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CHAPTER NEWS, EVENTS, AND MISCELLANYCHECK OUT KEY EVENTS AND MATTERS ON THIS HOME PAGE!
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PRAYING FOR THE POPE
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2024-25 Formation Curriculum
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Tim Schwartzenberger -- David vs. Goliath: Faith-Based and "ESG-Skeptic" Investors Take a StandMaking corporations responsible regarding abortion drugs.
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Welcome to dominicanidaho.org
Members of the Saint Margaret of Castello Chapter in Idaho, welcome you to the Chapter's website, dominicanidaho.org. The Chapter meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month at St. Mark's Catholic Church in Boise, Idaho at 10:00 o'clock a.m., with prayer, discussion and fellowship. The Members are committed to the practice and holiness of the Rule of St. Dominic for the Laity.
You are welcome to attend. Check our calendar not only for the monthly meetings but periodic events, such as its annual Magdalene Retreat, held on or near the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, celebrated on the 22nd of July of each year. In addition, we will notify other events such as Chapter encore, visits by the Friars, and other key Dominican events.
The Chapter is known as the Third Order of St. Dominic, Inc., a 501(c)(3) tax exempt Idaho nonprofit corporation; in affiliation with, and under the authority of, the Most Holy Name of Jesus Province of the Dominican Friars in the western United States of America.May the Lord Jesus Christ bless yu and be with you all the days of your life. Would you like more information via email? Click on the following link: REGISTER
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Chapter's Religious Assistant
The Chapter's Religious Assistant, is Fr. Peter Do, O.P., Prior, Holy Rosary Parish, Portland Oregon.
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The Dominican Life is to Preach
"The Dominican task is to study, explore, and discover better, more effective, and newer ways of disseminating the Gospel message. It will ever be the Order's duty to prepare the way for the coming or deepening of faith in those who hear the message. Everything the Dominican does, he must link to spreading the Word of God. Even when doing work that seems only distantly related to preaching, he must motivate it toward the proclamation of the word. He must therefore remain in close touch with the Scriptures, study them, pray them, guide his own life by them, and spread the good news they contain."
by William A. Hinnebusch, O.P., D.Ph. (Oxon.) (The Dominicans: A Short History; Alba House (1975). -
"I think I am a better scientist bcause my faith is grounded in the Catholic Church." Karin Oberg, Ph.D., Harvard University. Go to www.aquinas101.com
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Student’s Prayer (by St. Thomas Aquinas)
Come, Holy Spirit, Divine Creator,
true source of light and fountain of wisdom!
Pour forth your brilliance upon my dense intellect,
dissipate the darkness which covers me, that of sin and of ignorance.
Grant me a penetrating mind to understand,
a retentive memory, method and ease in learning,
the lucidity to comprehend, and abundant grace in expressing myself.
Guide the beginning of my work, direct its progress,
and bring it to successful completion.This I ask through Jesus Christ,
true God and true man,
living and reigning with You and the Father,
forever and ever.
Amen.
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June 21, 2025 Chapter Meeting Program
10:00 a.m. — Rosary and Liturgy of the Hours (See below).
11:00 a.m. — Lunch. — Potluck. Please bring a dish for a potluck lunch! Coffee and lemonade will be provided.
11:30 a.m. — Study & Colloquy:
1. “Devotion to the Pope” by Fr. F.W. Faber, D.D. HERE IS A LINK TO THE DOCUMENT: LINK. This reading sets out the reality that the Holy Father is the Vicar of Christ on earth, and the reality of who the Pope in our lives. It is also about the prayer for the Pope and the renewal and restoration of the Church in the truth of the Catholic Faith!
2. Treatise on Preaching by Humbert of Romans – “The Qualities Necessary for Preaching” Chapter 2, pages 28-40 LINK
2. Colloquy / Discussion on St. Catherine of Siena’s book, “The Dialog”; read pages 120-129.
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Liturgy of the Hours
www.divineoffice.org
Liturgy of the Hours Vol. II:
Invitatory: LINKLiturgy of the Hours Vol. III: LINK
Ordinary: 654
Psalter: Saturday, Week III, 1107
Common of Holy Men: 1815
Proper of Saints: 1476
Common of Holy Men For Religious: 1863Christian Prayer:
Ordinary: 689
Psalter: Saturday, Week III, 916
Proper of Saints: 1170
Common of Holy Men For Religious: 1470ZOOM MEETING INVITATION:
Third Order of St. Dominic, Inc. is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Chapter Meeting
Time: Jun 21, 2025 10:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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The Holy MassThe Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
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By the power of God, the Blessed Virgin Mary crushing the head of Satan.
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ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE THE OATH AGAINST MODERNISM?
Here is the Oath Against Modernism, set forth by Pope Pius X, in 1910. Are you willing to take such an oath before God?
I . . . . firmly embrace and accept each and every definition that has been set forth and declared by the unerring teaching authority of the Church, especially those principal truths which are directly opposed to the errors of this day. And first of all, I profess that God, the origin and end of all things, can be known with certainty by the natural light of reason from the created world (see Rom. 1:19), that is, from the visible works of creation, as a cause from its effects, and that, therefore, his existence can also be demonstrated. . .. [CONTINUE BY CLICKING ON THE LINK BELOW:]
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Plenary Indulgence in honor of St. Thomas AquinasA Catechesis on the Meaning of Indulgencesas well as Conditions prescribed by Holy Mother Church.The Holy See has authorized a plenary indulgence to Lay Dominicans and other members of the Dominican Family and other Faithful, in honoring the patronage of St. Thomas Aquinas. The Master of the Order sent a letter to the Brothers and Sisters of the Dominican Family dated January 25, 2023, in which he notes the celeb qation of the 7th Centenary of the canonization of St. Thomas, Doctor of the Church, on July 18, 2023 and the 750th Anniversary of St. Thomas’ death on March 7, 2024.In his letter, the Master of Order, Fr. Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, explains that a plenary indulgence is granted on those persons of the Faithful who are “properly disposed” who will,
- “participate in the Eucharistic celebrations organized by the Dominican Family in our churches and schools on the important occasions of the jubilee of the canonization and death of St. Thomas Aquinas, and
- “on the faithful who will make pilgrimages to Churches, shrines and oratories under his patronage.”
