800th Jubilee Years Continue toward 2016 Anniversary

SANTA SABINA-- In celebration of our ongoing Jubilee pilgrimage, which will culminate in 2016 with the 800th anniversary of the confirmation of the Order, the 2009 theme is: “In the beginning was the Word: Dominic, Preacher of Grace.” Recall, that each year from 2006 to 2016 we are invited to reflect on a theme of Dominican Life and Mission.

Br. Carlos Aspiroz Costa, OP has invited Dominicans around the world to reflect on Dominic, Preacher of Grace. “His entire life, lived in intimate union with the Word of God, invites us into a profound contemplative listening to the Word and a bold commitment to preach that very same Word in our world today.” Dominic urged his followers to do the same, to preach the Word by day and by night, wherever they found themselves.
                                                                                                    

YEARLY THEMES TO CELEBRATE THE JUBILEE:

2009 - In the beginning was the Word (Jn 1:1):
St. Dominic, Preacher of Grace

2010 - How can people preach unless they are sent? (Rom 10:15):
The Mission of Preaching

2011 - We hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God (Acts 2:11):
Preaching and Culture / Community Preaching

2012 - Go and tell my brothers… (Jn 20:17):
Dominican Women and Preaching

2013 - Do unto me according to your Word (Lk 1:38):
Mary: Contemplation and Preaching of the Word

2014 - Your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions (Joel 3:1):
The Dominican Laity and Preaching

2015 - If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free (John 8:31-32);
For freedom Christ set us free (Gal 5:1):
Dominic: Government, Spirituality and Freedom

2016 - Woe to us if we do not preach the gospel! (cf. 1 Cor 9:16):
The Order of Preachers: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Papers and Books

The Coming of the Preachers
by Barbara Beaumond OP
(Open as Word document here)
A new look at the early foundational days of the movement begun by Dominic.
(Download here)
Presented at a meeting of the International Commissions of the Dominican Order, Prouilhe, France, April, 2006 celebrating the coming 800th anniversary of the foundations of the Order.