CHAPTER MEETING, Saturday, September 21, 2024 @ 10:00 a.m., at St. Mark's Catholic Church, 7960 W Northview St. Boise, Idaho.
Agenda:Liturgy of the Hours Vol. IV:
Ordinary: 618
Proper of Saints: 1420
Common of Apostles: 1680
Psalms and canticle from Sunday, Week I, 652
Christian Prayer:
Ordinary: 689
Proper of Saints: 1266
Psalms and canticle from Sunday, Week I, 707
Saturday, July 20, 2024
8:00 a.m. — Holy Mass
9:00 a.m. Profession
Continental Breakfast and Retreat following.
MONASTERY OF OUR LADY OF EPHESUS
VERBUM SPEI
4450 N Five Mile Rd, Boise, ID 83713(208) 453-6252
Agenda
FR. PETER DO, O.P., Retreat Master, prior of
HOLY ROSARY PARISH, Portland, Oregon
8:00 a.m. HOLY MASS — Fr. Peter Do, O.P. presiding
9:00 a.m. LIFE PROFESSION of Mrs. Pamila Jaszkowiak, O.P.
Continental Breakfast
10:00 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours
and RETREAT with Fr. Peter Do, O.P.
12:00 p.m. LUNCH (Chapter will provide main course).
POTLUCK — please bring a small dish to share
3:00 p.m. Conclude for the Day.
The Chapter met at St. Mark's on Saturday, April 24, 2024, and engaged in an interesting discussion over the recently issued Vatican letter titled, Dignitas Infinita. The document, along with other Vatican documents, embrace a new type of world order. Josh Andrus, who gave the presentation, shared with reflection:
Much of it comes across as a switch in framing. An example would be: retributive justice asks what the criminal deserves, but rather, we should ask how can we assist the criminal in understanding his worth as a human being and, how can we aid in repairing the relationships his actions have damaged. One could certainly answer that we start those things by asking what the criminal deserves, and I do not think that would be amiss. It would be a similar case in regard to just war theory, the shift is akin to rather than asking whether a war is just, we should ask how do we address the problems that underlay the desire for war. And again the response could well be that the inequity of justice must first be met. This is, of course, a reframing of the text (and I am aware of the irony) but one which I believe faithful to it. There is not a condemnation or change in past teaching, but a shift of emphasis repackaged in new language. Summed up as something like "we must move beyond justice to mercy", to which one could rightly respond, "we can't move beyond a point until we reach it first".
The second thing, I would note, is that the shift in language has very much the ring of humanism to it. I find this disheartening. It lends the hearer to hope in human and political solutions to difficulties in which Grace is the answer. The very use of the terms "human dignity" and "human rights" rather than "image and likeness of God" and "moral powers" are examples of such. It is, again, a shift in framing that I find unhelpful. The language of the Saints emphasize God and our dependence on Him. It would behoove us to follow their example rather than use the language of the modern secular humanists and thereby lose sight of God as the image of man fills our vision. I think the danger of pride is easily hidden in such verbiage. Sadly, in doing this it neither provides an adequate means of dialogue with those same humanists, as a Catholic understanding of those terms are necessarily fundamentally different. Nor, does it provide for a well fleshed out extension of our understanding of these terms, as much of the language used remains unconnected with past Catholic thought as a whole.
Lastly, as a practical matter, I am not sure whether the almost implicit Westphalian treaty with modernity is a good decision. It seems, superficially at least, to be directed at the saving of human lives. This is a good goal. I would be more reassured, however, if I believed it was motivated not by this (however good this is) but rather by the desire to save souls. It looks, from where I stand, as if the importance of saving physical lives has become a greater priority than saving spiritual lives. While I do not see these aims as being necessarily in conflict, I do think the getting the ordering correct is of grave import.
CHAPTER MEETING
Saturday, APRIL 20, 2024 @ 10 a.m. at
St. Mark’s Catholic Church — Donoghue Hall
6970 W Northview Street, Boise, Idaho
Agenda
10:00 a.m. PRAYER — ROSARY + LITURGY OF THE HOURS (SEE wwww.divineoffice.org link BELOW)
ALSO: HERE ARE LINKS TO THE ROSARY AND TO THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS
10:45 a.m. Mike Turner — DEEP adventure in Vietnam
11:15 a.m. Lunch + refreshments + fellowship
11:45 a.m. Presentation on “St. Thomas Aquinas on Christ’s Manner of Life & On Christ’s Doctrine” See short readings at these links: 1 Manner of Life, and 2. On Christ’s Doctrine.
12:30 p.m. Discussion on Dignitas Infinita.
ZOOM INFORMATION:
Third Order of St. Dominic, Inc. [email protected] is inviting you.
Topic: Chapter Meeting
Third Order of St. Dominic, Inc. [email protected] is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Chapter Meeting
Time: Apr 20, 2024 10:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83532092914?pwd=bjdsK0ZyMzBXRityZlFMSlRuQjBYdz09
Meeting ID: 835 3209 2914
Passcode: 1170
LITURGY OF THE HOURS
Access www.divineoffice.org for April 20, 2024
or
Liturgy of the Hours Vol. II:
Ordinary: 1049
Proper of Seasons: 745
Psalter: Saturday, Week III, 1476
Christian Prayer:
Ordinary: 689
Proper of Seasons: 494
Psalter: Saturday, Week III, 916
For more information, please contact the prior, John Keenan, at [email protected], or at 208.867.6327. Also, check out the Chapter’s website at www.dominicanidaho.org.
CHAPTER MEETING
Saturday, February 17, 2024 @ 10 a.m. at
St. Mark’s Catholic Church — Donoghue Hall
6970 W Northview Street, Boise, Idaho
Agenda
10:00 a.m. Convene, Rosary & Liturgy of the Hours (See Below)
10:45 a.m. Prior’s Brief Talk
11:00 a.m. Talk — on Protestantism
11:20 - 30 a.m. Lunch + refreshments + fellowship
12:00 noon Talk — Chapter 10, 11 Mary’s Anthropology, Greatest Philosopher Who Ever Lived, by Peter Kreeft.
12:45 p.m. Talk — On Ephesians 5:21-23
1:15 p.m. Colloquia — Discussion
CHAPTER MEETING
Saturday, January 20, 2024 @ 10 a.m. at
St. Mark’s Catholic Church — Conference Room
6970 W Northview Street, Boise, Idaho
Agenda
10:00 a.m. Convene, Rosary & Liturgy of the Hours (See Below)
10:45 a.m. Formation— Bible Study
11:00 a.m. Break — Food
11:15 a.m. Talk — Chapter 7, Mary’s Anthropology, Greatest Philosopher Who Ever Lived, by Peter Kreeft.
12:00 noon Brunch & and Christmas Gathering (Fellowship)
1:00 p.m. Right to Life of Idaho March, at Julia Davis Park (near the bandshell), March to State Capitol at 1:30 p.m.
ZOOM INFORMATION:
Third Order of St. Dominic, Inc. [email protected] is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
For more information, please contact the prior, John Keenan, at [email protected], or at 208.867.6327. Also, check out the Chapter’s website at www.dominicanidaho.org.