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Acts of the 7th European Assembly of Lay Dominican Fraternities Annex IIa
Lay Dominican Fraternities in South Belgium (French-speaking part) May 2008
Belgium in Europe
Where are we located?
BRUSSELS
LIEGE
HUY RIXENSART
How many of us are there?
Number of fraternities:
6
Number of fraternal groups (< 5 professed members):
2
Total number of professed members: – temporary profession: – final profession:
50 6 44
Total number of people:
74
Religious assistants:
8
(7 brothers & 1 apostolic sister)
A bit of history
A Dominican presence in Belgium since 1228 Most convents closed at the end of the 18th century as a result of the French Revolution Restoration in the late 19th century From 1923 to 1941, growing separation between Flemishspeaking and French-speaking Dominicans In 1990 the French-speaking Province became a General Vicariate
In 1958 the Belgian Dominican Province was split into the St Rose Province of Flanders and the St Thomas Province of south Belgium (including Brussels)
How young are we?
Our oldest recorded fraternity is 109 (Huy) The second oldest recorded fraternity is a 100 years old this year (Liège) Our youngest group (Brussels) was set up five months ago in connection with the Dominican online university DOMUNI
Our oldest member is 99
Our youngest member is 33
The average age in our fraternities is 55 Ratio of men to women: 24%
Our job profiles
48% of our members are retired. Most of them do voluntary work in hospitals, prisons, social services associations, parishes, etc.
52% of members have a job in: industry education psychology politics medical services law art languages publishing, etc.
Our monthly fraternity meetings
Typical structure:
common prayer (mass, vespers with a community of friars or sisters, or our own service) A meal or sandwiches Study & discussion
Topics may include: Biblical study Church and other writings Dominican documents Saints of the Order Sacraments Witnesses’ accounts A range of other topics such as truth, social approaches to evangelization, etc.
Our annual meetings
Once a year a week-end retreat, whose topic is part of our formation programme, preferably preached by a Dominican Once a year, a formation day for all the French-speaking lay Dominicans Festive celebrations on Saint Dominic’s Day on 8 August, to which the whole Dominican Family is invited
Our range of apostolic work
Catechism, liturgy, parish work Clergy formation Prison visiting Hospital and retirement home visiting Organisation of pilgrimages & religious events Media Dominican online university DOMUNI Social care
A group example: The Huy Novena to Our Lady of La Sarte
2007: Riches of the Old Testament
Prepared every year by a local fraternity Every night for 9 days a service combining prayers and preaching on a theme chosen by the fraternity A daily attendance of around 200 people Speakers: friars, lay Dominicans, secular priests and lay people
2008: The Ten Commandments as words of life
A few individual examples
A lay Dominican composer organized:
a religious music festival in 2006 on mass in the history of music next festival: September of this year in the Brussels region
A lay Dominican writer is publishing this autumn:
a biography of the 1958 Peace Nobel prize winner, Dominican friar Dominique Pire
A lay Dominican artist: paints icons organizes summer workshops on icon painting
Communication
A 32-page publication
Amitiés Dominicaines
Every three months Circulation: 300 copies The construction of a website is planned for the last quarter of this year Our icon painter illustrated this cover
Looking beyond our borders: within Belgium
Growing cooperation with the Flemish Dominican Family since 2004
– –
Joint press office at the Walberberg European Assembly Two joint study days: Saint Catherine of Siena European issues
Looking beyond our borders: outside Belgium
Dominican Family Congresses: 1983: Bologna 2000: Manila
Increasingly closer relationship with the Canadian lay Dominican Council
Lay Dominican European Assemblies: 1989: 1992: 1995: 1998: 2004: 2008:
Prouilhe Budapest Kanie Vienna Walberberg Bratislava
PROUILHE 1989 BUDAPEST 1992
WALBERBERG 2004
MANILA 2000
Our apostolic orientations: between tradition and creativeness 1.
Develop and promote our Christian and Dominican identity
2.
Develop preaching as our full participation in the Order’s mission
Our apostolic orientations: between tradition and creativeness
3.
Develop and support formation
4.
Develop communication among us while respecting our differences and striving for transparency
Preaching in a secular world
St Dominic in the eyes of an 8-year-old little girl
Preachers and prophets: WHY?
Lay Dominicans have a prophetic mission in the Church and for the Church as a natural bridge between the world and the clergy through their families, their jobs, their role in society
Preachers and prophets: HOW?
Announcing the Gospel: on an equal footing with Dominican friars & sisters in a unique though complementary way to that of other Dominicans
⇒ Increased credibility of the Gospel for our contemporaries
Preachers and prophets: HOW?
Team preaching
Biblical commentaries
Leading bible study groups
Lectures with multiple speakers
Participation in theological cafés, etc.
Preachers and prophets: WHERE?
In churches and shopping centres
In parishes
In schools
In the workplace
On the Web
TOGETHER ON THE STEPS OF SAINT DOMINIC
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !
