Start Date
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Preaching to the Faithful
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- The brothers through their preaching ought to lead Christians step by step to a mature, conscientious faith, thus renewing and confirming the Church’s witness to the gospel.
- Special care should be taken with the homily and other forms of preaching which, connected to the liturgy and the sacraments, more intimately touch the lives of people.
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Special doctrinal and spiritual assistance is to be given to priests, religious and to others who are entrusted with educating people in the faith.
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Our churches ought to be centres of preaching, liturgical life, Christian community and apostolic outreach.
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Since the apostolate of the Order in many places is effectively carried out in parishes, the brothers to whom this responsibility is entrusted should devote themselves to it with great care, especially through the ministry of the word.
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- Superiors should see to it that a convent, entrusted with or united to a parish, has all that is required, including a sufficient number of brothers, to combine appropriately conventual life with parish ministry.
- The number of parishes in any province should be limited, to ensure that enough brothers remain who can devote themselves more freely and fully to other ministries of the word of God.
- The prior provincial, with the consent of his council, is the competent superior to accept a parish, unless the provincial chapter shall have reserved this faculty to itself, or to the vicariate council with the approval of the provincial council.
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The Rosary as a way of contemplating the mysteries of Christ, is a school for developing evangelical life. As such, it is a form of preaching particularly appropriate to our Order, in which the truths of faith are proposed in the light of the blessed Virgin Mary’s participation in the mystery of Christ and the Church.
Since the Rosary is a characteristically Dominican devotion, the brothers should fervently preach it, so that it may flourish, and they should promote its societies.
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- The brothers, as preachers of the gospel of Christ and aware of their great responsibility for the unity of the People of God, ought to foster an ecumenical spirit among Catholics so that the work of reconciliation may continue to develop.
- Theological research in ecumenical questions is of pre-eminent importance. Those brothers who have proper scientific training should collaborate sincerely with other specialist theologians and institutes in promoting ecumenism.