#Dominican Church

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Dutch bookstore chain Selexyz inside Dominican Church in Maastricht, HOLLAND

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More Dominic Wips?

Why yes.

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Cloistered Dominican Nuns of Avrille, France.

"A man who governs his passions is master of the world. We must either rule ​them, or be ruled by them. It is better to be the hammer than the anvil." 

~St. Dominic

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THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA The Patron of Those Against Fire and Miscarriages Feast Day: April 29

"Eternal God, eternal Trinity, you have made the blood of Christ so precious through his sharing in your divine nature. You are a mystery as deep as the sea; the more I search, the more I find, and the more I find the more I search for you. But I can never be satisfied; what I receive will ever leave me desiring more. When you fill my soul I have an even greater hunger, and I grow more famished for your light. I desire above all to see you, the true light, as you really are." -excerpt from 'The Dialogue of Divine Providence'

One of the few women to be declared Doctor of the Church, Catherine, was born Caterina di Jacopo di Benincasa, on the Feast of the Annunciation of Mary - March 25, 1347, in Siena, shortly before the Black Death ravaged Europe. Her parents were Lapa Piagenti, the daughter of a local poet, and Jacopo di Benincasa, a cloth dyer who ran his enterprise with the help of his sons.

At the age of six, after experiencing a vision of our Lord, Catherine consecrated her life to God. When she reached the age of 12, to convince her parents that she would never marry, she cut off her beautiful hair.

Catherine entered the Third Order of St. Dominic in 1365, and led a life of penance and prayer in her house. She was often subjected to trials and desolation.

One day, Catherine exclaimed: 'Oh Lord, where were you when my heart was so sorely troubled with temptations?'

The Lord replied: 'Daughter, I was in your heart, fortifying you by my grace.'

While Siena was celebrating a carnival, Catherine was praying in her room when our Lord appeared to her, accompanied by the Blessed Virgin Mary and a crowd of the heavenly host. Taking the girl's hand, the Blessed Virgin held it up to her Son, who placed a ring on it and espoused Catherine to himself. Although she cared for the sick and the prisoners, she was unjustly accused of being a fanatic and a hypocrite.

In 1375, as she was praying in the church of St. Cristina in Pisa, she received the stigmata from our Lord according to Raymond of Capua's biography. Because of her holiness, she was constantly called upon to arbitrate feuds and misunderstandings.

In June 1376, Catherine went to Avignon in France, to urge Pope Gregory XI to return to Rome, whence the pope has been absent for 74 years.

She spent the rest of her days composing 'The Dialogue of Divine Providence', a book which she wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Besides, Catherine wrote about 400 letters of great interest, all of them remarkable for beauty and spirituality.

Showing a remarkable combination of respect, frankness and familiarity, she called the Pope, 'my sweet daddy,' while reminding him of his obligations as the leader of the Universal Church.

After offering herself as the victim for the Church, Catherine died peacefully in the Lord at the age of 33 on April 29, 1380, having eight days earlier suffered a massive stroke which paralyzed her from the waist down. Her last words were: 'Father, into Your Hands I commend my soul and my spirit.'

Catherine beatified on Christmas Eve 1460 and canonized by Pope Pius II in 1461, Pope Paul VI named Catherine a Doctor of the Church on October 4, 1970; this title was almost simultaneously given to Teresa of Avila, making them the first women to receive this honor.

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Light in Biology: A Molecular Perspective | Prof. Matthew Wohlever

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San Lorenzo Ruiz

The first Filipino saint was a mestizo de sangley (mixed Chinese and Filipino), and I want to honor that by dressing him in a plain camisa de chino (left, collarless shirt with round neck; part of his traditional iconography) and also in a variant of the barong Tagalog that borrows elements from the Tangzhuang. His rosary has the Dominican cross because he was a lay brother under the Dominicans.

San Lorenzo Ruiz was born in Binondo, Manila, site of the city's Chinatown. In 1636, after being accused of murdering a Spaniard, he sought refuge with Dominican missionaries and went with them to Japan. In Nagasaki, they endured horrific torture including waterboarding and denailing in an effort to coerce them to renounce their faith. Finally, they were put through the tsurushi, a Japanese torture technique in which the victim is hung upside-down in a hole filled with sewage. Two days of this torture, and he refused to recant. His last words were:

I am a Catholic and wholeheartedly do accept death for God;

Had I a thousand lives, all these to Him shall I offer.

Cardinal Tagle sings "Sanlibong Buhay" (A Thousand Lives), composed by Jandi Arboleda and Father Manoling Francisco, SJ.

ᜁᜌᜈᜎᜅᜒᜈ᜔ ᜋᜓ ᜃᜋᜒ᜶

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Church in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Dominican vintage postcard

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The axolotl has been called a “conservation paradox” — a creature that is ubiquitous in pet stores, science labs and pop culture… yet almost extinct in the wild.

