DOMINICAN LAITY Newsletter #24 October 2012     Dear Friends There’s so much going on at present! Just consider: 50 years since the opening of the Second Vatican Council The Year of Faith The New Evangelisation Ongoing celebration of 800 years of Dominican life There is no chance of ignoring the call if you’re a Christian today! For many of us Dominicans, all four of these events are brought together in revisiting some of the documents of Vatican II. Or you may be interested in reading a new book, published posthumously, by the noted Dominican Council peritus (expert), Yves Congar OP: My Journal of the Council 25 October was a special day in the history of Santa Sabina basilica in Rome, the mother church of the Dominican Order. Read – and see – about it at this website: http://www.op.org/en/content/santa-sabina-crown-adventino At that same site (www.op.org) there is also a most interesting interview with Cardinal Christoph Schönborn OP, Archbishop of Vienna, one of the most impressive figures in the global Church – and often spoken of as a possible candidate for the papacy. …………………………………………………………………………………………. OBITUARY: SISTER MARIA McDONALD OP It is a great privilege in life for us to know a person who is thoroughly good. It deepens our awareness of God and gives us great hope and confidence. For us her Sisters, her family and friends, Sister Maria was, above all, a thoroughly good person. Her Irish parents were filled with faith in and love of God and handed on these
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