Advice for those beginning to Meditate - Donagh O'Shea
Like Father Like Son
From the author Wilfrid Harrington OP who has made studying and teaching the Bible his life’s work, Like Father, Like Son sets out to indicate how, when we try to express the truth of who God is and how God acts, we need to think the unthinkable – that God is fully revealed in a human life. In Jesus of Nazareth God has come to walk with us. In him God has suffered among us and at our hands. It is always the same God, the one God, from the first page of the Bible to the last.
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We are excited to announce that the new book by Martin McGee OSB, The Certainty of Being Loved is now available for Pre-Order at www.dominicanpublications.com
It traces the spiritual journey of Dominican, Pierre Claverie OP, who gave up his life as a ransom for peace and reconciliation between Christians and Muslims in 1996.
Donagh O'Shea OP Book Collection
Browse our collection of books from the wonderful author, Donagh O'Shea. Donagh is a native of Co. Cork and taught philosophy in St. Mary's Priory, Tallaghtand St John's Wonersh, then spirituality in various centres in Rome.
Donagh has conducted retreats worldwide, worked in Ennismore Retreat House and has been director of the @Dominican Retreat Centre Tallaght for 10 years or longer. He specializes in developing pottery retreats -- meditation through working with clay. (He spent quite a lot of time during lockdown making pots for sale in the retreat house when it re-opens.) Donagh also facilitates Zen retreats and has a special interest in the teaching of the Rhineland mystics of the 1300s (Meister Eckhart, Henry Suso, Johann Tauler).
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We are excited to announce that the new book by Benedictine Monk, Martin McGee OSB, The Certainty of Being Loved is now available for Pre-Order at www.dominicanpublications.com
It traces the spiritual journey of Dominican, Pierre Claverie OP, who gave up his life as a ransom for peace and reconciliation between Christians and Muslims in 1996.
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To Love and To Be Loved Reviews
"A work of rare brilliance" To Love and to be Loved by priest & psychologist Fr Des O'Donnell OMI. Available to buy online - worldwide shipping.
"This book is a delightful accessible read, introducing people to the important topic of love and friendship" - Fáinche Ryan, Professor of Theology at Trinity College
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Today we celebrate the Feast Day of Saint Cajetan.
Cajetan was ordained priest in 1516. He left the papal court and dedicated himself entirely to the service of the Lord. With his own hands, he cared for the sick.
St. Cajetan founded a community of priests in 1524 who were to lead an apostolic life. They were to look with disdain all earthly belongings, to accept no salaries from the faithful; only from that which was freely donated were they allowed to retain the means of livelihood.
He founded a bank to help the poor and offer an alternative to loan sharks. It later became the Bank of Naples. His concern for the unemployed, giving them the necessary financial help in their time of need, made him their patron. His feast is celebrated on August 7.
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Here are some pictures that were taken at the launch night of Seán Goan's new book, The Sign: Reading the Gospel of John which took place last Thursday evening at the Lumen Dominican Centre in Sion Hill.
Fr Keiran O'Mahony OSA was the guest speaker.
Seán Goan is a Scripture scholar who has studied in Rome and Jerusalem. During his teaching career, he has been very committed to adult faith development and has given courses and retreats on biblical topics in a wide variety of venues all around the country.
Being inspired, enthused, distracted and disturbed by the Fourth Gospel has led Seán to put together this wonderfully written group of reflections on the Gospel of John.
The Sign is available online at the following link: https://dominicanpublications.com/products/the-sign-reading-the-gospel-of-john
Transfer of Saint Dominic
The Dominican Order remember this day (24th May) in 1233 when the translation took place of Saint Dominic's body from his original tomb. Many people had been healed of their illnesses after praying for his intercession at his tomb. The transfer was made in order to allow the faithful to honour him more easily and it was also marked by miracles, proof of Saint Dominic's sanctity. The following year, he was canonized by Pope Gregory IX.
We, as followers of Saint Dominic, pray as Dominic did "My God, my mercy"
Basilica di San Domenico
Trinity College Library in Dublin is well worth a visit.
"It's history dates back to the establishment of the College in 1592 and it is the largest library in Ireland.
