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Preach the word, be urgent in season and

out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort,

be unfailing in patience and in teaching

2 Timothy 2 Timothy

Who are the Who are the Dominicans?Dominicans?

✴ Order of Preachers (a.k.a. Dominicans).

✴ Founded in 13th century by St Dominic.

✴ Today, the sons and daughters of St Dominic comprise friars, enclosed nuns, laity.

✴ Dominicans devote themselves to the salvation of others by preaching the Word of God and proclaiming the name of our Lord Jesus Christ throughout the world

What’s Dominican life about?

✴ Preaching We evangelize, catechize, teach.

✴ Community The source of our preaching.

✴ Prayer For St. Dominic, study was a form of prayer and prayer was a form of study. Preaching springs from both.

✴ Study We study in order to preach.

Dominican Charism

✴ Laudare, benedicere, praedicare. To praise, to bless, to preach

✴ Veritas Truth

✴ Contemplata aliis tradere To hand on to others the fruit of contemplation

✴ Dominicanes - Domini canes Dominicans - Dogs of the Lord!

Who are called to be Dominicans?

✴ Do you…

✴Have a passion for the truth?

✴Have an urge to share the Good

News?

✴Feel moved by the needs of

others?

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✴ We welcome anyone who would like to discern if he or she has a Dominican vocation to journey with us.

✴ Following a year discovering the Dominican charism, a small group begin the novitiate year in August.

Stages of Formation

✴ Postulancy Inquiry

✴ Novitiate First taste of the Dominican life

✴ Temporary profession Annually renewable for up to 5 years

✴ Permanent profession For ever!

Tree of Saint DominicTree of Saint Dominic

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Mystics

ProphetsLayDominicans

Teachers

Saint Peter of Verona

St Francis de Capillas

SaintSaintLorenzo RuizLorenzo Ruiz

St IgnatiusSt IgnatiusDelgado Delgado

Saint Peter of Verona

Also known as Peter Martyr(1206 – April 6, 1252)

Evangelised Italy by preaching against the Cathar heresy that the physical world was evil

Cathar assassins split his skull with an axe

Wrote "I believe in One God" with his blood as he lay dying

"[Cathars] have plotted my death...Let "[Cathars] have plotted my death...Let them do what they will. I will them do what they will. I will accomplish more against them than I accomplish more against them than I have done during my lifetime."have done during my lifetime."

The son of Cathars, his faith was nourished in Catholic school

Preacher and first Dominican martyr

St Francis de CapillasSt Francis de Capillas

(1607-1648)(1607-1648)Feast day: Jan 15Feast day: Jan 15

Worked many years in the Philippines before going toWorked many years in the Philippines before going toChinaChina

Spanish missionary to ChinaSpanish missionary to ChinaSpanish missionary to ChinaSpanish missionary to China

The first martyr killed in ChinaThe first martyr killed in China

Beatified by Pope Pius X in 1909, and canonized by Pope Beatified by Pope Pius X in 1909, and canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000 as the protomartyr of the 134 Martyrs John Paul II in 2000 as the protomartyr of the 134 Martyrs

of Chinaof China

Saint Lorenzo RuizSaint Lorenzo Ruiz1600 – September 29, 1637

Layman and martyr

Educated by the Dominicans and became a member of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary

Falsely accused of murder, he fled on a ship bound for Japan, where he was tortured and killed along with 3 Dominican friars.

Married with 3 children

"I DID NOT COME TO JAPAN TO BE A MARTYR, NEVERTHELESS AS A "I DID NOT COME TO JAPAN TO BE A MARTYR, NEVERTHELESS AS A

CHRISTIAN AND FOR GOD I SHALL GIVE MY LIFE."CHRISTIAN AND FOR GOD I SHALL GIVE MY LIFE."

Joined the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary.

The first Filipino saint

St Ignatius St Ignatius Delgado (1761-Delgado (1761-

1883)1883)Wanted to become a monk but was invited to become a Dominican and acceptedAs a friar, sent to Vietnam where he worked for nearly 50 years

He became bishop at 33 and laboured for 43 yearArrested by Vietnamese authorities and put into a cage for public ridicule.

