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Pope Francis's prayer for the Coronavirus Pandemic: “O Mary, you shine continuously along our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. “We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who at the Cross were near to the pain of Jesus, keeping your faith firm. “You, Salvation of the Roman people, know what we need, and we trust that you will provide for those needs so that, as at Cana of Galilee, joy and celebration may return after this moment of trial. “Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the will of the Father and to do what Jesus tells us, He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and took up our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen. “We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test – and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin.” The Pope's prayer was sent out to the Dominican Laity as a call to prayer by Father Carlos Quijano, O.P. He is the Provincial Promoter for the Dominican Laity, Province of St. Joseph, the Eastern Province of the Lay Fraternity of St. Dominic in the USA.
Bishop Robert Barron on St. Thomas Aquinas (Dominican)	And you, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way, to give his people knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins. Luke 1:76-77 I choose to go before the Lord Jesus as a Dominican
St. Dominic was born at Calaruega, Spain in the year 1170. He founded the Order of Preachers (the Dominicans) in 1216.
The 4 Pillars of Dominican Life: Prayer; Study; Community; Apostolate (Preaching) The Order of Preachers (OP) Learn more
Praying the Holy Rosary Legend has it that St. Dominic was given the the Holy Rosary by the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus, as a means of converting the Albigensian heresy (and other sinners). The Dominicans give you The Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary, https://rosaryconfraternity.org/ which is flourishing to this day. We follow Jesus with the passion St Dominic taught us: with prayer, study, preaching and community.

The Lay Dominican

     The Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic was founded with their own rule in 1285 AD, and was officially recognized by the Church on the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas in 1286 AD.
     Lay Dominicans "are accordingly distinguished both by their own spirituality and by their service to God and neighbor in the Church. As members of The Order, they participate in its apostolic mission through prayer, study, community and preaching (apostolate) according to the state proper to the laity." (The Rule of the Lay Fraternity #4).
     Lay Dominicans come from every background, joining the Dominican charism to their state of life in the world. In this unique Dominican Way, they live out their special vocation "to seek the kingdom of God by engaging in temporal affairs and directing them according to God's will." (Lumen Gentium 31)

The Rose Hawthorne Fraternity

The first meeting of the then Rose Hawthorne Pro-Chapter was at Hawthorne in 2003. The spiritual director at the time was Fr. J.M. Sullavan, OP. Today we are a full Fraternity in the Provence of St. Joseph.

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