DOMINICAN LAITY Newsletter #2 July 2008 It’s always good to know that among the many Dominican saints through the years, a significant number are lay people. In July we meet Bl Adrian Fortescue, martyred by Henry VIII, and Bl Jane of Orvieto, an early Dominican. Especially interesting, with World Youth Day in Sydney, is Bl Pier-Giorgio Frassati (pictured), who died in 1925 aged 24. You can read about him on the website http://www.bettnet.com/frassati               A reflection on “BEING DOMINICAN” by someone who found her way into the Dominican family. Listening at the heart of our world and hearing Divine disclosure Divine unfolding In the midst of tranquillity and chaos. Mary Horn, Divine Disclosure – Darkness to Light: Exploring the question of God in a post-modern world, Dominican Sisters Trust Board, Dunedin 2003.   Yesterday, nearly a month after receiving it by email, I found time to read the first ‘Dominican Laity’ newsletter. Life is like that – despite my best intentions, I deal daily with those things that demand my immediate attention, often leaving aside those things which most nurture my soul. Finding some soul-food in the stories of Peter’s work at Waihopai Base, of the new Dunedin community and of Dominic himself (in the attached chapter from Borgman’s book), I am inspired to write a few words. Jenny and Mike asked me to frame my words in terms of living family life in the spirit of the Dominicans. That seems too daunting a
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