The St. Dominic’s Church Community
stands today as a testimony of the strong will and hard work of the founding members and of the efforts by a small group of fervent Catholics to secure a parish church for parishioners in the Maxwell, Christ Church area within the Diocese of Bridgetown.
Besides its regular parishioners, the church also serves many Catholic tourists who vacation at several of the hotels in the area, some of whom, as repeat visitors, look forward eagerly to attending Sunday Mass when they visit. The parish currently has a diverse congregation of many national, cultural and ethnic origins. The parish has been served from its inception by Priests of the Dominican Order but at present is served since 2008 by Pallottine Priests of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (St. Vincent Pallotti).
stands today as a testimony of the strong will and hard work of the founding members and of the efforts by a small group of fervent Catholics to secure a parish church for parishioners in the Maxwell, Christ Church area within the Diocese of Bridgetown.
Besides its regular parishioners, the church also serves many Catholic tourists who vacation at several of the hotels in the area, some of whom, as repeat visitors, look forward eagerly to attending Sunday Mass when they visit. The parish currently has a diverse congregation of many national, cultural and ethnic origins. The parish has been served from its inception by Priests of the Dominican Order but at present is served since 2008 by Pallottine Priests of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (St. Vincent Pallotti).
Our priests
Fr. Andy Nyga, SAC
parish priest
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Patron Saints
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St. Dominic GuzmanSt. Dominic Guzman was born in the year 1170 in Spain. St. Dominic is very special to us as one of his Dominican brothers, eight hundred years later, Fr. Theodore Taylor OP, oversaw the planning and the building of our Church. It was natural that the church was named after St. Dominic. Thanks to St. Dominic we have the Dominican colours black and white that dominate our church which corresponds to the multi racial make up of our community representing many nationalities.
St. Dominic also leaves us with the devotion to Our Lady especially the recitation of the Holy Rosary. |
St. Martin De PorresAs you enter St. Dominic’s Church you will see on the left a statue of St. Martin De Porres. This statue was donated by Mousa and Jessamine Moses. Jessamine was pregnant with her third child and she wanted a son as her two previous children were daughters. She decided to pray to St. Martin for her wish to be fulfilled. She promised St. Martin that if she had a son she would donate a statue of himself to any church that wanted one. Jessamine’s prayers were answered and she had a son. She named him Martin and donated the statue to the church.
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St. Vincent PallottiSt. Vincent Pallotti is the founder of the order called The Pallotines. He was born on April 21st 1795. St. Vincent accomplished many good deeds in his lifetime but he is remembered fondly for the following story.
It was customary in those days to kiss the hand of the priest. St.Vincent was a humble man and did not like this practice. He decided to keep a picture of Our Lady up his sleeve so that when a person approached to kiss his hand, he would let the picture slip down so they would kiss the picture of Our Lady instead of his hand. It was a simple lesson that the quickest and the shortest way to Jesus is through his mother. The parishioners of St. Dominic’s were introduced to St. Vincent on the feast of Christ the King. On that day all the parishioners were presented with a blue ribbon signifying that we all are special people just as St. Vincent believed of each individual. He wanted everybody to be an apostle in the Church, responsible for it’s existence and growth. St.Vincent Pallotti died in 1850 and was canonized in 1963 by Pope John XXIII. |