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Acts of the 7th European Assembly of Lay Dominican Fraternities

Annex IIc

7th European Assembly of Lay Dominican Fraternities Trenčianské Teplice 2008

Third Order of Saint Dominic in Czech Republic

Czech Republic • The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe and a member state of the European Union. • The capital and largest city is Prague. • Population –

10 381 130 (2007)

Religions in Czech Republic • The Czech Republic has one of the least religious populations in all of Europe. • According to the 2001 census, 59% of the country is agnostic, atheist, non-believer or noorganised believer, 26.8% Roman

The Order of Preachers in Czech Republic • Czech province • 55 friers • 1 bishop – Dominik Duka in Hradec Králové • Monasterys: Jablonné, Olomouc, Plzeň, Praha (picture on the right), Uherský Brod and Znojmo

The Order of Preachers in Czech Republic

• Nuns Monasterys:

Znojmo and PrahaLysolaje

Czech Congregation of Dominican Sisters • The Czech congregation of Dominican Sisters was founded in 1889. • Monasterys: Bojkovice, Brno, Jablonné, Olomouc, Praha and Střelice

Third Order of Saint Dominic in Czech Republic • 28 fraternities • 400 members • Large cities, capitals of regions, small towns and willages

Third Order of Saint Dominic in Czech Republic

• Large Cities: Prague, Brno, Ostrava

Third Order of Saint Dominic in Czech Republic • Capitals of regions : České Budějovice, Jihlava, Hradec Králové, Plzeň, Olomouc, Ústí nad Labem

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Small towns Znojmo Blansko Nové Město nad Metují Jablonné v Podještědí Třeboň Turnov Uherský Brod (picture on the right) Jilemnice Jirkov Smečno Hluk

St. Zdislava of Lemberk • St. Zdislava was a noblewoman, born in Brno. She was a sweet and pious child, who learned from her mother the arts of healing with both herbs and prayers. After an early attempt at eremitical life, she returned to society and later married Duke Havel of Lemberk.

St. Zdislava of Lemberk • When the Polish missionaries St. Hyacinth and Bl. Ceslaus arrived at Lemberk, they brought news of the Order of Preachers, founded some years before by St. Dominic. • St. Zdislava was excited by the opportunity to perform her works of mercy within the Dominican framework, and she became an early lay Dominican.

St. Zdislava of Lemberk • St. Zdislava died in 1252 and is buried in the church she built, now called the Church of Sts. Laurence and Zdislava, in the Czech village of Jablonné v Podještědí. • She was canonized in 1995.

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