"You do not understand Christ’s religion, if you do, you will convert.” To his jailers

Tortured for information he did not reveal,

the 76-year-old bishop died from exposure in the cage for 43 days before he could be beheaded

Mystics

Blessed Henry SusoBlessed Henry Suso

Fr. Johannes  EckhartFr. Johannes  Eckhart

Blessed Henry Suso(1300-1366)

Friar and mystic

Carved Jesus' name over his heart with his writing stylus

Wrote many books, including "Book on Eternal Wisdom"

"It is a science most profitable, and passing all other sciences, to learn to die."

Had frequent visions and ecstasies, practised severe austerities

Did not take a bath in 25 years

Theologian and mystic. Born about 1260; Died in 1327 at Cologne.

Manifested the Dominican charism by uniting great activity with contemplation

Studied philosophy and theology; earned a Master of Sacred Theology degree

First Dominican professor at Cologne

Reformed the Dominican convents of Bohemia

Fr. Johannes  Fr. Johannes  EckhartEckhart

"Since a man cannot in this life be without "Since a man cannot in this life be without works...he must learn to possess his God in works...he must learn to possess his God in

all things and to remain unimpeded."all things and to remain unimpeded."

Fr. Antonio Fr. Antonio MontesinosMontesinos

Bartoloméde

las Casas

Francisco

de

Vitoria

Spanish priest and prophet; missionary to the Americas

Denounced the slavery and oppression of Native Americans after the Spanish conquest.

Established schools for colonists and Native Americans

Fr. Antonio Montesinos

Depicted in the logo of the Dominicans for Justice and Peace at the United Nations

(1480 - 1540)

Bartolomé de las Casas(1484-1566)

Spanish priest and missionary to the Americas

Staunchly opposed Spanish colonialism

Secured the temporary repeal of regulations permitting slavery in the Americas

"The Native "The Native Americans are Americans are

our brothers and our brothers and Christ Christ

died for them." died for them."

Championed the rights of native Americans

Refused land offered to him

Francisco de Vitoria

Spanish Dominican priest and professor of theology at the University of Salamanca

Publicly consulted by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain

Provided the intellectual backbone for Fr. Bartolomé de las Casas' vision of humanity as one.

QUOTE: 

At a time when many believed that certain peoples whom they considered less civilised, were born to be slaves,

Vitoria declared :

(1480 - 1546)

Increasingly seen as one of the founders of international law

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St. Catherine of Siena

Bl. Pier Giorgio

Frassati

Bl. Bl. BartoloBartolo LongoLongo

St. Catherine of Siena St. Catherine of Siena

(1347-1380) (1347-1380)

Virgin and Doctor of the ChurchVirgin and Doctor of the Church

Mystically married to Jesus, she spent her life helping the sick and needyMystically married to Jesus, she spent her life helping the sick and needy

Hugely influential peacemaker and supporter of the Pope in a politically turbulent era

Hugely influential peacemaker and supporter of the Pope in a politically turbulent era

Poorly educated but her spiritual writings show great theological depthPoorly educated but her spiritual writings show great theological depth

“If you are what you should be,

you will set the world on fire.”

“If you are what you should be,

you will set the world on fire.”

Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati OPL (1901-1925)OPL (1901-1925)

From a rich family, he secretly gave all he had to the sick and needy.

From a rich family, he secretly gave all he had to the sick and needy.

Encouraged his schoolmates to live their Catholic faith  and oppose Fascism.

Encouraged his schoolmates to live their Catholic faith  and oppose Fascism.

Enjoyed opera, fine art, mountain-climbing and playing pranks.

Enjoyed opera, fine art, mountain-climbing and playing pranks.

Attended Mass daily from the age of 13.Attended Mass daily from the age of 13.

