. >> the original dominican who became the arch bishop joseph allen many who have been in the states as a missionary for 10 or 12 years. what we are talking is mission territory. here we are and finally there are hundreds of thousands of new populations in the san francisco bay area. >> exactly. the dominicans were found in 800 years ago. we were just continuing our mission. founded as an order of preachers to combat heresy, but also to enlighten the faith and to bring the faith to people, especially where the gospels were either not preach well or not at all. >> it is an interesting name. on the website which we will show later there is a nice red button that says request a preacher. i went to the website and i almost pushed it. i was not sure exactly what would happen. i understand that from my experience with dominicans they are persuasive apologist for the faith or persuasive convinces about the importance of truth and god's presence. >> absolutely. one of the things saint dominic did is when he founded the order he set up that we would not only be active preachers, but also cont