Chapter sponsors Bible Study. 

As part of the Pillar of Community, the Chapter is sponsoring a November community meeting via Zoom, that you can enjoy from the comfort of your home.  Alanna Burg, Formation Director, will host the Community meeting, Monday, November 6, 7:00 p.m. MST, via Zoom.   You are invited to join on zoom.  See the Zoom invite is below!

Agenda:
Subject:  Scripture Study: Aquinas Commentary on the Gospel of John 1:1.
Resource:  St. Thomas Aquinas Commentary on the Gospel of John: LINK  (www.aquinas.cc)
Opening Prayer: Aquinas Student’s Prayer. LINK (Chapter Home Page)  Discussion.
Closing Prayer: Litany of St Margaret of Castello  LINK

ZOOM INVITATION
Topic: Monthly Zoom Community Meeting
Time: Nov 6, 2023 07:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88245519309?pwd=b0dIeUFqMVRVaVJSc0F1WlZLazZhdz09
Meeting ID: 882 4551 9309
Passcode: 725420

+Saturday, August 12, 2023

Dear Dominicans & Friends:

The monthly St. Margaret of Castello Chapter meeting will be held on Saturday, August 19, 2023 at 10:00 o’clock, a.m., at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Boise, Idaho.  You are welcome to join us via in-person or via Zoom (see “Zoom invitation” below).

Last Tuesday, at 7:00 o’clock a.m., at the Salt and Light Radio “Morning Light” program, Alanna Burg joined via Zoom, and I joined live at the studio, with our hosts Brian and Trinity, we were able to freely speak of St. Dominic and his charism and impact on our lives.  

Alanna told the audience a funny anecdote of St. Dominic which all enjoyed.  The conversation was light but joyful.  After leaving, I thought: Jesus Christ is the answer.  

His spiritual son, St. Dominic, who is our spiritual father in the Faith, is needed in the modern world.  Why?  Because of Christ’s focuses on the Truth, which is necessary for eternal life, but also for our temporal life.

The truth is like a salve of Jesus Christ for sinners.  When we recognize our weaknesses, sins, and strengths, we begin to know ourselves, to confess our sins, and to live with our God-giving gifts.  

Later in the day, I stopped by the U.S. Post Office to grab some stamps and mail a letter.  As I walked in, a lady I did not immediately recognize was walking by, and with a blessing said, “Happy Feast Day!”  Surprised, I said, “thank you!”  What a wonderful thing to hear on the feast of Holy Dominic.

Next week, on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, is a Holy Day of Obligation, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  When you go to Holy Mass, pray for your family, and please pray for the Chapter, that we become well-formed in the charism of St. Dominic, and the spirituality of the Catholic Faith!

The September Chapter meeting will be held at the same time and place, on Saturday, September 16, 2023.  Interviews will be held for those who are at the meeting in person.  Those in distance formation, will be notified of a separate interview via Zoom.

Here are the links for the readings in September:

THE APOSTOLIC LIFE by Rt. Rev. Msgr. John D. Fitzgerald, J.C.D.

&

THE APOSTOLIC IDEAL OF THE EARLY DOMINCANS

Here is an outline of the reading, “The Apostolic Ideal of the Early Dominicans.”

Please take the time to read and study.  

Questions?  Please email John at john@keenan.org.  

Also, if you need pray, please visit the following link to St. Margaret’s Mantle.

In peace and faith in Christ,

John Keenan, Prior

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Chapter Meeting, August 19, 2023
SATURDAY, August 19, 2023,
11:00 o’clock, a.m.  —  Prior’s talk
11:30 o’clock a.m. — David Charnock, LPC Representative
report of the LPC 2023 at Vallombrosa
Lunch
After Lunch:  Mike Turner, Discussion on
Chapter 5, pp. 139 - 152, The Greatest Philosopher, Who Ever Lived
by Peter Kreeft  (If you do not have the book, please send an email to john@keenan.org, and it will be sent to you!!).

CHAPTER MEETING  - YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND!

The St. Margaret of Castello Chapter will hold is monthly Chapter meeting Saturday, May 20, 2023, with the following schedule: 

I.  Chapter meeting will convene at St. Mark's Catholic Church in Boise, Idaho, in the Donoghue Hall, with the following schedule at 10:00 o’clock a.m.:

A. Rosary and Liturgy of the Hours
B. Lunch -- Potluck
D. TWO TALKS:

-— APRIL ROSS — On St. Mary Magdalene

—MIKE TURNER and John Keenan on two short Chapters from the book, The Greatest Philosopher Who Ever Lived by Peter Kreeft (Chapter 2 at p. 97 and Chapter 3 at p. 103); (If you do not have a copy of this Book, please notify John Keenan at john@keenan.org.  A book will be sent to you.  And,

POTLUCK: The Chapter meeting Lunch is Potluck, so bring something if you can, and we will make it a meal together.

By the way, you are invited to give a talk at a Chapter meeting, in cooperation with the Formation Director.  It helps build your charism of study.  Contact Alanna Burg at alannastj@gmail.com or John Keenan at john@keenan.org.  Please call John if you have any questions.  In peace & faith, in St. Dominic,

Mr. John Keenan, OP, Prior, 208.867.6327

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND!

The St. Margaret of Castello Chapter will hold is monthly Chapter meeting Saturday, February 18, 2023, with the following schedule:

I. Chapter meeting will convene at St. Mark's Catholic Church in Boise, Idaho, in the Donoghue Hall, with the following schedule at 10:00 o’clock a.m.:

A. Rosary and Liturgy of the Hours -- LINK
B. Lunch -- Potluck

C. Prior’s Short Talk.
D. Two members will speak:
- EMILY GOSSARD — On Praxedes Fernandez (a Lay Dominican) and the Sanctification of Our Daily Duties; and,

JOHN KEENAN -- on the virtue of Justice. LINK
Discourse on Justice -- LINK

POTLUCK: The Chapter meeting Lunch is Potluck, so bring something if you can, and we will make it a meal together.
SALVE REGINA

Please call me if you have any questions.
In peace & faith, in St. Dominic,
Mr. John Keenan, OP
Prior
208.867.6327

Here is the Zoom link for the Chapter meeting:
John Keenan is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Chapter Meeting

Time: Feb 18, 2023 10:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

Every month on the Third Sat, 20 occurrence(s)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81262184107?pwd=MU5qVGRqbUlpMmhNQUtULytOWWtkQT09

Meeting ID: 812 6218 4107

Passcode: 1170

LITURGY OF THE HOURS

Saturday, February 18, 2023
Liturgy of the Hours Vol. III:
Ordinary: 654
All from the Psalter: Saturday, Week II, 962

Liturgy of the Hours Vol. IV:
Ordinary: 618
All from the Psalter: Saturday, Week II, 926

Christian Prayer:
Ordinary: 689
All from the Psalter: Saturday, Week II, 845