Today it has over 6 million printed volumes with extensive collections of journals, manuscripts, maps and music reflecting over 400 years of academic development. The most famous of its manuscripts, the Book of Kells and the Book of Durrow, were presented by Henry Jones, Bishop of Meath and former vice-chancellor of the University, in the 1660s. Other special collections include the Ussher Collection acquired in 1661 and the Fagel Collection of 1802.
The Library was endowed with Legal Deposit privilege in 1801 and continues to receive copies of material published in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The Library supports the learning and research needs across all disciplines of the College; it is a major research library of international repute; it provides services to a wide range of external users and institutions; it contributes to the development of creative initiatives in information provision and its exhibitions of manuscripts and other treasures attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors to visit the Old Library each year.
Although an institution of great antiquity, the Library pioneers modern methods of resource discovery and developments in the teaching, learning and research processes."
Ref: https://www.tcd.ie/library/about/history.php
"The panel of The Creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel must be one of the most known images in the world.
Completed by Michelangelo circa 1511, it depicts God the father creating Adam, the first man and was amongst the last panels to be completed, telling the story of Genesis. The focal point of the episode of the Creation of Adam painting is the contact between the fingers of God and those of Adam, through which the breath of life is transmitted. By not painting the fingers of God and Adam touching and leaving a small space between the two, Michelangelo creates a tingling tension, an anticipation of that wonderous moment, as we all wait for God to complete his Creation of Adam..."
Ref: http://www.rome.info/michelangelo/sistine-chapel/creation-of-adam/
The stunning Aachen Cathedral, frequently referred to as the "Imperial Cathedral" (in German: Kaiserdom) is a Roman Catholic church in Aachen, Germany. The church is the oldest cathedral in northern Europe and was known as the "Royal Church of St. Mary at Aachen" during the Middle Ages. It is also one of the most famous examples of occidental architecture.
The Cathedral of Aachen is one of the best-known architectural monuments in the western world as it is the burial site of Charlemagne and a major pilgrimage site. Its famous relics from the time of Charlemagne were first shown in 1312, and the popularity of Aachen as a place of pilgrimage necessitated the expansion of the church by 1355.
For 600 years, from 936 to 1531, the Aachen chapel was the church of coronation for 30 German kings and 12 queens. The church has been the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Aachen since 1930.
(ref: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Aachen_Cathedral)
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In The Storyteller Flor McCarthy is building on the observation of Danish writer Karen Blixen that a storyteller has the capacity to create for people, hard-working in real life, another sort of reality which in some way or another can satisfy them.
‘Many of the great storytellers of the world grew up in the sight of great and gifting mountains. Flor McCarthy grew up within earshot of the MacGillycuddy Reeks in Kerry. He listened, he learned, and on his departure to wander, he was gifted with the supreme art of storytelling by the sage of Mangerton Mountain.’ - Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh
Read about the fascinating Holy Sepulchre Church...
"The site of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is identified as the place both of the crucifixion and the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth. The church has long been a major pilgrimage center for Christians all around the world.
According to the New Testament, Jesus was crucified at Golgotha, “the place of the skull” (Matt. 27:33–35; Mark 15:22–25; John 19:17–24). This has been identified as an area of abandoned stone quarries just outside the city wall of the time.
About 10 years after the crucifixion, a third wall was built that enclosed the area of the execution and burial within the city, and this accounts for the Holy Sepulchre’s location inside the Old City of Jerusalem today."
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ONLY fourteen copies are available of the limited edition (200 numbered copies) of an exact facsimile of The Nine Ways of Prayer of Saint Dominic
This is a book of rare beauty which is also a rich source of deep teaching on the body in prayer
This exact facsimile of Codex Rossianus 3 in the Vatican Library is available in a limited edition of 200 numbered copies. It is accompanied by a translation by Leonard Boyle op, and an enlightening commentary in English by an acknowledged expert, Jean-Claude Schmidt, Paris
The famous illustrations are known to have influenced later artists, including Fra Angelico.
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It has to be said The Connemara Loop has some of the most stunning scenery in Ireland!
ST. SAVIOUR'S, DUBLIN.
