West River, Maryland, Lay Dominicans
About Us
Members of the Fraternities of St. Dominic are lay men and women who are fully incorporated members of the Order of Preachers and live out their Dominican vocation in the world. Through the Four Pillars of prayer, study, community, and apostolate we work to preach the Gospel and grow in personal holiness. You can learn more about the Lay Dominican life here:
Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic – Province of St. Joseph (Eastern USA)
Dominican Spirituality
Dominican Spirituality calls members to certain obligations, when possible according to their state in life, which include:
- Participating in daily Mass
- Daily praying some portions of the Liturgy of the Hours, with a minimum component of Morning and Evening Prayer
- Daily recitation of the Rosary
- Daily reading and reflecting on Sacred Scripture
- Monthly reception of the Sacrament of Reconciliation
- Frequent and ongoing study of matters pertaining to the Church, the world, and their apostolate
- An annual retreat, either on their own or with other members of the Fraternity
Our Apostolate
Our lay Dominican apostolate promotes and supports Eucharistic Adoration at each member’s parish, by actively speaking about Eucharistic Adoration to friends, family, and parishioners, including through Faith Formation programs; to provide spiritual reading at each member’s parish for use at Adoration; to actively recruit new adorers at each parish; to attend Eucharistic Adoration and pray for more adorers; to speak with other parishioners and parish priests about the benefits of Eucharistic Adoration for the individual and the parish; to answer questions about Eucharistic Adoration from people outside the parish; to provide core adorers and thereby extend Eucharistic Adoration hours at each member’s parish for parishioners who do not want to commit to a regular period of Adoration each day/week. Keep Eucharistic Adoration hours updated in the parish bulletins. Recruit substitutes to cover hours when core adorers cannot cover their usual hours.
Contact
Please join us for our monthly meeting:
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
101 Owensville Rd, West River, MD 20778
3rd Saturday of the Month
12:00pm
For more information contact Ray Scott:
illilli@hotmail.com