Dominican House of Prayer
"Be who God meant you to be
and you will set the whole world on fire."
- St Catherine of Siena
What is DHOP?
DHOP Is a House of Studies for the Soul
DHOP's focus is on helping others grow in virtue, holiness, and into deeper union with our Lord. DHOP is the public ministry of two Dominican priests and two Dominican lay leaders who together wish to share their experience and understanding on prayer and the spiritual life with the world at large.
To that end, DHOP offers homilies, conferences, and brief discussions on various topics related to Catholic spirituality and devotional practice in its YouTube channel and retreats online and on site.
To visit our YouTube Channel Click Here.
“Let us perform all our actions with the thought that God dwells in us.
We shall thus be His temples, and He Himself will be our God, dwelling in us.”
- Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P.
Fr. Ignatius Schweitzer, O.P.
is a Dominican priest of the St. Joseph (Eastern) Province. He was ordained in 2011. He spent six years living as a monk in a Carthusian monastery. He then returned to the Dominicans, discerning a strong call from the Lord to help others grow in the spiritual and mystical life. Upon returning, he completed his STL, writing on The Life, Light, and Fire of Triune Love: A Trinitarian Spirituality from Scripture, Aquinas, Ruusbroec, and John of the Cross. Fr. Ignatius is a professor and the director of spiritual formation at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, New York and the provincial promoter of the Lay Dominicans. He recently coauthored the book How to Be His: A 33-Day Dedication to Our Eucharistic Jesus with Fr Jesse Maingot, OP, and coauthored a book on St. Elizabeth with Julie Enzler and Dr. Anthony Lilles, called Named for Glory: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity’s Identity and Mission, both of which are available through Sophia Press.
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Website: http://www.uppergarden.org/
Fr. Jesse Maingot, O.P.
is a Dominican priest of the Irish Province, currently stationed in Trinidad and Tobago. He was ordained in 2019. He was first assigned as chaplain to the Dominican College at Newbridge, Ireland. Fr. Jesse completed STL in Dogmatic Theology at the Angelicum University in Rome. He has a real heart for rebuilding the culture of worship and adoration of Our Eucharistic Lord. He is passionate about discovering with others how to enter intimacy with Jesus in Eucharistic Adoration. He often quotes “one thing alone is necessary” (Lk 10:42) and “to be near God is our happiness.”( Ps 73:28). Fr. Jesse is a lecturer at the Seminary of St. John Vianney and Ugandan Martyrs in Trinidad and Tobago. He also lectures for the Avila Institute in their Spiritual Direction Program for Priests and their My High Calling Program for men interested in priesthood. He is also the Promoter of Eucharistic Adoration for the Archdiocese of Port of Spain. In that capacity Fr. Jesse coordinated and led the Archdiocese of Port of Spain in their Eucharistic Congress in 2025. In that same year Fr. Jesse was appointed a Missionary of Mercy by Pope Francis, which is a special faculty to forgive certain sins only reserved to the Holy Father and the Holy See.
Who is DHOP?
Who Are We?
Dr. Thomas Carr, O.P.
Dr. Carr (MDiv in Church History, Princeton Seminary; MPhil, DPhil in Theology and Philosophy, Oxford) served 3 years as Junior Dean of Oriel College, Oxford, and 17 years as Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Mount Union. His books include Newman and Gadamer: Toward a Hermeneutics of Religious Knowledge, The Prayer That Will Save Your Family, and The Case for Christ in the Eucharist. Dr. Carr is a Catholic convert, Lay Dominican, co-Founder of DHOP and the Ave Maria Lay Dominican Chapter, founder and CEO of a personal finance portal, husband to Ina, and happy father of three children and a dog.
Mrs. Ina Carr, O.P.
Ina is a mother of two, a Lay Dominican and a convert to Catholicism. She has a Master in Leadership and Management (Curtin Graduate School of Business, Perth, Australia) and a Graduate Diploma in Christian Studies (Melbourne School of Theology, Melbourne, Australia). She experienced a dramatic conversion when she was 25 years old, where God delivered her of demonic influences stemming from occult practices. She has many years of experience in various ministries, e.g., serving the poor in a post-conflict area, in a nursing home; in inner city, prayer and deliverance ministries; and as a church planter. Her heart is to see the children of God set free, so that they can fully become the beloved sons and daughters of God, by encountering and experiencing His deep, unfathomable love in the Catholic Church.
