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Not long after their arrival in India the Irish fathers became acutely aware of the need of receiving Indian vocations who could be formed in the spirit of St. Dominic and who would further the presence and mission of the Order in
Mariyalay, Pachmarhi

India. Hence in 1967 a bungalow (Glenmay) was purchased from Mr. and Mrs, Hogshaw in Pachmarhi in the Satpura Hills in Madhya Pradesh about 160 miles away from Nagpur to serve as the novitiate house of the Order’s Indian mission. The house was re-christened Mariyalay and the first batch of four novices was received in June of that year.

St. Dominic Ashram, Nagpur

In the same year St. Dominic Ashram that was nearing completion was made a house of the Order in 1967. Later this house was set up as a priory in 1969 to serve as a house for the formation of students for the Order. The foundation stone of St. Dominic Ashram was blessed by the Master of the Order, Aniceto Fernandez, who had come to the Eucharistic Congress held in Bombay in 1964 and then spent some days in St. Charles Seminary with the friars and seminarians. All the Indian Dominican friars – over a hundred priests — have had part if not the whole of their student-
training in this house.

St. Dominic Priory, Mangalore

The church and convent of St, Dominic, Asoknagar, Mangalore, was a project started by Fr. Dennis Lewis of the Roman Province of the Order in 1968. For some years it remained part of the Roman Province till the Master of the Order transferred it to the Indian Vicariate of the Irish Province in 1972. It was raised to the status of a convent in 1987. For some years it served as the novitiate house, house for postulants and later also for students, but all through it has been a parish for the people of the area. Today it continues to be one of the vibrant parishes of the Diocese of Mangalore. The Dominican friars in Mangalore also serve the spiritual needs of religious in the diocese and beyond.

St. Dominic Church, New Delhi

The Dominican community at St. Dominic Church, Vasant Vihar, ministers to its parishioners and other needs of the church in the Archdiocese of Delhi. Its parish community is made up of English and Hindi speaking people some of whom are there by reason of work while others are permanent residents of the city.

St. Dominic Novitiate House, Moira, Goa

The novitiate was moved from Pachmarhi to a large house given to the Vice-Province by Fr. Victor Dias in Moira, Goa. With this the Dominicans returned to Goa once again. This was like a homecoming for the Order as Goa still has many landmarks of the earlier Dominican presence and ministry in this territory. Adjacent to the house gifted to the order by Fr. Victor Dias a new novitiate building was constructed on higher ground in the same plot of land. This house can accommodate between eight and ten novices and six priests. Besides the formation of novices the fathers have the care of two chapels where Mass is celebrated for the people and other retreat, teaching and preaching apostolates.

St. Thomas Priory, Orlim, Goa

The philosophical formation of the Dominican students is carried in St. Thomas Priory, Orlim, which was specially constructed for this purpose. The House of Philosophy which was earlier started in Nagpur was moved to Gyanadhara, the Orlim philosophate in 2001. Gyanadhara also serves the Redemptorist Fathers who send their students to it for their philosophical training.