Lay Dominican Fraternities in South Belgium (French-speaking part) May 2008
Belgium in Europe
Where are we located?
BRUSSELS
LIEGE
HUY RIXENSART
How many of us are there?
Number of fraternities:
6
Number of fraternal groups (< 5 professed members):
2
Total number of professed members: – temporary profession: – final profession:
50 6 44
Total number of people:
74
Religious assistants:
8
(7 brothers & 1 apostolic sister)
A bit of history
A Dominican presence in Belgium since 1228 Most convents closed at the end of the 18th century as a result of the French Revolution Restoration in the late 19th century From 1923 to 1941, growing separation between Flemishspeaking and French-speaking Dominicans In 1990 the French-speaking Province became a General Vicariate
In 1958 the Belgian Dominican Province was split into the St Rose Province of Flanders and the St Thomas Province of south Belgium (including Brussels)
How young are we?
Our oldest recorded fraternity is 109 (Huy) The second oldest recorded fraternity is a 100 years old this year (Liège) Our youngest group (Brussels) was set up five months ago in connection with the Dominican online university DOMUNI
Our oldest member is 99
Our youngest member is 33
The average age in our fraternities is 55 Ratio of men to women: 24%
Our job profiles
48% of our members are retired. Most of them do voluntary work in hospitals, prisons, social services associations, parishes, etc.
52% of members have a job in: industry education psychology politics medical services law art languages publishing, etc.
Our monthly fraternity meetings
Typical structure:
common prayer (mass, vespers with a community of friars or sisters, or our own service) A meal or sandwiches Study & discussion
Topics may include: Biblical study Church and other writings Dominican documents Saints of the Order Sacraments Witnesses’ accounts A range of other topics such as truth, social approaches to evangelization, etc.
Our annual meetings
Once a year a week-end retreat, whose topic is part of our formation programme, preferably preached by a Dominican Once a year, a formation day for all the French-speaking lay Dominicans Festive celebrations on Saint Dominic’s Day on 8 August, to which the whole Dominican Family is invited
Our range of apostolic work
Catechism, liturgy, parish work Clergy formation Prison visiting Hospital and retirement home visiting Organisation of pilgrimages & religious events Media Dominican online university DOMUNI Social care
A group example: The Huy Novena to Our Lady of La Sarte
2007: Riches of the Old Testament
Prepared every year by a local fraternity Every night for 9 days a service combining prayers and preaching on a theme chosen by the fraternity A daily attendance of around 200 people Speakers: friars, lay Dominicans, secular priests and lay people
2008: The Ten Commandments as words of life
A few individual examples
A lay Dominican composer organized:
a religious music festival in 2006 on mass in the history of music next festival: September of this year in the Brussels region
A lay Dominican writer is publishing this autumn:
a biography of the 1958 Peace Nobel prize winner, Dominican friar Dominique Pire
A lay Dominican artist: paints icons organizes summer workshops on icon painting
Communication
A 32-page publication
Amitiés Dominicaines
Every three months Circulation: 300 copies The construction of a website is planned for the last quarter of this year Our icon painter illustrated this cover
Looking beyond our borders: within Belgium
Growing cooperation with the Flemish Dominican Family since 2004
– –
Joint press office at the Walberberg European Assembly Two joint study days: Saint Catherine of Siena European issues
Looking beyond our borders: outside Belgium
Dominican Family Congresses: 1983: Bologna 2000: Manila
Increasingly closer relationship with the Canadian lay Dominican Council
Lay Dominican European Assemblies: 1989: 1992: 1995: 1998: 2004: 2008:
Prouilhe Budapest Kanie Vienna Walberberg Bratislava
PROUILHE 1989 BUDAPEST 1992
WALBERBERG 2004
MANILA 2000
Our apostolic orientations: between tradition and creativeness 1.
Develop and promote our Christian and Dominican identity
2.
Develop preaching as our full participation in the Order’s mission
Our apostolic orientations: between tradition and creativeness
3.
Develop and support formation
4.
Develop communication among us while respecting our differences and striving for transparency
Preaching in a secular world
St Dominic in the eyes of an 8-year-old little girl
Preachers and prophets: WHY?
Lay Dominicans have a prophetic mission in the Church and for the Church as a natural bridge between the world and the clergy through their families, their jobs, their role in society
Preachers and prophets: HOW?
Announcing the Gospel: on an equal footing with Dominican friars & sisters in a unique though complementary way to that of other Dominicans
⇒ Increased credibility of the Gospel for our contemporaries
Preachers and prophets: HOW?
Team preaching
Biblical commentaries
Leading bible study groups
Lectures with multiple speakers
Participation in theological cafés, etc.
Preachers and prophets: WHERE?
In churches and shopping centres
In parishes
In schools
In the workplace
On the Web
TOGETHER ON THE STEPS OF SAINT DOMINIC
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !
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