Join us at Holy Rosary for a Lenten Mission with Fr. Basil Cole, OP, March 1 through 6. All conferences take place in the church.

SAT | MAR 1

• Why are we so weak and clumsy, morally speaking?

• Preacher at 5:30 PM Mass

SUN | MAR 2

• However, what keeps us doing our best?

• Preacher at all Masses

MON | MAR 3

• What are the virtues? Do they differ from Commandments?

• Conferences at 11:00 AM & 7:00 PM

• Preacher at 12:00 PM Mass

TUE | MAR 4

• If marriage is such a great sacrament, why so many divorces?

• Conferences at 11:00 AM & 7:00 PM

• Preacher at 12:00 PM Mass

ASH WEDNESDAY | MAR 5

• If prayer brings us graces and favors from God and the saints, why both with the sacraments?

• Conference at 11:00 AM & Preacher at 12:00 PM Mass

THU | MAR 6

• What does the Virgin Mary have to do with all the above?

• Conferences at 11:00 AM & 7:00 PM

• Preacher at 12:00 PM Mass

Fr. Basil is a Dominican priest who has spent decades teaching and forming seminarians, priests and lay faithful in moral and spiritual theology. A former professor at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, he later served as a professor at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., where he taught until becoming professor emeritus in 2023.

A distinguished scholar, theologian, and author, Fr. Basil contributed to The Priest, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, Faith and Reason, and Angelicum. He collaborated with the late Germain Grisez on the renowned The Way of the Lord Jesus series of moral theology. His published works include A Sense of Humor and Virtue: A Thomistic Theological Perspective and Music and Morals: A Theological Appraisal of the Moral and Psychological Effects of Music. His most recent book, Angelic Virtues and Demonic Vices: Aquinas's Practical Principles for Reaching Heaven and Avoiding Hell (2024, TAN Books), offers profound insights into the path of virtue and the struggle against vice.