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Welcome to the In His Name Newsletter for the fourth quarter of 2024!
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Fr. Augustine Hilander, O.P.
"Dominican government is directed toward the good of the preaching of the Gospel (common good), contains an order toward that end involving prayer and study (both reasonable) and bears the fruit of peace (union)."
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CATHOLICS VOTING CATHOLIC | |
Mr. John Keenan, O.P.
"On Tuesday, November 6, 2024, the electorate of the United States will elect a new president, one-third of the members of the U.S. Senate, the entire U.S. House of Representatives, and innumerable state and local offices. God bless all the candidates that seek public office, granting them the knowledge of what needs to be done, integrity, and the wisdom and prudence to do it."
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REQUIESCAT IN PACE: FR. RAYMOND FINERTY, O.P.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr. Raymond Finerty, OP, who died on Friday, June 21, 2024.
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DIACONATE ORDINATIONS 2024
The Dominican Friars of the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus and the Vietnamese Vicariate of Saint Vincent Lime joyfully announce the Ordination of their Brothers.
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FIRST PROFESSION OF SIMPLE VOWS
The Dominican Friars of the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus and the Vietnamese Vicariate of Saint Vincent Liem cordially invite you to the First Profession of their Brothers.
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PRAY FOR OUR NINE NEW NOVICES!
On August 29th, a new class of NINE novices will start their journey as Dominicans! And they need your prayers.
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WHEN YOUR CHAPTER HAS AN ELECTION
The laity in the Western Dominican Province is growing, with new Chapters and groups forming to become Chapters. As our Province grows it is important to keep your Lay Provincial Officers officers informed as to changes in your leadership, especially after your Chapter holds elections. Whenever there is a new prior or prioress, LPC Representative, or other officer is elected, it is important that you advise the LPC executive council:
Please send an email to the following people when there is a change in leadership:
1. Alejandra Barajas, LPC Secretary, at abarajas174@gmail.com
2. Fr. Augustine Hilander, O.P. at augustine.hilander@gmail.com
3. and, John Keenan, LPC President, at john@keenan.org
In that way, your Lay Provincial executive council can stay in touch with you and your Chapter! Thank you.
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2024 LPC GATHERING IN VALLOMBROSA CALIFORNIA
These photos are images of the 2024 LPC, held on July 26 - 27, 2024, at Vallombrosa Retreat Center in Menlo Park, California, near the Corpus Christi Monastery a congregation of Dominican nuns. Forty five lay Dominicans from across the Western Province attended the Lay Provincial Council this year. Among lots of prayer, work and effort, was fellowship and good food It was a joyful time together as lay Dominicans. The LPC passed a new Particular Directory which will be sent to the Chapters for their consideration.
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JOY'S BAPTISM
St. Margaret of Castello Chapter in Boise, Idaho, is welcoming an honorary member, little Joy Jaszkowiak, who was baptized at St. Mary's in Boise; pictured here along with her mother and Chapter member, Pamila Jaszkowiak, and her husband, Jason, and two children; along with Chas and Alanna Burg as God parents. Alanna is the Chapter's formation director and chair of the Province's formation commission. What a blessing to see the baptism of the Faithful.
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SPOKANE VISITATION
On September 21, 2024, the Spokane, Washington, St. Michael the Archangel chapter-in-formation, gathered at a retreat with Fr. Corwin Low, O.P., who is presently in Menlo Park, California, as the retreat master. John Keenan, president of the Lay Provincial Council, also visited the Chapter. Mrs. Theresa Ferguson, O.P. is the prioress of the Chapter, and did a mighty work of organizing the retreat. The group's LPC Representative, Mr. Anthony Clark, OP, PhD, also attended. Fr. Corwin celebrated the Dominican Rite Mass at St. Peter's parish in Spokane. It was a great day of talks, study, and fellowship with our dear Dominican family! The photos show Fr. Corwin and other attendees at the Retreat in Spokane.
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ROSARY CONFRATERNITY
Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. has been hard at work in promoting the rosary. As Lay Dominicans, we can help
Being that it's the month of the Most Holy Rosary, there is no better time to consider joining the Rosary Confraternity, if you're not yet a member. Most of us already pray the rosary more than the frequency obligated by the Confraternity. The fruits of our prayers simply increase more than tenfold.
The benefits of membership are:
- The special protection of the Mother of God.
- A share in the prayer of many hundreds of thousands of members the world over, even after death.
- A share in the prayers, Masses and apostolic works of the entire Order of Preachers.
- The intercession of the entire heavenly court.
- Various plenary and partial indulgences.
- Six times a year the Rosary Center publication THE ROSARY, LIGHT AND LIFE is sent to those members who wish it. Its purpose is to provide sound doctrine and spiritual guidance for readers everywhere.
