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  2. Dominican Order in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Dominican Order (Order of Preachers) was first established in the United States by Edward Fenwick in the early 19th century. The first Dominican institution in the United States was the Province of Saint Joseph, which was established in 1805. [1] Additionally, there have been numerous institutes of Dominican Sisters and Nuns.

  3. Dominican Order - Wikipedia

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    The Order of Preachers (Latin: Ordo Prædicatorum, abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilian priest named Dominic de Guzmán. It was approved by Pope Honorius III via the papal bull Religiosam vitam on 22 December 1216.

  4. List of sites of the Dominican Order - Wikipedia

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    Dominican University of California in San Rafael, California (since 1890) Corpus Christi Monastery in New York City (since 1891) Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois (since 1901) Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. (since 1905) Saint Agnes Academy in Houston (since 1906) Blessed Sacrament Church in Seattle (since 1908)

  5. Proposed annexation of Santo Domingo - Wikipedia

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    Treaty defeated in the U.S. Senate - June 30, 1870. The proposed annexation of Santo Domingo was an attempted treaty during the later Reconstruction era, initiated by United States President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869, to annex Santo Domingo (as the Dominican Republic was commonly known) as a United States territory, with the promise of eventual ...

  6. Joseph Sadoc Alemany - Wikipedia

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    Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Joseph Sadoc Alemany y Conill, O.P. (Spanish: José Sadoc Alemany y Conill; July 3, 1814 – April 14, 1888) was a Spanish Catholic clergyman, who served most of his career in California. He served as the first Bishop of Monterey (1850–53) and then as Archbishop of San Francisco (1853–84).

  7. Alto Velo Claim - Wikipedia

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    The Alto Velo Claim, also referred to as the Alta Vela Affair, was a territorial claim against the Dominican government by American adventurers ejected from Alto Velo Island by Dominican officials in October 1860. In all, three companies claimed U.S. protection of their right to mine guano from the island under the Guano Islands Act of 1856 ...

  8. Johnson Doctrine - Wikipedia

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    The Johnson Doctrine, enunciated by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson after the United States ' intervention in the Dominican Republic in 1965, declared that domestic revolution in the Western Hemisphere would no longer be a local matter when the object is the establishment of a " Communist dictatorship ". [1]

  9. Saint Dominic - Wikipedia

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    Saint Dominic, OP (Spanish: Santo Domingo; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán (Spanish:), was a Castilian Catholic priest and the founder of the Dominican Order.