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Reading: International Commissions Meet to Catch the Fire of Dominic's Vison by Eileen Gannon, OP PAPERS
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| A Message to the
Members of the Dominican Family from Fanjeaux, May 2006 April 28-May 4, 2006 the International Commissions of the Order met in France to rekindle the fire of Dominic's Vision. Here is their message to the Dominican Family (see related stories) We, members of the International Commissions of the Dominican Order, meeting with the Master of the Order in Fanjeaux to celebrate the 800th anniversary of St Dominic’s founding of Prouilhe, wish to share with the worldwide Dominican family our reflections, ideas and commitments to enrich the holy preaching at this momentous time in the Order’s history. • We commit ourselves to renewing Dominic’s vision of a family together in mission. • We commit ourselves to knowing all branches of the family better and to working together in harmony, mutual respect and truth. • We commit ourselves to finding spaces to preach together as Dominic’s family. • We commit ourselves to finding new, innovative ways of preaching that will especially touch the poor, the young and the aged. • We commit ourselves to finding ways to link and nourish our prayer and mission. • We commit ourselves to be more welcoming to all the other branches of the Order. • We commit ourselves to a more attentive listening to the world as a fundamental Dominican value. • We commit ourselves to working for justice together as a family. • We commit ourselves to being in solidarity with those at the margins of society. From these general commitments, kindled by the fire of Dominic’s vision by being present in these holy places, we urge all branches of the Dominican family in this period of jubilee, to:- • Be involved in mission by adopting local projects developed and implemented by all branches of the Order together • Deepen our prayer life by praying the jubilee prayer prepared for us by the nuns of the Order and joining their liturgies in their monasteries wherever possible • Work for justice by joining the rest of the Church in realizing the Millennium Development Goals, signed by all governments in 2000, to relieve our world of dehumanizing poverty and to promote integral human development. These are some of the fruits of our contemplation over these days in Fanjeaux where Dominic first had his vision of establishing what became the first foundation of the Order and where he dreamed of how to set the world on evangelical fire by praising, blessing and preaching. We encourage you all to take up these challenges, to give them flesh and to implement them, following in the footsteps of St Dominic, as ways of witnessing to the Gospel in our time. |
Since
the time of St Dominic, more than 800 years ago, Dominicans have been
living and sharing
the message of the Gospel. Today thousands of sisters, nuns, priests, brothers, associates,
and laity serve in more than 100 countries around the globe
the message of the Gospel. Today thousands of sisters, nuns, priests, brothers, associates,
and laity serve in more than 100 countries around the globe