"As long as Faith gives me strength "As long as Faith gives me strength I will always be joyful; every I will always be joyful; every

Catholic cannot but be joyful"Catholic cannot but be joyful"

Bl. Bartolo Longo, OPL Bl. Bartolo Longo, OPL Bl. Bartolo Longo, OPL Bl. Bartolo Longo, OPL

(1841-1926)(1841-1926) (1841-1926)(1841-1926)Sold his soul to a demon and was ordained a priest of Satan as a young manSold his soul to a demon and was ordained a priest of Satan as a young manRepented and consecrated his life to the Blessed Virgin MaryRepented and consecrated his life to the Blessed Virgin MaryShocked by the spiritual and material poverty of Pompeii, built a Basilica to Our Lady of Pompeii as well as schools, orphanages and workshops

Shocked by the spiritual and material poverty of Pompeii, built a Basilica to Our Lady of Pompeii as well as schools, orphanages and workshopsDefended the dignity of the human person in an era of eugenicsDefended the dignity of the human person in an era of eugenics

"We wanted only to provide for the religious life of poor peasants; "We wanted only to provide for the religious life of poor peasants; we succeeded instead in producing a truly universal movement of we succeeded instead in producing a truly universal movement of

faith...Catholic just as the Church is.”faith...Catholic just as the Church is.”

"We wanted only to provide for the religious life of poor peasants; "We wanted only to provide for the religious life of poor peasants; we succeeded instead in producing a truly universal movement of we succeeded instead in producing a truly universal movement of

faith...Catholic just as the Church is.”faith...Catholic just as the Church is.”

Teachers

Albert Albert the Greatthe Great

St. Thomas Aquinas

Yves Marie Joseph Cardinal Congar

Albert the GreatAlbert the Great Albert the GreatAlbert the Great (b.(b.1206 - d. - d.NoveNovember 15, 1280))

Doctor of the ChurchDoctor of the ChurchFamous for his Famous for his comprehensive knowledge comprehensive knowledge of and advocacy for the of and advocacy for the peaceful coexistence of peaceful coexistence of science and religionscience and religionConsidered to be the Considered to be the greatest German greatest German philosopher and theologian philosopher and theologian of the of the Middle Ages

St. Thomas AquinasSt. Thomas Aquinas

(c. 1225 – 7 March 1274)(c. 1225 – 7 March 1274)

Doctor of the ChurchDoctor of the Church

Philosopher and theologian in the scholastic traditionPhilosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition

He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology, and the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy and theology.

He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology, and the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy and theology.

Aquinas is held in the Catholic Church to be the model teacher for those studying for the priesthood (Code of Canon Law, Can. 252, §3).

Aquinas is held in the Catholic Church to be the model teacher for those studying for the priesthood (Code of Canon Law, Can. 252, §3).

Yves Marie Joseph Cardinal Congar

(April 8, 1904 - June 22, 1995)

One of the most influential theologians of the 20th century on the topic of the Catholic Church and ecumenism and influenced also the thinking of Pope John Paul II from the year 1946 onwards.

Very active in the ecumenical movement and the first Catholic to contribute seriously to that scholarly discussion, Congar was once removed from teaching or publishing for a time, during the time of Pope Pius XII.

PREACH

PRAYER

COMMUNITY

STUDY

The The 4 Pillars of the 4 Pillars of the

Order of PreachersOrder of Preachers

PreachingPreachingisis

Evangelizing

CatechizingTeaching

Prophesying

St. Thomas’ favourite book was the CrucifixSt. Thomas’ favourite book was the Crucifix

For St. Dominic, study was a form of prayer For St. Dominic, study was a form of prayer and prayer was a form of study.and prayer was a form of study.

““Compared with what God has shown me in Compared with what God has shown me in prayer, what I have written is but straw.”prayer, what I have written is but straw.”

St. Thomas AquinasSt. Thomas Aquinas

PrayePrayerr

StudyStudy

Humbert of RomansHumbert of Romans

We study the Word of God in the world We study the Word of God in the world and the world in the Word of God.and the world in the Word of God.

CommunityCommunity

in poverty,in poverty,for it gives credibility to our for it gives credibility to our

preachingin chastity, to preach preachingin chastity, to preach freelyfreely

Our community is the source of our Our community is the source of our preaching.preaching.

The Dominican GoalThe Dominican GoalTo devote ourselves to the To devote ourselves to the salvation of others by preaching the salvation of others by preaching the Word of God Word of God

and proclaiming the name of and proclaiming the name of our our

Lord Lord Jesus Jesus ChristChrist throughout throughout the world.the world.

The Dominican CharismThe Dominican Charism

““To contemplate and share the fruits of To contemplate and share the fruits of our contemplation with others”our contemplation with others”

TruthTruth

The Dominican MottoThe Dominican Motto

The End

Preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort,

be unfailing in patience and in teaching