role, or simply enjoying the warm weather, may you be refreshed and rejuvenated. We have been joined by student brothers and seminarians for their summer Read more
On June 6, the DHM hosted the first annual Thomistic Bioethics Colloquium: Towards a Thomistic Understanding of Death in the Clinical Setting. Human death, defined as the moment when the soul departs from the body, is a single event that no empiric approach can directly identify. Clinical determinations of death Read more
Join the Dominican Healthcare Ministry for the St. Gianna Mass on Thursday, May 16th at 6:30pm, offered for couples suffering infertility and miscarriage. This year we are pleased that Bishop Edmund Whalen, Auxiliary Bishop of New York, will be our celebrant. St. Gianna Berretta Molla is the patron of mothers, physicians, Read more
The friars and lay volunteers of Dominican Healthcare Ministry wish you a blessed Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and World Day of the Sick, the occasion of our annual newsletter. We are delighted to share with you the many ways in which our ministry continues to grow in support Read more
The Dominican Healthcare Ministry 11:45am Daily Mass at St Catherine’s is now open for intentions from healthcare workers and medical staff. The Sacrifice of the Mass is the most powerful prayer of the Christian people, and we encourage all who care for the sick to ask for Masses to be offered Read more
On the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Church celebrates World Day of the Sick in memory of the many healings of body and soul given through the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes. Learn more about her story here. At St. Catherine of Siena Church we Read more
The major relics of St Thomas Aquinas will be visiting the Parish of St Vincent Ferrer and St Catherine of Siena on December 13th and 14th. 2024 marks the 750th anniversary of his death, and we are overjoyed to have his relics travelling through the Dominican province this Advent. Join Read more
Join the Dominican Healthcare Ministry as we pray for all of the faithful departed in our hospitals and healthcare institutions with a Sung Requiem Mass. All are welcome to join us in prayer, and we especially invite any families of patients and medical staff, and those who wish to pray Read more
On October 18th we celebrate the feast of St. Luke, patron of physicians. The Catholic Medical Association New York Metropolitan Guild and Dominican Healthcare Ministry will host a special Mass for Healthcare Workers. All physicians, nurses, medical students, healthcare professionals are especially invited, as well as anyone who would like to Read more
We are happy to announce that, starting on Monday September 16, we will offer a midday Mass at the Church of St Catherine. 11:45am, Monday to Friday, Mass will be offered by the priests of Dominican Healthcare Ministry. This is in addition to the 7am and 5:15pm Masses, and the Read more
All healthcare professionals and students of the health professions are invited to join the Catholic Medical Association and Dominican Healthcare Ministry for our annual Medical Meet and Greet. We welcome new residents, medical students, nursing students, and other medical staff as we begin a new academic year with an informal Read more
Join us Monday, July 8, at 6:30pm to celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving in honor of Rose Hawthorne, declared Venerable in March 2024. Venerable Rose Hawthorne was the daughter of novelist and short-story writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne. She and her husband, George Lathrop, converted to Catholicism, but after the death of Read more
Join the Dominican Healthcare Ministry for the St. Gianna Mass on Thursday, May 16th at 6:30pm, offered for couples suffering infertility and miscarriage. St. Gianna Berretta Molla is the patron of mothers, physicians, and unborn children. St. Gianna, born in Italy in 1922, was a pediatric physician and mother of Read more
Join the Dominican Healthcare Ministry and the Friends of St. Margaret on Friday, April 12th at 5:15pm for our annual St. Margaret of Castello Mass. St. Margaret was born with many serious physical disabilities, was rejected by her family, and eventually found a home as a Third Order Dominican. She was Read more
With great joy, we share with you the news that Servant of God Rose Hawthorne (Mother Mary Alphonsa) has been declared Venerable. This is the Church’s declaration that she lived a life of heroic virtue worthy of honor and imitation. The Congregation of Saints will now examine the miracles reported Read more
Enter into the mysteries of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord with the Dominican Healthcare Ministry and the Dominican Friars at St. Catherine of Siena Church. HOLY WEEK LITURGIES AT SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA CHURCHPalm Sunday:4:00 p.m. Saturday Low Vigil Mass10:00 a.m. Low Mass11:30 a.m. Blessing of the Palms and Read more
To mark the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and the World Day of the Sick we are restarting our annual newsletter. The friars and lay volunteers of Dominican Healthcare Ministry are delighted to share with you the many ways in which our ministry has grown over the past year Read more
