Web Library

Official Documents

• Rule of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic
• Regle des Fraternites Laiques Dominicaines
• Regla de las Fraternidades Seglares de Sto. Domingo

Documents from the Promoter

• Letter to Dominican Laity, Easter 2003
• Letter to Dominican Laity, Christmas 2002
• Report of the General Chapter of Krakow, Poland, 2004

Documents for the Fraternities

• Census Forms

Lay Dominicans Spirituality

• fr. Christopher Kiesling, O.P.: Dominican Spirituality and Vatican II's expectations of lay people
• fr. Charles Malatesta, O.P.: The Purpose of the Dominican Laity
• fr. Edward Schillebeeckx, O.P.: The Dominican Third Order: "Old and New Style"
• fr. Michael Sweeney, O.P. Collaboration with the Laity
• fr. Richard Weber, O.P.: History of the Dominican Laity
• Sherry Weddell: The Strategic Role of Lay Catholics in the Dominican Mission

Dominicana

• Four Pillars of Dominican Life
• Four Priorities of the Order (and five frontiers)
• The Dominican Family
• Mottos, songs, symbols & customs
• Saints & sinners (meet some of our predecessors!)

Official documents of the Friars

• Constitutions
  • The Book of Constitutions and Ordinations of the Friars of the Order of Preachers
• Acts of the General Chapters
  • The General Chapter of Bologna (1998)
  • The General Chapter of Caleruaga (1995)
  • The General Chapter of Mexico (1992): Secularization and Spiritual Quest [letter to the Order]
  • The General Chapter of Rome (1983): On the Dominican Family [the Bologna document]
• fr. Damian Byrne, O.P. (Letters from the Master of the Order 1983-1992)
  • In Mission Together
  • The Ministry of Preaching
  • The Laity and the Mission of the Order
• fr. Timothy Radcliffe, O.P. (Letters from the Master of the Order since 1992):
  • Dominican Freedom and Responsibility : towards a Spirituality of Government
  • Letter to our brothers and sisters in Initial Formation
  • The Promise of Life
  • Va et preche ! Lettre du Maître de l'Ordre aux jeunes des Provinces francophones
  • Vowed to mission
  • The Wellspring of Hope

Catholic laity in general

• Vatican II: Apostolicam Actuositatem (on the Apostolate of Lay People) 
• John Paul II: Christifideles Laici (on the Vocation and Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World) 

The Dominican Family

• John Burchill, O.P.: The Gospel Life: One Family, Many Gifts
• Liam Walsh, O.P.: Dominican Family: Call & Response

Dominican Spirituality

• fr. Gregory Anderson, O.P.: The Pillars of Dominican Life
• fr. Fabian (Stan) Parmisano, O.P.: Characteristics of Dominican Prayer
• Edward Schillebeeckx, O.P.: Dominican Spirituality : or the "Counter-Thread" in the Old Religious Story as The Golden Thread in the Dominican Family-Story

Dominican Mission

• OP Justice and Peace Commission: Dominican Justice & Peace Workbooks
• Eleanor Carlo, T.O.P.: Creative Preaching Through Art: The Dominican Contribution
• fr. Timothy Radcliffe, O.P.: Talking to Strangers

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