{"id":200,"date":"2016-08-30T23:30:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T04:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/?page_id=200"},"modified":"2025-08-30T10:44:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T15:44:56","slug":"2016-2017-candidate-formation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/2016-2017-candidate-formation\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidate Formation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Schedule for Candidate\u00a0Formation [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Candidate-Program-schedule-09-18-2017.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><b>Required Texts:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CCC <em>Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Murray, Paul <i>The New Wine of Dominican Spirituality: A Drink Called Happiness. <\/i>Bloomsbury. 2006<\/li>\n<li>Philippe, Jacques <i>Time for God <\/i>Scepter Publishers. 1992<\/li>\n<li>Ferrell, Walter <i>My Way of Life <\/i>Confraternity of the Precious Blood. 1952<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<i>Christian Prayer <\/i>(Red Book) Catholic Book Publishing Corp., New York, 1976<br \/>\nor the Four-volume set of Liturgy of the Hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Meeting 1<b> &#8211; <\/b>September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Introduction to the Dominican Order Pt. I<\/p>\n<p>Saint:\u00a0Bl. Reginald of Orleans\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/a6SsaO-86\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify the following elements of Dominican Spirituality:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>the emphasis on the role of the movement of divine grace upon the will<\/li>\n<li>the role of preaching<\/li>\n<li>the centrality of the Incarnation<\/li>\n<li>love of truth: Veritas<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognize the source of Dominican joy &#8212; living the life of the Beatitudes<\/li>\n<li>Explain the origins of the Dominican Salve Procession [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashvilledominican.org\/prayer\/our-lady\/the-salve\/\">link<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Salve-Sisters-of-St.-Cecilia.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nAshley, Benedict. <i>Dominican Spirituality<\/i>\u00a0 Domcentral.org. (Ashley, Benedict, O.P).\u00a0 \u201cDominican Spirituality.\u201d\u00a0 Undated.\u00a0\u00a0 Accessed September 17, 2012 and August 2015, from Central Province Website (Province of St. Albert the Great)\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/opcentral.org\/blog\/dominican-spirituality\/\">http:\/\/opcentral.org\/blog\/dominican-spirituality\/<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Domcentral-Benedict-Ashley-Dominican-Spirituality-Central-Province-Website-3.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Murray, Paul. <i>The New Wine of Dominican Spirituality<\/i>. Ch. 1 \u201cWhat is Dominican Spirituality\u201d (pp. 5-44)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1bUsyoa0BaIFkW93r-XYOw-DZGh4ppQ2j\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>October<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Day of Recollection<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Meeting 2<b> &#8211; November<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Introduction to the Dominican Order Pt.\u00a0II<\/p>\n<p>Saint:\u00a0Bl. Jordan of Saxony [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Saints-and-Blesseds-Blessed-Jordan-of-Saxony.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognize the long history of Dominican Laity (begun 1285) and its continuity with the earliest days of the Order.<\/li>\n<li>State the founding purpose of the Lay Fraternities.<\/li>\n<li>Deepen one&#8217;s knowledge of St. Dominic and the early days of the Order through the reading of selected canonization proceedings.<\/li>\n<li>Identify ways of personally imitating Dominic&#8217;s prayer, over, &amp; virtues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Excerpts from <i>The Libellus <\/i>and Canonization proceedings of St. Dominic from Lehner, Francis C., O.P., (Ed).\u00a0 <i>Saint Dominic: Biographical Documents<\/i>, Washington, D.C.: Thomist Press, 1964.