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Acts of the 7th European Assembly of Lay Dominican Fraternities Annex IIi
FRATERNITY ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA SOFIA, BULGARIA
Bulgaria is an orthodox country.
SHORT HISTORY
Maria Kominek, a Lay Dominican Bulgarian living in Poland is the founder of the fraternity; the first member in Bulgaria entered in 1987.
SHORT HISTORY
Meeting in Rome 2003
SHORT HISTORY
Fr. Gerald Stookey promoted the constitution of the fraternity, officially approved by the Master Carlos A. Costa OP on 25 November 2005, the feast day of St. Catherine of Alexandria.
SHORT HISTORY
SHORT HISTORY
Fraternity of St. Catherine of Alexandria is now a part of the Hungarian Vicariate.
The regular weekly meetings have the following order: participation in the Holy Mass, prayer of Vespers and listening and discussion of formative reading matter.
LIFE IN THE FRATERNITY
Once a month - a meditation day
LIFE IN THE FRATERNITY
The day for meditation includes Holy Mass, Matins, reflection on Gospel or readings of Dominican saints, adoration and prayer.
LIFE IN THE FRATERNITY
At least once a year there is a retreat only open to members.
LIFE IN THE FRATERNITY
Usually after the retreat there is the solemnity of making promises.
LIFE IN THE FRATERNITY
The members endeavor to lead a life in Sacraments and prayer as well as to acquire theological knowledge and to deepen it through reading.
PRIVATE OCCUPATIONS
As the sole representative of the Dominican Order in the Bulgarian Catholic Church, our fraternity above all bears witness to the specific Dominican spirituality.
ACTIVITIES
With our activity we contribute to the popularizing of the Aristotelian-Thomistic way of thinking, which is virtually unknown among the Bulgarian intellectuals.
ACTIVITIES
Some of the members constitute the main body of the Catholic Cultural Centre attached to the Apostolic Exarchy.
ACTIVITIES
Meetings, lectures and open retreats of the visiting priests
ACTIVITIES
The Christian series ‘Vita Christiana’ published a recent Dominican author in Bulgaria for the first time.
ACTIVITIES
Some of the members participate in the work of the World Bible Community on the new ecumenical translation of the Holy Scripture.
ACTIVITIES
The members attend international catholic conferences dedicated to catholic press, cultural centers, university.
ACTIVITIES
FRATERNITY ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA SOFIA, BULGARIA
FRATERNITY ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA SOFIA, BULGARIA
Bulgaria is an orthodox country.
SHORT HISTORY
Maria Kominek, a Lay Dominican Bulgarian living in Poland is the founder of the fraternity; the first member in Bulgaria entered in 1987.
SHORT HISTORY
Meeting in Rome 2003
SHORT HISTORY
Fr. Gerald Stookey promoted the constitution of the fraternity, officially approved by the Master Carlos A. Costa OP on 25 November 2005, the feast day of St. Catherine of Alexandria.
SHORT HISTORY
SHORT HISTORY
Fraternity of St. Catherine of Alexandria is now a part of the Hungarian Vicariate.
The regular weekly meetings have the following order: participation in the Holy Mass, prayer of Vespers and listening and discussion of formative reading matter.
LIFE IN THE FRATERNITY
Once a month - a meditation day
LIFE IN THE FRATERNITY
The day for meditation includes Holy Mass, Matins, reflection on Gospel or readings of Dominican saints, adoration and prayer.
LIFE IN THE FRATERNITY
At least once a year there is a retreat only open to members.
LIFE IN THE FRATERNITY
Usually after the retreat there is the solemnity of making promises.
LIFE IN THE FRATERNITY
The members endeavor to lead a life in Sacraments and prayer as well as to acquire theological knowledge and to deepen it through reading.
PRIVATE OCCUPATIONS
As the sole representative of the Dominican Order in the Bulgarian Catholic Church, our fraternity above all bears witness to the specific Dominican spirituality.
ACTIVITIES
With our activity we contribute to the popularizing of the Aristotelian-Thomistic way of thinking, which is virtually unknown among the Bulgarian intellectuals.
ACTIVITIES
Some of the members constitute the main body of the Catholic Cultural Centre attached to the Apostolic Exarchy.
ACTIVITIES
Meetings, lectures and open retreats of the visiting priests
ACTIVITIES
The Christian series ‘Vita Christiana’ published a recent Dominican author in Bulgaria for the first time.
ACTIVITIES
Some of the members participate in the work of the World Bible Community on the new ecumenical translation of the Holy Scripture.
ACTIVITIES
The members attend international catholic conferences dedicated to catholic press, cultural centers, university.
ACTIVITIES
FRATERNITY ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA SOFIA, BULGARIA
