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Does anyone know anything about the Dominicans now a days. I’ve been to some websites but they’re rather vague in many areas like current missions and goals and such. Are they considered liberal or conservative? Through out my life I’ve had these odd encounters with Dominicans and so they’ve been kind of this engima to me. I just can’t seem to get much good up to date data on them.
 
rtconstant said:
Does anyone know anything about the Dominicans now a days. I’ve been to some websites but they’re rather vague in many areas like current missions and goals and such. Are they considered liberal or conservative? Through out my life I’ve had these odd encounters with Dominicans and so they’ve been kind of this engima to me. I just can’t seem to get much good up to date data on them.
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You might want to go to the Ask an Apologist section and direct your question to Father Vincent Serpa who is indeed a Dominican priest. God Bless…teachccd:)
 
One of the local parishes here, which I attend from time to time, is run by a small group of Dominican priests. The ones here tend to the traditional in both liturgical and doctrinal terms, but are not at all extreme in this.

They will, for example, occasionally preach on mortal sin and the need for confession - especially during Lent - and very well too (must be why it’s called the Order of Preachers). And you know most priests tend to avoid such topics, since they make people a little :eek:

But on the other hand they won’t ordinarily use Latin in the Mass - and only very occasionally in the singing - although otherwise they are very reverent, rubrical and well-done.
 
LilyM said:
One of the local parishes here, which I attend from time to time, is run by a small group of Dominican priests. The ones here tend to the traditional in both liturgical and doctrinal terms, but are not at all extreme in this.

They will, for example, occasionally preach on mortal sin and the need for confession - especially during Lent - and very well too (must be why it’s called the Order of Preachers). And you know most priests tend to avoid such topics, since they make people a little :eek:

But on the other hand they won’t ordinarily use Latin in the Mass - and only very occasionally in the singing - although otherwise they are very reverent, rubrical and well-done.
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That’s intersting thank you. So then in your opinion they seem conservative in doctrine but moderate in attitude? Is that accurate?
 
my parish is run by the dominicans, there are four of them here. I must say they are thought of being very liberal. sometimes when I hear them preach at the holy mass I can’t stop thinking about how politically correct they are trying to be.
 
mahalia said:
my parish is run by the dominicans, there are four of them here. I must say they are thought of being very liberal. sometimes when I hear them preach at the holy mass I can’t stop thinking about how politically correct they are trying to be.
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In what sense politically correct?

I think, like in many orders, you’ll get different levels of orthodoxy or liberalism across different communities within the Dominican order.

I know this is true of the Franciscans, for example (though I think generally they are more liberal than most).
 
Politically correct… well, they never use words that would harm someone’s feelings, eventhough it is sometimes necessary to induce change and return to God. for instance, young unmarried couples living together - you will never hear them say that’s wrong.
they never talk about contraception, homosexuality, abortion, euthanasia, the devil, divorce - I think it is because they are trying to make people stay in the church, even if they do not strictly follow the Church’s rules.
the way they live, never in the habit, wearing fancy clothes and driving expencive cars, doesn’t give them much time for spiritual growth. and that is what anyone can realize when they hear them
speak during the homily.
they are very concentrated in reading, writing, studying, becoming ph.d…which is okay, but it gives them no time to serve their parishoners.

just to give an examle, my parish has four priests and one visiting since another dominican monastery is a few kilometers away. the parish has about 5 thousand people.

and the only time you can confess is the first friday of the month from 6:30pm to 7:00pm. one priest comes and hears confessions.
the good thing is that there are many parishes in the town where you can go and confess, but if everyone depended on our op’s…

the croatian province has about seventy dominicans, and I know at least half of them - they are of course very different people but when they preach it’s more or less the same thing.

interesting thing, in croatia the franciscans are thought of being much more orthodox. you will rarely see a franciscan priest without a habit, or in a fancy car, or tolerating young couples living together before marriage.