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/opcentral.org\/resources\/2012\/08\/23\/the-libellus-of-jordan-of-saxony\/\">http:\/\/opcentral.org\/resources\/2012\/08\/23\/the-libellus-of-jordan-of-saxony\/<\/a>, accessed July 2016. [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Excerpts-from-the-Libellus-of-Bl.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStatute of the Congregation of St. Dominic, Bologna, 1244\u201d and \u201cNew Statutes of the Congregation of Our Lady of Arezzo, 1262\u201d in Tugwell, Simon, OP.\u00a0 (Ed). <i>Early Dominicans Selected Writings<\/i>.\u00a0 Paulist Press, New York:\u00a0 1982, pp 433-439. \u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Early-Statutes-of-Dominican-Laity-Tugwellr-pp-432-33.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Murray, Paul. <i>The New Wine of Dominican Spirituality<\/i>. Ch. 2 \u201cDominicans and Happiness\u201d (pp. 45-77)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/188QnOi-_wv7sWR-vCVSBQLNy5oPSv-9E\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Meeting 3<b> &#8211; December<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Four Pillars of Dominican Life: Prayer, Part I<\/p>\n<p>Saint:\u00a0Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Bl-Pier-Giorgio-Frassati.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explain how the local chapter is connected to the Dominican Order and to the universal Church.<\/li>\n<li>Describe the character of the Lay Dominican promise (see <em>Ritual Order)<\/em> and the earliest statutes.<\/li>\n<li>Identify the historical development of the Lay Dominican Rule from its conception to the present<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nCongregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments.\u00a0 <i>Ritual Order for the Reception and Profession into Clerical or Lay Fraternities of Saint Dominic<\/i>, 1998.\u00a0 Promulgated by Timothy Radcliffe, OP, 1999, pp. vii-ix; xiv; and pp. 7-28. [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2002-RITUAL-Order-for-the-RECEPTION-PROFESSION-3.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><i>Code of Canon Law (1983): <\/i>Applicable canons from \u201cAssociations of the Christian Faithful\u201d (#298, 301, 303-306). [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/From-the-1983-Code-of-Canon-Law.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Selections from the <em>Rule and Directory of the Southern Province<\/em> (2021) [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1G7T3g_3eV95PrHe4RwX5pU5iKMjo_ASe\/view?usp=sharing\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I &#8211; Letter of Father Kammler, Oct 2007 [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Rome-Document-Kammler-2007.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">II \u2013 Historical Development of the Rule (p. 6)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">III \u2013 Decrees of Cardinal Hamer &amp; Master General Fr. Damian Byrne, OP (pp 7-8)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">IV \u2013 General Declarations of the rule of the Lay Fraternities (1987), (pp 13-16)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1l0DZ15f6WqdQ1oW98pUtR46ov5-eOXfU\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Meeting 4<b> &#8211; January<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Four Pillars of Dominican Life: Community<\/p>\n<p>Saint:\u00a0The Saints of Lima: St. Juan Macias [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/St-Juan-Macias-Meeting-4-Dec.pdf\">PDF<\/a>], St. Martin de Porres [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/St-Martin-de-Porres-Meeting-4-Dec.pdf\">PDF<\/a>], and St. Rose of Lima [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Saint-Rose-of-Lima-Meeting-4-Dec.pdf\">PDF<\/a>].<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Study and reading of the Rule and Directory in order for one to make a Temporary Promise<\/li>\n<li>Understand how the Rule of Lay Chapters applies to one\u2019s life by the nature of the Promise<\/li>\n<li>Explain the Basics of Lay Dominican Life<\/li>\n<li>Recognize the structure of the Government of a Chapter<\/li>\n<li>Explain membership and the\u00a0 process of incorporation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Rule and Directory, Southern Province of St. Martin de Porres, 2016. <\/em>&#8220;The Rule of the Lay Chapters of St. Dominic,\u201d sections 1-14 pp 9-12 and The Particular Directory Preface and Section I \u201cThe Basics of Lay Dominican Life\u201d and \u201cStructure and Government of a Chapter\u201d pp\u00a020-31 [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2016-lay-dominican-rule-directory-for-southern-province.pdf\">Rule &amp; Directory<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Guided-Reading-Chart-Rule-Meeting-4-Dec-Study-Questions.pdf\">Guided-Reading Chart<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Ln5cqvU9SMj99yGdiL3JvU3a9JqS6iV9\/view?usp=share_link\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Meeting 5 &#8211; February<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Four Pillars of Dominican Life: Prayer, Part I of III (Liturgical)<\/p>\n<p>Saint:\u00a0Pope St. Pius V [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pope-St-Pius-V-Meeting-5-Jan.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Define \u201cLiturgy\u201d as expressed in the CCC<\/li>\n<li>Discuss in what sense the Liturgy of the Hours is the:\n<ul>\n<li>Prayer of the Bride of Christ;<\/li>\n<li>prayer of Christ the Head;<\/li>\n<li>prayer of the Mystical body<\/li>\n<li>extension of the Mass throughout the day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Grow in one\u2019s devotion to the Holy Mass by identifying its four-fold purpose (as explained by LaGrange): adoration, praise, reparation; petition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nSelections from the <em>Catechism<\/em>, <em>CCC<\/em> #1066-1075 (Celebration of the Christian Mystery) [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Excerpts-from-CCC-Dec.-Meeting-5.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>United States Catholic Conference.\u00a0 \u201cThe Historical Development of the Liturgy of the Hours\u201d in <em>Study Text VII:\u00a0 The Liturgy of the Hours<\/em>.\u00a0 Washington, DC:\u00a0 United States Catholic Conference, 1981, pp. 11-15. [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Liturgy-of-the-Hours.-USCC-Study-Text-VII-1981..pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>United States Catholic Conference.\u00a0 \u201cA Theology of the Liturgy of the Hours\u201d in <em>Study Text VII:\u00a0 The Liturgy of the Hours.<\/em>\u00a0 Washington, DC:\u00a0 United States Catholic Conference, 1981, pp. 17-21.<\/p>\n<p>Lagrange, Reginald Garrigou-.\u00a0 <em>The Three Ages of Interior Life<\/em>., Vol. 2 Ch. 24.\u00a0 \u201cThe Sacrifice of the Mass and Proficients\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/christianperfection.info\/tta73.php\">http:\/\/christianperfection.info\/\/tta73.php<br \/>\n<\/a>Part 3 \u2013 \u201cThe Illuminative Way of\u00a0 Proficients\u201d\u00a0 Ch. 24 [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Lagrange-Volume-2-Ch-24-The-Sacrifice-of-the-Mass-and-Proficients.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Benedict XVI.\u00a0 <em>Spe Salvi (Saved in Hope).<\/em>\u00a0 Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican City:\u00a0 2007, excerpt from paragraph #34 [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Excerpt-from-Benedict-XVI-Spe-Salve.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1i0NWbrN0X44xR2L9Whpa9UFpaGRI31C3\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Meeting 6 &#8211; March<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Four Pillars of Dominican Life: Prayer, Part II of III (Mental Prayer)<\/p>\n<p>Saint:\u00a0Bl. Henry Suso [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Saints-and-Blesseds-Blessed-Henry-Suso.pdf\">PDF<\/a>] and St. Catherine of Sienna [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/St-Catherine-of-Siena-Meeting-6-March.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>State that prayer in all stages is always the initiative of God the Holy Spirit, a gift of grace.<\/li>\n<li>Recognize that fidelity to mental prayer helps one to grow in love of God , love of neighbor (Ch. 1) and love of the Church.<\/li>\n<li>Recognize the various categories that spiritual writers use to describe ways and stages of prayer:\n<ul>\n<li>Purgative, illuminative, unitive<\/li>\n<li>Meditation, affective prayer, contemplation<\/li>\n<li>Active prayer to passive prayer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nPhilippe, Jacques <em>Time for God<\/em>.\u00a0 New York, NY:\u00a0 Scepter Publishers, 1992.\u00a0Ch 1, 2, and 3 (pp 7-81)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1yrm-8fQ9aRDA6ibfSGTmKN_7AwCqk8FX\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Meeting 7 &#8211; April<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Four Pillars of Dominican Life: Prayer, Part III of III (Lectio Divina and Mental Prayer)<\/p>\n<p>Saint: Bl. John of Piesole (Fra Angelico) [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Bl.