FOUNDED in 1224, the first of the Dominican abbeys in Ireland. The fathers in that year leased a site adjoining St. Mary's abbey from the Cistercian monks, at a yearly rent of 3, and their convent and church were built by the citizens of Dublin. The sire extended along the river bank from the present Church Street to Ormond Bridge. They had a theological school attached to the abbey from the earliest times. Read More... https://www.flickr.com/photos/feargal/3016151921
The Basilica of Saint Peter, officially known in Italian as the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano is located within the Vatican City. St. Peter’s has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world, holding 60,000 people. It is regarded as one of the holiest Christian sites and has been described as “holding a unique position in the Christian world” and as “the greatest of all churches of Christendom”. In Catholic tradition, it is the burial site of its namesake Saint Peter, who was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and, according to tradition, first Bishop of Rome and therefore first in the line of the papal succession. Tradition holds that Saint Peter’s tomb is below the altar of the basilica. There has been a church on this site since the 4th century. Construction on the present basilica, over the old Constantinian basilica, began on April 18, 1506 and was completed on November 18, 1626. It is associated with the papacy, with the Counter-reformation and with numerous artists, most significantly Michelangelo. As a work of architecture, it is regarded as the greatest building of its age. https://www.facebook.com/top10lists
"The Irish Dominican friars rejoiced as eight of their brothers were ordained to the priesthood in Saint Saviour’s Dominican church, Dominick Street in Dublin. The ordaining prelate was Archbishop Robert Rivas OP of the Diocese of Castries in the Caribbean. Archbishop Rivas is part of the Irish Dominican province and came specially over to ordain our eight brothers in this special year of the 800th Jubilee of the Dominican Order." Read more here at Irish Dominicans website http://dominicans.ie/eight-priest-ordained-for-the-irish-province/
Here are some images from the fascinating Basilica San Clemente, Rome.
Now home to Editor of our Religious Life Review Journal, Thomas McCarthy OP, the Basillica boasts over 2000 years of history with three-tiered complex of buildings:
(1) the present basilica built just before the year 1100 during the height of the Middle Ages;
(2) beneath the present basilica is a 4th-century basilica that had been converted out of the home of a Roman nobleman, part of which had in the 1st century briefly served as an early church, and the basement of which had in the 2nd century briefly served as a mithraeum;
(3) the home of the Roman nobleman had been built on the foundations of republican era villa and warehouse that had been destroyed in the Great Fire of 64 AD.spectacular mosaics and frescoes.
San Clemente is open to the public and just 600 meters from the Colosseum so the next time your in Rome, why not pay a visit...
http://basilicasanclemente.com/eng/
Some of the stunning scenery that can be found in Ireland, truly breathtaking!
Take a look at these fantastic pictures from some of the world's most beautiful Churches.
A snippet from the launch of Preaching Justice Vol II which took place at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas on Friday last. See more photos here: http://tinyurl.com/zc9a5tg
ABOUT THE BOOK:
The book "Preaching Justice II" presents some of the key ways in which Dominican sisters have promoted justice and contributed to social ethics in the 20th century, continuing on into the 21st.
It ranges across the world, from Colombia to Vietnam, and from Sweden to South Africa, and moves from pioneering work in healthcare and teaching in the early 20th century to working with the most marginalized and promoting sustainable lifestyles as we entered the 21st.
Twenty-two contributions present the work of the sisters in twenty-six countries, covering a wide range of practical activities and theoretical development, grouped together under five main headings: resisting oppression, taking up the fight against social exclusion, promoting women and children, peacebuilding and “building a new vision” (a purposely-chosen mixed metaphor!).
It is a companion volume to Preaching Justice I, published by us, in 2007, which focused on the work for justice and contribution to social ethics of the Dominican friars over the same time period.
PREACHING JUSTICE II
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Preaching Justice II presents some of the key ways in which Dominican sisters have promoted justice and contributed to social ethics in the 20th century, continuing on into the 21st. It ranges across the world, from Colombia to Vietnam, and from Sweden to South Africa, and moves from pioneering work in healthcare and teaching in the early 20th century to working with the most marginalized and promoting sustainable lifestyles as we entered the 21st.
Twenty-two contributions present the work of the sisters in twenty-six countries, covering a wide range of practical activities and theoretical development, grouped together under five main headings: resisting oppression, taking up the fight against social exclusion, promoting women and children, peacebuilding and “building a new vision” (a purposely-chosen mixed metaphor!). It is a companion volume to Preaching Justice I, published by Dominican Publications, Dublin, in 2007, which focused on the work for justice and contribution to social ethics of the Dominican friars over the same time period.