p.s. I also must say that I know three young dominicans who will become priests in a few years, and the spiritual strength that they have and share with others, the willingness to give their whole lives to preaching, and live modestly - makes me believe that new and better days are coming for the OP in my country and for the people they serve. i pray for that. :gopray2:
 
mahalia said:
Politically correct… well, they never use words that would harm someone’s feelings, eventhough it is sometimes necessary to induce change and return to God. for instance, young unmarried couples living together - you will never hear them say that’s wrong.
they never talk about contraception, homosexuality, abortion, euthanasia, the devil, divorce - I think it is because they are trying to make people stay in the church, even if they do not strictly follow the Church’s rules.
the way they live, never in the habit, wearing fancy clothes and driving expencive cars, doesn’t give them much time for spiritual growth. and that is what anyone can realize when they hear them
speak during the homily.
they are very concentrated in reading, writing, studying, becoming ph.d…which is okay, but it gives them no time to serve their parishoners.

just to give an examle, my parish has four priests and one visiting since another dominican monastery is a few kilometers away. the parish has about 5 thousand people.

and the only time you can confess is the first friday of the month from 6:30pm to 7:00pm. one priest comes and hears confessions.
the good thing is that there are many parishes in the town where you can go and confess, but if everyone depended on our op’s…

the croatian province has about seventy dominicans, and I know at least half of them - they are of course very different people but when they preach it’s more or less the same thing.

interesting thing, in croatia the franciscans are thought of being much more orthodox. you will rarely see a franciscan priest without a habit, or in a fancy car, or tolerating young couples living together before marriage.

p.s. I also must say that I know three young dominicans who will become priests in a few years, and the spiritual strength that they have and share with others, the willingness to give their whole lives to preaching, and live modestly - makes me believe that new and better days are coming for the OP in my country and for the people they serve. i pray for that. :gopray2:
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This is what I mean about there being different levels of orthodoxy in each order. Our Dominicans certainly don’t go without their habits or offer confession only once a month! (By the way, if you want confession outside the scheduled times you should call and make an appointment, they’re obliged to hear your confession if you ask).

And I know what you mean about Croatian Franciscans, my parents are Croatian and are secular Franciscans so I’ve grown up around them. Even with them, though, you could point to some of the Franciscans promoting the unapproved apparitions of Medjugorje, if you wanted to point.
 
rtconstant said:
Does anyone know anything about the Dominicans now a days. I’ve been to some websites but they’re rather vague in many areas like current missions and goals and such. Are they considered liberal or conservative? Through out my life I’ve had these odd encounters with Dominicans and so they’ve been kind of this engima to me. I just can’t seem to get much good up to date data on them.
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You’re in Nashville – do you know about the St. Cecilia Dominican teaching sisters on the north side of town?

Blessings,
Cloisters
 
Cloisters said:
You’re in Nashville – do you know about the St. Cecilia Dominican teaching sisters on the north side of town?

Blessings,
Cloisters
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Yeah they’re really neat. They wear the old habbits and cowls and while I haven’t got to speak to any of them in person my understanding is that they are very conservative and orthodox. They are also growing from what I hear and many of the sisters that i’ve seen look young. They seem to be a dynamic order. I wish I knew more about them honestly, I’m proud that we have them here.
 
My girlfriend’s Dominican parish is awesome. Most of the people you would normally find at the TLM go there rather than the TLM indult because they are so good. They offer the Mass according to the current missal, including one Sunday Mass in Latin. They are great preachers of the truth, great confessors, great everything 🙂
 
another thumb up for the Dominicans.
our parish is staffed by Dominican fathers.
fairly conservative

Tak
 
Hm… I’m interested to know also. The Dominican vocation director here isn’t very helpful when I contacted him.

LilyM: thanks for the info. At least, now I know why my Franciscan parish is more liberal from other parishes in the diocese. 🙂
 
The Dominican Church near me in CT is the most reverent, beautiful chuch I’ve ever been in. They are very orthodox, offering 3 daily masses, daily confession (and there are lines!) and 4 Sunday masses. Finding them is one of the reasons I came back to the church.
 
Well it sounds like the order has done well over the years. I’ve heard about some of the orders falling into liberalism. I was curious as to whether that had happened with the Dominicans but it sounds like the consensus is that this has not been the case.
 
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