-Fra-Angelico-Meeting-7-April.pdf\">PDF<\/a>] and Bl. Imelda Lambertini [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Bl-Imelda-Meeting-7-April.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explain the importance of meditation to growth in prayer.\u00a0 Ch. 4)<\/li>\n<li>Practice <em>Lectio Divina<\/em> together with a passage from a Gospel.\u00a0 (Perhaps invite a guest to speak\/present on it.)<\/li>\n<li>Pray the \u201cJesus Prayer\u201d (Ch. 5)<\/li>\n<li>Understand how the praying the Rosary unites us with the Heart of Mary and leads us into Her own mental prayer giving us access to the Heart of Jesus (Ch. 5)<\/li>\n<li>Recognize spiritual writers and\u00a0various forms of mental prayer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Philippe, Jacques <em>Time for God<\/em> Ch. 4, 5 (pp. 82-98 and Appendices pp. 99-108)<\/p>\n<p>Morello, Rev. Sam Anthony, OCD. \u201c<em>Lectio<\/em> <em>Divina<\/em>:\u00a0 Framework of Teresian Prayer\u201d.\u00a0 ICS Publications.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.elcarmelo.org\/lectiodivina.html\"><em>http:\/\/www.elcarmelo.org\/lectiodivina.html<\/em><\/a><em>, accessed January 2017. <\/em>Used with permission. [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Lectio-Divina-Article-Fr.-Sam-Morello.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1G8jM2RcsTcDFdXoDoOQs2pXc9n0NPZD9\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Meeting 8 &#8211; May<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Four Pillars of Dominican Life: Study<\/p>\n<p>Saint:\u00a0St. Thomas Aquinas [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/St-Thomas-Aquinas-Meeting-8-May.pdf\">PDF<\/a>] and St. Albert the Great [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/St-Albert-the-Great-Meeting-8-May.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understand St. Dominic\u2019s passion for study of Sacred Scripture and Teachings of the Church<\/li>\n<li>Define study as a sacred task<\/li>\n<li>Compare and contrast the anthropologies of Plato and Aristotle.\u00a0 Briefly explain why Thomas favored Aristotle\u2019s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Murray, Paul.\u00a0 <em>The New Wine of Dominican Spirituality<\/em>.\u00a0 Ch. 3 \u201cEat the Book:\u00a0 Study in the Dominican Tradition\u201d (pp. 78-127).<\/p>\n<p>Ashley, Benedict, OP.\u00a0 \u201cThe Life of a Teacher\u201d in <em>Thomas Aquinas:\u00a0 The Gifts of the Spirit<\/em>.\u00a0 New York:\u00a0 New City Press, 1995, pp 7-13. [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Benedict-Ashley-article-The-Life-of-a-Teacher-April-Meeting-7.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Excerpts from <em>Misericordia Veritatis<\/em>, \u201cThe Mercy of Truth.\u201d Acts of the General Chapter of Providence, 2001, Chapter III: \u201cThe Intellectual Life\u201d and the General Chapter of Trogir, 2013. [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Excerpts-from-Misericordia-Gen-Chapters-Meeting-8-May.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1kKht8OMdak0iD1nMnu_PAGYRB_1Ou25I\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Meeting 9 &#8211; June<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Four Pillars of Dominican Life: Preaching\/Apostolate<\/p>\n<p>Saint: St. Vincent Ferrer [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Saints-and-Blesseds-St.-Vincent-Ferrer.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe the Church\u2019s understanding of the Role of the Laity as expressed in <em>Lumen Gentium<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Understand St. Dominic\u2019s zeal for preaching the Word of God for the salvation of souls<\/li>\n<li>Describe how the Holy Spirit fills one with the desire to preach the Gospel<\/li>\n<li>Recognize Mary\u2019s role as Preacher of the Word<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Murray, Paul.\u00a0 <em>The New Wine of Dominican Spirituality<\/em>.\u00a0 Ch. 4\u00a0 \u201cDominicans Drinking:\u00a0 Preachers and the New Wine of the Gospel\u201d\u00a0 (pp. 128-170)<\/p>\n<p>Pope Paul VI. \u201cThe Laity\u201d.\u00a0 Chapter IV of &#8220;Dogmatic Constitution on the Church &#8211; <em>Lumen Gentium<\/em>.&#8221; Vatican: the Holy See. Rome, 21 Nov. 1965. Web. 29 Jan. 2013 [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Excerpt-from-Lumen-Gentium-Ch.