Tag Archive for ‘Saint Dominic’
A School for Prayer (18)
The Way of the Body St Dominic and the ‘Nine Ways of Prayer’ (1) The Body at Prayer By Fr Craig Larkin SM, 1943 – 2015 An important but little-known book takes us a step further in experiencing the ways of Christian prayer. The book relates how St Dominic prayed. