Dominican Spirituality

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Short, sweet, and informative.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBLB_hlyvmg[/media]

[quote]In the video above, Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P., discusses several notable aspects of Dominican spirituality, including its Christological character and trust in God's grace. Among other characteristics, these especially, Fr. O'Donnell explains, should manifest themselves in Dominican preaching and spiritual direction.

Fr. O'Donnell is currently Vice-President and Academic Dean of the [url="http://dhs.edu/"]Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception[/url] (Washington, DC). He also serves as postulator for the causes for sainthood of [url="http://www.fathermcgivney.org/mcg/en/sainthood/cause/index.html"]Fr. Michael J. McGivney[/url] (founder of the Knights of Columbus) and Rose Hawthorne (foundress of the [url="http://www.hawthorne-dominicans.org/"]Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, NY[/url]).[/quote]

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Another addition: Dominican Marian Devotion.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2cWE3yegO0[/media]


[quote]Fr. Giles Dimock, O.P., discusses the significance of the Order's devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Recounting early testimonies of her unique solicitude for the Dominicans, Fr. Dimock further explains the particular need friars have for Our Lady: Lest the celibate's study of the Word of God dry up his preaching and himself, filial devotion to the Mother of God helps the Preacher bear the Incarnate Word that she bore, and likewise, in a totally personal, human way. There is no better aid for this concrete and affective relationship with Mary than her own Most Holy Rosary.

Fr. Dimock is the Prior of the Dominican House of Studies (Washington, DC). He has taught theology at the Angelicum (Rome), Providence College (RI), the Franciscan University of Steubenville (OH), and the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Concpetion at the Dominican House of Studies. In addition to being a regular chaplain and director for both groups and individuals, he is the author of many articles in Sacramental, Liturgical, and Spiritual Theology, as well as the recent book, [i]101 Questions and Answers on the Eucharist[/i] (Paulist Press, 2006).[/quote]

[tnavarro61]

[quote name='laetitia crucis' date='15 March 2010 - 10:19 PM' timestamp='1268659180' post='2073411']
Another addition: Dominican Marian Devotion.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2cWE3yegO0[/media]
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nice vids! i went to a Dominican school during my elementary and every morning we pray the Rosary, but the way pf praying is quite different. as far as i can remember, it doesnt begin in the Apostles' creed. anyone familiar with this method?

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[quote name='tnavarro61' date='15 March 2010 - 10:23 AM' timestamp='1268659431' post='2073416']
nice vids! i went to a Dominican school during my elementary and every morning we pray the Rosary, but the way pf praying is quite different. as far as i can remember, it doesnt begin in the Apostles' creed. anyone familiar with this method?
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When I went to visit the [url="http://www.dominicansrs.co.uk"]Dominican Sisters of St. Joseph[/url], I noticed that same method of praying the Rosary. They skip the beginning bit (Apostles' Creed, Our Father, 3 Hail Marys, Glory Be) and start right off with the first mystery.

Every time we prayed the Rosary I made a mental note to ask one of the Sisters about why they prayed that way, but I always forgot since we had Adoration and Compline right after the Rosary.

Here's hoping someone will know the answer to our question, tnavarro61!

[TeresaBenedicta]

[quote name='laetitia crucis' date='15 March 2010 - 12:32 PM' timestamp='1268667139' post='2073446']
When I went to visit the [url="http://www.dominicansrs.co.uk"]Dominican Sisters of St. Joseph[/url], I noticed that same method of praying the Rosary. They skip the beginning bit (Apostles' Creed, Our Father, 3 Hail Marys, Glory Be) and start right off with the first mystery.

Every time we prayed the Rosary I made a mental note to ask one of the Sisters about why they prayed that way, but I always forgot since we had Adoration and Compline right after the Rosary.

Here's hoping someone will know the answer to our question, tnavarro61!
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When I'm home, I often go to Mass at a Dominican parish and such is the tradition for their rosary as well (prayed directly before Mass). They open with something similar to the opening of the LOTH. I'm not entirely sure as to the [i]why[/i], except that I think this is how the tradition of the rosary initially began... and then later on what we know as the typical opening (Apostles Creed, Our Father, 3 Hail Mary's) came later. My guess is that the change was for the laity who did not live a monastic life, and therefore it wouldn't be necessary for the rosary to begin similarly to the LOTH. And also, the entire rosary would have been prayed (not just one set of mysteries), but not necessarily all at once. So there wouldn't be a need to begin with the opening prayers before getting onto the mysteries each time.

[Thomist-in-Training]

I asked a chaplain about that one time too--not having anything to do with the Dominicans, just whether you need the Creed, etc., before the mysteries, and he said no, and in fact the Roman custom (he worked in Rome) is to begin

God, come to my assistance.
Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be...

and then the mysteries; and that it's fine to do that. So since then I usually don't say the Creed, etc., because it is much easier for me to get myself started if I just jump in. I'm probably losing a few graces that way, but I also start more Rosaries... </theolomathematics>

[Saint Therese]

I prefer the Dominican way myself.

[Beatus]

With such a history, how can so many Dominicans including the group in No. California be IN SO MUCH TROUBLE!!!!??? What is GOING ON!? WE NEED TO SACRIFICE AND PRAY for ALL OF THEM! Especially for the ones that are being CALLED BEFORE THE POPE!

Edited March 19, 2010 by Beatus

[linnie]

[quote name='Beatus' date='19 March 2010 - 05:07 PM' timestamp='1269036435' post='2075960']
With such a history, how can so many Dominicans including the group in No. California be IN SO MUCH TROUBLE!!!!??? What is GOING ON!? WE NEED TO SACRIFICE AND PRAY for ALL OF THEM! Especially for the ones that are being CALLED BEFORE THE POPE!
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[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='Beatus' date='19 March 2010 - 06:07 PM' timestamp='1269036435' post='2075960']
With such a history, how can so many Dominicans including the group in No. California be IN SO MUCH TROUBLE!!!!??? What is GOING ON!? WE NEED TO SACRIFICE AND PRAY for ALL OF THEM! Especially for the ones that are being CALLED BEFORE THE POPE!
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Attention posters:
Please read post #86 of the thread linked below before continuing with this thread. Thank you.

http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=93433&st=80

[brandelynmarie]

[quote name='Thomist-in-Training' date='17 March 2010 - 10:02 PM' timestamp='1268874144' post='2074906']
I'm probably losing a few graces that way, but I also start more Rosaries... </theolomathematics>
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theolomathematics...I need to remember that one! I'm kinda liking the Roman way myself...

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Another good one.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VZDdYgtXD0&feature=player_embedded[/media]

[quote]Fr. Chris Saliga, O.P., discusses his involvement with campus ministry. From its very beginning, the Order was closely associated with the university as a forum for preaching and teaching the Truth. Appropriately, Fr. Saliga discusses some of the campus ministries overseen by the Dominicans of the St. Joseph Province. For the past two years, Fr. Saliga has been the chaplain at Walsh University (Canton, OH), where there have been, since that time, 5 men and women who have either entered or are actively pursuing entry into the Dominican Order. Fr. Saliga notes that most of the Province's other campus ministries are at secular colleges. Especially at these universities, the potential for effective evangelical preaching flows from the contemplative and communal religious life that is characteristic of the Dominican ideal.[/quote]

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Dominican Community Life

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[quote]Fr. Joseph Alobaidi, O.P., speaks about the important challenge of Dominican common life. The Constitutions of the Dominican Order states that, "as with the Apostles, communion among us is also established and made firm in the Holy Spirit, the same Spirit in whom we receive the Word in one faith from God the Father: the Word we contemplate with one heart, praise with one voice, and in whom we share one bread and are formed into one body. In the same Word, we hold everything in common and all of us are committed to the same work of evangelization."

Fr. Alobaidi is a professor of Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, DC). He is editor of the series, [url="http://astore.amazon.com/saintjoseph-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=85"]The Bible in History/La Bible dans l'histoire[/url].[/quote]

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[quote]Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., discusses the Dominican's commitment to the foreign missions in terms of our holy founder's ideal, the history of the province of St. Joseph, and his own experience in Kenya. He is the author of numerous hymns and articles. His dissertation at the University of Notre Dame is on the Greek Father of the Church, St. Gregory Nazianzen. Fr. Hofer is scheduled to teach at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, DC) in the Fall of 2010.[/quote]