-IV-June-Meeting-9.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Cadore, Fr. Bruno., OP.\u00a0 \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/summitdominicans.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/mary-contemplation-and-preaching-of-the-word-fr-bruno-cadore-op-master-of-the-order-of-preachers\">Mary: Contemplation and Preaching of the Word,\u201d Essay of the Master of the Order of Preachers<\/a> in preparation for the 800<sup>th<\/sup> Jubilee.\u00a0 February, 2013. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.op.org\/en\/content\/mary-contemplation-and-preaching-word\">http:\/\/www.op.org\/en\/content\/mary-contemplation-and-preaching-word<\/a>, accessed Jan 2017. [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fr.-Bruno-Cadore-article-Mary-Preaching-the-Word-June-Meeting-9.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1rCL5BdbYTpmpCEjv5_1oOj4kbxoro6g7\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Meeting 10 &#8211; July\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Virtue and the Nature of Happiness<\/p>\n<p>Saint: Bl. Margaret of Castello [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Saints-and-Blesseds-Blessed-Margaret-of-Castello-1.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe the nature of happiness (according to St. Thomas)<\/li>\n<li>List the powers of a rational soul:\u00a0\u00a0 the role of the intellect, the will, and reason;<\/li>\n<li>Enumerate the \u201cpassions\u201d and identify their goals:\n<ul>\n<li>Love and hate<\/li>\n<li>Desire and aversion<\/li>\n<li>Pleasure and pain<\/li>\n<li>Hope and despair<\/li>\n<li>Fear and daring<\/li>\n<li>Anger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Farrell, Walter and Martin Healy, OP.\u00a0 <em>My Way of Life:\u00a0 the Summa Simplified for Everyone.\u00a0 <\/em>New York:\u00a0 Confraternity of the Precious Blood, 1952.\u00a0 Part IIa.\u00a0 Ch 1-6,\u00a0 pp. 155-233<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeditation on the Gospel of Beatitudes\u201d by Msgr. Charles Pope<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.adw.org\/2011\/01\/description-more-than-presecription-a-meditation-on-the-gospel-of-the-beatitudes-from-the-4th-sunday-of-the-year\/\">http:\/\/blog.adw.org\/2011\/01\/description-more-than-presecription-a-meditation-on-the-gospel-of-the-beatitudes-from-the-4th-sunday-of-the-year\/<\/a> [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Description-more-than-Prescription-Meditation-on-the-Gospel-of-Beatitudes-Msgr.-Pope.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1AoBVXFYC1msVswDRSQgrCFWFzhQ3q0s9\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Meeting 11 &#8211; August<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Introduction to the Cardinal and Theological Virtues<\/p>\n<p>Saint: St. Antoninus [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/St-Antoninus-Meeting-11-Aug-1.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Define the four Cardinal Virtues and the Theological\/infused Virtues:<\/li>\n<li>Compare the role of the natural Virtues and the Supernatural Virtues<\/li>\n<li>Explain that we are moved to action through the Gifts of the Holy Spirit<\/li>\n<li>Understand that the Beatitudes are perfected Gifts given to us by the Holy Spirit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The Beatitudes: The Portrait of Happiness&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0by Bishop Robert Baron\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tQ1VCDFEkkk\">YouTube<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Farrell, Walter and Martin Healy, OP.\u00a0 <i>My Way of Life:\u00a0 the Summa Simplified for Everyone.\u00a0 <\/i>New York:\u00a0 Confraternity of the Precious Blood, 1952.\u00a0 Part IIa.\u00a0 Chs. 6-10 (pp. 235-268)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Beatitudes\u201d\u00a0 Part I\u00a0 15:00 by Bishop Robert Barron\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yclU9qj-c3U\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yclU9qj-c3U<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ayT8cTio--2ovhf-jSpK0Q0oXC9lyfUR\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-200","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6SsaO-3e","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3046,"href":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200\/revisions\/3046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}