SAINT DOMINIC=Founder of THE DOMINICANS
THE OTHER DAY(August the 8th)=was the FEAST of
Saint Dominic=I have ALWAYS wanted
To WRITE ABOUT HIM=Saint Dominic=LIVED from 1170 to 1221=and
He FOUNDED the ORDER of
The DOMINICANS=The official title was=”ORDER OF
PREACHERS”=and what Saint Dominic had in
Mind=Was a world-wide order=DEDICATED on a community basis
to=HOLINESS=deep study=
And SOUND DOCTRINE=He wanted HIS DOMINICANS=to be
FAMILIAR=with the SPIRIT of
The TIMES=and MAKE USE of temperament=and the other talents=He
was indeed an INNOVATOR!
He was BORN in
Calaroga, Spain=and he TOOK after HIS MOTHER=The BLESSED Joan of Aza=
In character=and WITH HIS PERSONAL CHARMS=He was a Canon
REGULAR of Saint Augustine=
For 16 years=and was SUPERIOR at age 31=EXCEPT for a couple
of trips for the POPE=Across EUROPE=Dominic led a LIFE of prayer and study=He
OFFERED HIMSELF for mission work=IN RUSSIA=But the POPE=sent him to CONVERT the
Albigenses in Southern France=Dominic would
LIVE only 16 MORE YEARS
He was a SAINT=Of CLEAR VISION=and with energy and PERSONAL
CHARM=and he saw those=
That were ALREADY on
the MISSION were INEFFECTIVE=Because they LIVED rich and soft
Life-styles=HIS PREACHERS=would live on alms=CARRY BOOKS=No
money=and offer the=
Albigenses an ideal EQUAL=to their own AUSTERE LEADERS=The
FIRST of the Dominicans were
WOMEN=and he ESTABLISHED a convent in 1206 at Prouille=They
were mainly Albigensian Converts=and later numbered 50,000 women
In the year 1215=after 10 years OF PREACHING=Dominic
organized his COMPANIONS=Under
The order of Saint Augustine=He gave UNIVERSITIES a special
PRIORITY=and dispersed=HIS
TEACHING BROTHERS=Throughout Europe=FIVE years later=He had
his FIRST GENERAL CHAPTER=and drew up constitutions==WHEN he died=THE FOLLOWING
YEAR(1221)=There were
Already 61 houses=and in the 1960’s=THE DOMINICAN FRIARS
TOTED 10,000=and their MOTTO
IS=”TO CONTEMPLATE=and SHARE with OTHERS=the fruits of
CONTEMPLATION”
You may have seen DOMINICAN STORES or houses around=I
have=With great RESPECT=for
Our Dear Saint Dominick and the DOMINICANS!
Robert P. Wallman
8-12-2026
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