The axolotl is an amphibian with incredible regenerative abilities. It lives in only one place outside captivity: the waters of Lake Xochimilco, in Mexico City. Now, a team of scientists is working to secure its future by looking to its past. Working with local farmers, they’re reconstructing a system of chinampas, or island gardens, pioneered by the Aztecs — to restore the axolotl’s habitat. A few hours’ drive to the west, another team is working to save a closely related salamander species by teaming up with Dominican nuns who have raised the creatures in captivity for well over a century. The unusual alliances show that saving species can be as much about culture and heritage as it is about science.

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Iglesia de Santo Domingo - a Dominican church from 1552. The convent and church were severely damaged by different earthquakes. The last one in 1983 left it in ruins, especially the tower. This is a robust reconstruction.

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Vilnius

My final stop travelling through the Baltics was Lithuania’s capital Vilnius. I found it more pleasant than Riga and less touristy than Tallinn (helped by not having cruise ship visitors) and home to more than a hundred churches, of which I visited seventeen. It was a lovely place to wander around, enjoying the architecture. Before WW2 nearly half the population of Vilnius was Jewish and home…

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Messiah!!

If you are Christian don't miss this

https://youtu.be/7b9z-YcDUrc?si=E_kiarg_eewwhg54

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Katherine Manne lived in a cell attached to the Dominican Friary church in Norwich, and may have remained there after the dissolution.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

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In 1230 Parry and another friar, Father Service, were dispatched by the Dominicans on what was expected to be a routine case.

"Incarnations of Immortality: For Love of Evil" - Piers Anthony

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THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS The Dominican Angelic Doctor Feast Day: January 28

"Beware the man of a single book."

One of the great Christian theologians, Dominican priest, and later Doctor of the Church, was born Tommaso d'Aquino in circa 1225 in the Kingdom of Sicily at Roccasecca, a town and comune in the Province of Frosinone in the region of Lazlo (present-day Lazio, Italy), in the castle of his father, Landulf of Aquino. He was born to the most powerful branch of the family, and Landulf of Aquino was a man of means. Thomas's mother, Theodora, belonged to the Rossi branch of the Neapolitan Caracciolo family.

Thomas made the first schooling in the Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino, and his higher studies at the University of Naples (University of Naples Federico II). There, he was attracted by the Dominicans (Order of Preachers), and, at the age of 19, he took the Dominican habit.

Landulf and Theodora, his parents, who wanted him to join the Benedictines, were angered by his decision and brought him back by force as the prisoner in his castle of Monte San Giovanni Campano. Thomas was held prisoner for almost one year in the family castles at Monte San Giovanni and Roccasecca in an attempt to prevent him from assuming the Dominican habit and to push him into renouncing his new aspiration. In order to undermine his vocation, his brothers introduced a woman into his cell, but Thomas seized a burning brand from the fire and chased her away. After two years of captivity, his family gave in and permitted him to return to his Order.

In 1245, Thomas was sent to Parish to study at the Faculty of the Arts at the University of Paris under Albertus Magnus (Albert the Great). Because of his bulky figure and silence, he was nicknamed, the 'Dumb Ox'. Albert rebuked his companions and said: 'You may call him the dumb ox; but I tell you, that he will make his voice heard to the farthest parts of the earth.'

After securing his master's degree in theology, Thomas lectured and preached in many places very successfully, giving the example of wisdom, prayer and humility. He declared that he had learnt more at the foot of the crucifix than from books. About the year 1266, he began Summa Theologica (Summary of Theology), which is considered to be the theological book ever written.

One day, a voice from the crucifix of the altar said to him: 'You have written well of me, Thomas. What reward would you like to have?' To which Thomas answered: 'Nothing but yourself, Lord.'

Thomas spent many hours of the day in prayer, and often times he fell into ecstasy. On December 6th, the feast of St. Nicholas, in the year 1271, he was celebrating Mass when he received a revelation from heaven. Afterwards, he wrote no more and said to his brothers: 'The end of my labors has come. All that I have written appears to be as straw after the things that have been revealed to me.'

Pope Gregory X convened the Second Council of Lyon and summoned Thomas to attend, until he fell seriously sick and took refuge at the Fossanova Abbey, which is operated by the Cistercians, where he received the last sacraments. Upon receiving Holy Communion, he said: 'I am receiving you, prince of my soul's redemption. All my studies, my vigils, and my labors have been for love of you.'

Two days later on March 7, 1274, while giving commentary on the Song of Songs, Thomas passed away, being only 49 years of age.

Thomas is canonized as a saint by Pope John XXII in Avignon on July 18, 1323 and declared Doctor of the Church by Pope St. Pius V two centuries later in 1567. Thomas had the honor of having his Summa Theologiae placed on the altar alongside the Bible and the Decretals at the Council of Trent. His major shrine can be found at the Church of the Jacobins in Toulouse, France.

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CMA Chapel located in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic

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