On February 11, the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Church celebrates World Day of the Sick in memory of the many healings of body and soul given through the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes. Learn more about her story here. At St. Catherine of Siena Read more
This Thursday, December 7th, we will have a very special guest at our weekly Healthcare Holy Hour. Fr. Mike Ford, OP, director of the St. Jude Shrine in Chicago, will bring the arm relic of St. Jude. This is one of the largest relics of an apostle outside of Europe, Read more
On November 15th we celebrate the Feast of St. Albert the Great, who was a teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas, a natural scientist and pioneer of the scientific method, and patron of scientists. The Society of Catholic Scientists will host the annual Gold Mass for Scientists at St. Joseph’s Church in Read more
On October 18th we celebrate the feast of St. Luke, patron of physicians. The Catholic Medical Association New York Metropolitan Guild and Dominican Healthcare Ministry will host a special Mass for Healthcare Workers. All physicians, nurses, medical students, healthcare professionals are especially invited, as well as anyone who would like to Read more
Next week the Church celebrates the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross and the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. This pair of feast days is especially important to us in the Dominican Healthcare Ministry, who in the care of the sick meet Christians carrying their own cross and Read more
This fall, on September 30th, the Dominican Friars will host the first annual Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage. This is a national pilgrimage celebrating the Rosary at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena will host Read more
Please join us on Tuesday August 29th for the conclusion of the 125th anniversary year of the Dominican Friars’ ministry at St. Catherine of Siena Church. Our special anniversary Mass to thank the Lord for his merciful love shown at this church for so many years will begin at 5:15pm. His Eminence Timothy Read more
The Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage is a national pilgrimage celebrating the Rosary at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC on September 30, 2023, the Vigil of Rosary Sunday. This full-day event is hosted by the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph and Read more
Each summer the Dominican Healthcare Ministry hosts seminarians for our Ministry Internship Program, offering formation and training for seminarians in the pastoral care of the sick. Interns participate in our work caring for the sick by visiting patients, praying with them, and bringing Holy Communion. We also give classroom instruction Read more
Join the Dominican Healthcare Ministry for the St. Gianna Mass on Monday May 8th at 6:30pm, offered for couples suffering infertility and miscarriage. St. Gianna Berretta Molla is the patron of mothers, physicians, and unborn children. St. Gianna, born in Italy in 1922, was a pediatric physician and mother of Read more
Join the Dominican Healthcare Ministry and the Friends of St. Margaret on Friday April 21st at 5:15pm for our annual St. Margaret of Castello Mass. St. Margaret was born with many serious physical disabilities, was rejected by her family, and eventually found a home as a Third Order Dominican. She Read more
Enter into the mysteries of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord with the Dominican Healthcare Ministry and the Dominican Friars at St. Catherine of Siena Church. HOLY WEEK LITURGIES AT SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA CHURCHPalm Sunday:4:00 p.m. Saturday Low Vigil Mass10:00 a.m. Low Mass11:30 a.m. Blessing of the Palms and Read more
The Dominican Healthcare Ministry has published a short pamphlet, called Life is Changed, Not Ended, intended to help Catholics consider their eternal end and make adequate preparations for their own death. This publication distills the experience and knowledge of the Dominican Friars who work full time in the hospitals, where Read more
On February 11, the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Church celebrates World Day of the Sick in memory of the many healings of body and soul given through the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes.Learn more about her story here. At St. Catherine of Siena Church Read more
We are starting the new year by updating the name, logo, and website of our ministry! Now called Dominican Healthcare Ministry, a simplification of the previous Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry of New York, we have updated our website and designed a new logo. The new crest is based on Read more
Schedule of Intentions for the Healthcare Holy Hours, Epiphany to Easter 2023
The Catholic Medical Association is the largest association of Catholic individuals in health care, to help members to grow in faith, maintain ethical integrity, and provide excellent health care in accordance with the teachings of the Church. (cathmed.org) The NYC Guild of the Catholic Medical Association will have its first meeting of the Read more
The priests of Dominican Healthcare Ministry each has their own vocation story, and their own path to the priesthood now dedicated to the spiritual care of the sick. On May 21, 2022 Fr. James Ritch was among 10 new priests ordained at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Read more
Schedule of Intentions for the Healthcare Holy Hours, Fall of 2022