IDI - 443 JUNE 2006
A MESSAGE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DOMINICAN FAMILY
FROM FANJEAUX, MAY 2006
| We, members of the international
commissions of the Dominican Order meeting with the Master of the
Order in Fanjeaux to celebrate the 800th anniversary of St Dominic's
founding of Prouilhe, wish to share with the worldwide Dominican
family our reflections, ideas and commitments to enrich the holy
preachin at this momentous time in the Order's history. |
- We commit ourselves to renewing Dominic's vision of a
family together in mission.
- We commit ourselves to knowing all branches of the family
better and to working together in harmony, mutual respect and truth.
- We commit ourselves to finding spaces to preach
togetheras Dominic's family.
- We commit ourselves to finding new, innovative ways of
preaching that will especially touch the poor, the young and the aged.
- We commit ourselves to finding ways to link and nourish
our prayer and mission.
- We commit ourselves to be more welcoming to all the ocher
branches of the Order.
- We commit ourselves to a more attentive listening to the
world as a fundamental Dominican value.
- We commit ourselves to working for justice together as a
family.
- We commit ourselves to being in solidarity with those at
the margins of society.
From these general commitments, kindeled by the fire of
Dominic's vision by being present in the holy places, we urge all branches of
the Dominican family in this period of jubilee, to:
- Be involved in mission by adopting
local projects developed and implemented by all branches of the Order
together
- Deepen our prayer life by praying the
jubelee prayer prepared for us by the nuns of the Order and joining their
liturgies in their monasteries wherever possible
- Work for justice and by joining the
rest of the Church in realizing the Millenium Development Goals, signed by
all governments in 2000, to relieve our world of dehumanizing poverty and to
promote integral human development.
These are some of the fruits of our contemplation over these
days in Fanjeaux where Dominic first had his vision of establishing what became
the first foundation of the Order and where he dreamed of how to set the world
on evangelical fire by praising, blessing and preaching. We encourage you all to
take up these challenges, to give them flesh and to implement them, following in
the footsteps of St Dominic, as ways of witnessing to the Gospel in our
time.
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