Lay Dominicans of Dallas & Fort Worth | Southern Province ~ St. Martin de Porres
Johannes Tauler OP describes the Nativity as a kind of three births. A trinity that, for Tauler, symbolically reflects the Divine Trinity and finds expression in each individual person who makes herself available to the interior movements of the Holy Spirit....
Continue readingThis is Part 3 of a series. Part 2 is HERE Dominican Spirituality can be summarized into prayer, study, community, and the apostolate (aka preaching) which we call the four pillars. Debra explored with you in the previous article how the Dominican Life is...
Continue reading“How many ways to preach?”“How many people on Earth?” A lay Dominican student told the following story: “The student had recently moved from California to Houston. On the second day of his arrival, it rained heavily, and the area in which he lived was flo...
Continue readingWhat separates a Lay Dominican from our religious brothers and sisters? One aspect is how we share our charism in the world. There are as many ways to do this as there are Lay Dominicans–this is mine. Our religious brothers and sisters live their Dominican...
Continue reading“Whatever you do to the least of my brothers, you do unto me.” by Mrs. Annette M. B., OP Catholic Social Teaching, or Catholic social justice doctrine, has been called our Church’s “best kept secret.” It is a body of …doctrine that the Church has deve...
Continue readingEach Dominican is called to preach. That action can manifest itself in a multitude of ways. Our Dominican friars write homilies. The Dominican Sisters may preach by teaching. A Dominican Nun who is cloistered may preach to those she lives with. Lay Dominic...
Continue readingEach Dominican is called to preach. Part of our journey as lay members of the Dominican Family is to search out the ways in which the Lord calls us to preach. Jenny N., one of our perpetually professed members, has answered that call in a very dedicated way....
Continue readingOn September 14th the Lay Dominicans of DFW held their 2019 Retreat. The theme was Lord, open my lips. The inspiration for the retreat came from the readings for the 24th Sunday of Ordinary time, specifically from the responsorial psalm, Psalm 51. The contr...
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