Obligations:
Each member strives to pray the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary each week (this does not bind under sin) and must have his/her name inscribed in the register of the Confraternity. There are no meetings, and no dues. As we pray, we pray also for the intentions of all the other members of the Rosary Confraternity worldwide, living and deceased.
https://rosarycenter.org/enroll-in-the-rosary-confraternity
https://youtu.be/Ht70I2UUIos?si=8H4WaDR8aQzagANP
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SALT LAKE TRIP
On Saturday, October 12, 2024, Third Order members from various Chapters of the Dominican family gathered at the St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Salt Lake City, Utah, to receive the indulgence granted by the Holy Father under the auspices of St. Thomas Aquinas. It was a gathering of Lay Dominicans enjoying fellowship, prayer, Holy Mass, and lectures from Frs. Gabriel Mosher and Anselm Ramelow, O.P. The talks were excellent, the fellowship fulfilling, the food satiating, and the company was excellent. Fr. Augustine Hilander, O.P. organized it and it turned out well. Members from the Western Province showed up, including lay members from Montana, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah gathered together in fellowship. Thanks be to God!
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MY CALL TO STUDY AND WORK ON THE PARTICULAR DIRECTORY | |
"Once the updated directory has been approved and distributed, my prayer is that all of our members will take the time to read and study it, both personally and in fraternity chapter meetings. It has been a real joy and privilege for me to work on this committee."
Via: Mr. Brian White, O.P.
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"The Lay Dominicans have been busy this past year, especially at the Lay Provincial Council (“LPC”). Thanks to the members of the LPC. The LPC tasked the Formation and Particular Directory commissions with revising the Particular Directory and working on a renewed formation program for the Province. The LPC has also revised the formal structure of the Lay Provincial Council; and authorized the development of the Province’s new website for the Dominican laity."
Via: Mr. John Keenan, O.P.
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TRUTH BE TOLD - FALL 2024 | |
"It has been six years since Truth Be Told was discontinued, and it is an honor to be asked to restart Truth Be Told as a supplement to the fine work Helen Nguyen is doing for the Province.
Since that time, we have all lived through increasing turmoil in the Church and civil society. It is not that we didn’t before then, but between the Cardinal McCarrick debacle and the Covid lockdowns, the enemy of our souls has increasingly presumed on his ascendency and exposed himself clearly and boldly. The entire world seems caught in the throes of a demonic effort to subject everyone to unspeakable and unrestrained evils. By human effort alone, the future appears very dark."
Via: Mr. Mark Gross, O.P.
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ST. MONICA CHAPTER JUBILEE CELEBRATION | |
"On August 4, 2024 some members of the St. Monica Chapter of the Dominican Laity attended the 150th year Jubilee celebration of the historic St. Dominic’s Church in San Francisco, together with our Master General, Fr. Gerard Timoner, III, OP, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, priests, religious, parishioners, and other lay Dominican chapters."
Via: Mrs. Arleen Quinn, O.P.
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SAINT FOCUS: BL. PIETRO GEREMIA, FRIAR AND PRIEST | | |
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Blessed Pietro Geremia was an Italian Priest and a professed member from the Order of Preachers.
Geremia was born in Palermo but spent an extended period of time in Bologna – where he experienced a radical conversion – and Fiesole for his admittance into the Dominicans before returning to Palermo where he became a sought after and noted preacher and miracle worker.
Via: Wikipedia
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Welcome to the Fides et Ratio (Faith & Reason) section! Here you will find articles published from various (actually Catholic) sources. These articles cover Catholic teachings, relevant issues, and just good old Catholic reading material I know we read on our own anyways.
Please enjoy these articles we've picked for this quarter's newsletter. If you are interested in submitting any articles, news etc. to the rest of the group, please email us.
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HONORING OUR BODIES AS TEMPLES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT | |
"We should always remember that our bodies are not simply ours to do with as we please. After receiving the sacrament of Baptism, we become temples of the Holy Spirit (CCC 1265). The Spirit of God dwells within us, making our bodies His dwelling places here on earth. This tremendous honor carries responsibility with it: we must keep these temples pure and pleasing to Him by avoiding sin and immorality, as any impure acts would violate the sanctity of our bodies as God’s dwellings."
Via: Dominican Friars - Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
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THE UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF THE MYSTICAL BODY OF CHRIST | |
"In the Church, there is always a temptation to reduce the Church to one of her parts such as a single vocation, parish, apostolate, or religious order. When we view any of these as the entirety of the Church, every other form of the Church’s expression becomes an obstacle, an enemy."
Via: Dominican Friars - Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
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EDITH'S NIECE, MAX'S TROPHY, AND BOB'S BEAR | |
"But I also want to draw your attention today to Edith’s niece, Eva, who was born with an intellectual disability in Germany in 1915. Growing up in that place, at that time, with that kind of disability, and being a young Jewish woman, I think you can imagine the fate she suffered."
Via: The Pillar
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BROTHERS IN ARMS, ROMEO AND JULIET, AND KNIVES OUT | |
"There is a war on. We shouldn’t forget that. In fact, there’s more than one. Real wars, taking real lives, destroying real homes of real families.
It’s all too easy for those of us who aren’t doing the actual fighting and dying, living out of immediate danger, to simply dial down the volume and allow this reality to recede into the background static — just one more unpleasant thing going on which we have the luxury of paying attention to, or not, as we choose."
Via: The Pillar
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'IF ONE PERSON RETURNS' - SYDNEY ARCHBISHOP PLANS FOR 2028 EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS | |
"As the International Eucharistic Congress drew to a conclusion on Sunday, Vatican officials announced that the next International Congress will be held in Sydney, Australia, in just four years — 2028."
Via: The Pillar
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I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE GIRLS | |
"Perhaps more worrying than their lack of manners, though, was their lack of vision. My friend expected these girls from nice Catholic families to be pro-marriage and pro-children. It turned out they were primarily pro-pink Porsche. ”
Via: Word on Fire Institute
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A WOMAN IS A HUMAN PERSON | |
"What do we mean by that? In my last article, I detailed some of the many reasons I’m worried about the girls of this generation, who are more prone to anxiety, depression, and self-harm than any generation of girls on record. Not only are their teen years haunted by online bullying, pressure to mutilate and/or sell their bodies, and the normalization of “branding” themselves on social media, but they’re also offered very little vision of what healthy adult womanhood looks like. Instead, women are arguing about careers vs. tradwifery; the political “right” to end their own child’s life; and whether or not a woman, in principle, belongs in a significant political seat. "
Via: Word on Fire Institute
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A RENAISSANCE OF AQUINAS AT 800 | |
"If you were born in 1224, the odds are not in your favor that you’ll have a blow-out 800th birthday celebration. But Thomas Aquinas is the exception to that rule. A recent conference at the University of Notre Dame, “Aquinas at 800: Ad Multos Annos,” brought 580 registered participants from twenty countries to hear more than 150 papers on the work of the great Dominican St. Thomas Aquinas. This conference was a fitting recognition of the Angelic doctor both in quantity of participants involved and the quality of papers presented. "
Via: Word on Fire Institute
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A FIRST LOOK AT 'THE COLLECTED POEMS OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN' | |
"Writer, Poet, Scholar”: these words appear on the UK Royal Mint’s £2 coin commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Tolkien’s death in 2023. Writer, of course: Tolkien has worldwide fame as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Scholar, yes, for Tolkien was an Oxford professor, a master of medieval literature and languages. But surprising though it might seem, it is no accident that “Poet” has central placement here."
Via: Word on Fire Institute
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LOVING OTHER CHRISTIANS, EVEN DURING AN ELLECTION | |
"While John Paul II was perfectly clear that some actions are intrinsically wrong and can never be morally licit, faithful Catholics are entirely free to engage in prudential reasoning about most aspects of policy and voting. Some things are intrinsically wrong, but it’s less often the case that a particular action is intrinsically and universally correct. We are obligated to care for widows and orphans, yes, but whether this is best accomplished through this or the other party’s platform is something about which reasonable people of good will—faithful Catholics among them—can disagree."
Via: Word on Fire Institute
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Welcome to Papa Nostro (Our Pope). Here is where you can find the latest news about Pope Francis.
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As Catholics, we believe in the inherent dignity of human life. Issues such as abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide and the culture of death are continuing to be prevalent in our culture today and directly attacks our stance in defending and protecting the most vulnerable people in our community. Here you will read the latest life respecting news. | | |
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PRO-LIFE DOCTORS URGE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT ABORTION DRUGS | |
"The American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists this week urged the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to help women understand the risks associated with abortion drugs."
Via: WORLD
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THE STATE OF THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT IN AMERICA: CATHERINE GLENN FOSTER '16 | |
"Episode 6 is out - In this episode, Matt and I are laser focused on all things UN and we are joined by UN expert Stefano Gennarini. Stefano is the Vice President for Legal Studies at the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam). Based out of NY, Stefano is a researcher, writer, and advisor on international law and policy."
Via: Anchoring Truths
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WASHINGTON'S BIRTH RATE HAS FALLEN 22% SINCE 2007 | |
"Washington state's birth rate fell dramatically between 2007 and 2022, mirroring a national trend."
Via: Axios Seattle
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WHAT IS THE CATHOLIC RESPONSE TO MEDICAL EMERGENCIES DURING PREGNANCY? | |
"The attorney general of California announced last week a lawsuit against a Catholic hospital, saying the hospital failed to perform an abortion after a pregnant woman’s water broke 15 weeks into her pregnancy."
Via: The Pillar
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"Éclairs were a favorite treat of St. Therese, and so last year we made little mini eclairs to celebrate her feast."
Via: Catholic Cuisine
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HEAVENLY ROSE GARDEN CUPCAKES | |
"Happy feast of St. Therese! Originally I thought I would make another Rose cake in honor of today's feast, but since we just had cake for the feast of St. Michael, and with the feast of the Holy Guardian Angels (and our 13th wedding anniversary!) tomorrow, and then the traditional feast of St. Therese on Wednesday, I decided to make a quick batch of cupcakes."
Via: Catholic Cuisine
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DOMINICAN LAITY WEST
PROVINCE OF THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS
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