The Master said that the “double jubilee celebrations will be from 28 January 2023 to 28 January 2025.” The Master also asked that a necessary catechesis be provided, “on the meaning of indulgence as well as the conditions prescribed by Holy Mother Church for its worthy reception.”Catechesis on Indulgences.How to obtain an indulgence? What is an indulgence? In order to help answer that question, provided below are a couple of resources (if you are willing to study the subject!). The first resource is from the document entitled the Indulgentiarum Doctrina, Apostolic Constitution on Indulgences, dated January 1, 1967, under the authority of Pope Pius VI, which helps the reader identify what needs to be accomplished to obtain a plenary or a partial indulgence.Under paragraph titled “NORM”, the document identified above lists the requirements to obtain an Plenary Indulgence, as follows: n.7 — To acquire a plenary indulgence it is necessary to perform the work to which the indulgence is attached and to fulfill three conditions: sacramental confession, Eucharistic Communion and prayer for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff. It is further required that all attachment to sin, even to venial sin, be absent.
If this disposition is in any way less than complete, or if the prescribed three conditions are not fulfilled, the indulgence will be only partial, except for the provisions contained in n. 11 for those who are “impeded.” . . . n. 11 — While there is no change in the faculty granted by canon 935 of the Code of Canon Law to confessors to commute for those who are “impeded” either the prescribed work itself or the required conditions [for the acquisition of indulgences], local Ordinaries can grant to the faithful over whom they exercise authority in accordance with the law, and who live in places where it is impossible or at least very difficult for them to receive the sacraments of confession and Communion, permission to acquire a plenary indulgence without confession and Communion provided they are sorry for their sins and have the intention of receiving these sacraments as soon as possible.
In other words, these conditions may be summarized as follows:- In order to obtain a plenary indulgence, the standards are:
- Perform the work to which the indulgence is attached (see above);
- Receive sacramental confession;
- Receive sacramental Holy Eucharist;
- Pray for the intentions of the Holy Father;
- Any disposition to, or attachment to sin, even venial sin, must be absent; and,
- If any such disposition or condition is absent, then a partial indulgence is granted, unless otherwise impeded.
What is an indulgence? The second source, a paper entitled “Mercy and Indulgences” will help define and explain the nature of indulgences to the reader. In 2015, I wrote a paper on Mercy and Indulgences, relating to the Holy Father’s Year of Mercy, when on December 8, 2015, the Feast day of the Immaculate Conception, the Pope thrust open the “Holy Doors” at the Vatican. It began a year of study and understanding of Mercy, of which the subject of indulgences is closely related.The purpose of the paper is to “explain the doctrine of the Church on indulgences and to review the concepts involved, and what it means to the ordinary Catholic faithful to pursue indulgences, and the grace-filled opportunity for the everyday life of each and every Catholic that participates in this wondrous part of Christ’s lifegiving graces.”
A link to the paper is here: Mercy and Indulgences.
John Keenan, OP, JD
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St. Thomas Aquinas, on the method and art of study -- for the Lay Dominican.
Letter of St. Thomas to a student about the Method of Study:
Because you have asked me, John, my dearest friend in Christ, how you should study to amass the treasure of knowledge, such is the advice I give to you.
You should choose to enter not immediately into the ocean depths, but rather through small streams, for one should reach more difficult matters by going through the easier ones first. This is, therefore, my admonition and your instruction.
-- I bid you be slow to speak and slow to approach the [“chatroom"] parlor.
-- Embrace purity of conscience. Do not fail to have time for prayer.
-- You should frequently choose your own room if you wish to be led into the wine cellar.
-- Present yourself as amiable to all. Do not look for deep, hidden meanings in the deeds of others. To no one should you show yourself to be too familiar, because too much familiarity gives birth to contempt and provides from its eagerness the raw material for backsliding. You should in no way involve yourself concerning the words and deeds of worldly people.
-- Above all else you should flee from common conversation. You should not fail to imitate the steps of the saints and all good people.
-- You should not consider the source from which you hear something, but whatever good is spoken, commit it to memory.
-- Those things that you read and hear, make sure that you understand them. Make yourself certain about doubtful matters and make it your business to shelve in the bookcase of your mind whatever you can, as if desiring to fill a vase.
-- Do not seek the matters that are above you.
Following those well-known paths, you will bring forth and produce, as long as you have life, branches and fruits useful in the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts. If you eagerly follow these points, you will be able to attain that which you are striving after. -
Sr. Amata Marie of Divine Mercy, OP, prays for our chapter!
Sr. Amata Marie of Divine Mercy, OP, of the Corpus Christ Monastery in Menlo Park, California, has been praying for the St. Margaret of Castello Chapter, since the LPC meeting in May, 2023 at Menlo Park, CA. The Chapter so appreciates her prayers and attention given to the Chapter, which is a blessing for each of our members. Thank you dear Sr. Amata Marie for your prayers, but also for your life commitment and Profession into the Order!
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LITURGY LIVE with Alanna Burg
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