SAINT MARGARET OF CASTELLO CHAPTER 

"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

On Saturday, October 16, 2021, at the Chapter's 2021 Colloquium at St. Paul's Catholic Student Center in Boise, the Chapter joyfully received and professed the following members: From L to R:  Tom Lester; Andrew Bartel; Bonnie Keenan; Brendan Earle; Emily Gossard; Fr. Brian Mullady, O.P.; Alexandra Johnson; Katherine Lockyer; Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P.; and (seated) David Charnock.  Not pictured:  Joanne Baker; Joseph Rekiere; and Brian Walker. 

Members of the Blessed 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 you and be with you all the days of your life.   Would you like more information via email?  Click on REGISTER above.

The Chapter's Religious Assistant, is Fr. Peter Do, O.P.,, Prior, Holy Rosary Parish, Portland Oregon.

The Chapter held its professions on October 17, 2020 at St. Mark's Catholic Church in Boise.  The following postulants were received: Joanne Baker, Brendan Earle, Cathie Farr, & Tom Lester & Michael Rafferty; Novices: Andrew Bartel, Emily Gossard, Katie Kuchar, & Brian Walker.  The following were temporarily professed: Alanna Burg, Pamila Jaszkowiak, Katherine Lockyer, Joseph Rekiere, & Pamila St. John.  The following were perpetually Professed: Joshua Andrus, Ken Jercha, Leslie Jercha, and Theresa Lester.  Congratulations and blessings to all newly received and professed!! 

CHAPTER MEETING, THIRD SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2022: ST. MARK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, BOISE, IDAHO, 10:00 A.M. Please bring personal lunch, or potluck, to share.  Coffee and Lemonade will be provided.  You are invited.  Please join us in person or via Zoom (Zoom invitation below).
Readings for CHAPTER MEETING:
1.  FIRST YEAR FORMATION: LOYALTY TO THE CHURCH: LINK
2.  Please note: Postulants, Novices, and Temporary Professed please read Chapter TWO of the book entitled; SAINT DOMINIC'S WAY OF LIFE: A PATH TO KNOWING AND LOVING GOD.  
LITURGY OF THE HOURS:

Liturgy of the Hours Vol. III:

Ordinary: 654

All from the Psalter: Saturday, Week I, 810

Liturgy of the Hours Vol. IV:

Ordinary: 618

All from the Psalter: Saturday, Week I, 774

Christian Prayer (single volume)

Ordinary: 689

All from the Psalter: Saturday, Week I, 770

ZOOM INVITATION: 
#1. MONTHLY CHAPTER MEETING
Time: Jan 15, 2022 10:00 AM Mountain Time
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#2. MEETING for POSTULANTS and NOVICES
Time: Jan 15, 2022 11:00 AM Mountain Time 
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1.  PRAYER.  Divinum Officium Ribris 1960 (Divine Office)
2.  PRAYER:  Litany of St. Margaret of Castello
3.  PRAYER:  St. John Paul Society -- Rosary Meditation
4.  RESOURCES:: Chapter Members' Compendium:: "Global Activism as the Chapter Apostolate?" or "The Encounter of Bartimeus" or "St. Dominic Was Known for his Humility."

From St. Justin’s famous “Apology” to the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius (c. 153-155 A.D.) on his account of Holy Mass:

There is then brought to the president of the brethren bread and a cup of wine mixed with water; and he taking them, gives praise and glory to the Father of the universe, through the name of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, and offers thanks at considerable length for our being counted worthy to receive these things at His hands. And when he has concluded the prayers and thanksgivings, all the people present express their assent by saying Amen...And when the president has given thanks, and all the people have expressed their assent, those who are called by us deacons give to each of those present to partake of the bread and wine mixed with water over which the thanksgiving was pronounced, and to those who are absent they carry away a portion.

And this food is called among us Eucharistia [the Eucharist], of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes that the things which we teach are true, and who has been washed with the washing that is for the remission of sins, and unto regeneration, and who is so living as Christ has enjoined. For not as common bread and common drink do we receive these; but in like manner as Jesus Christ our Saviour, having been made flesh by the Word of God, had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so likewise have we been taught that the food which is blessed by the prayer of His word, and from which our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished, is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh.

Credit: The Pillar, June 1, 2021.  For the entire letter on the First Apology of Justin, see this LINK.

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.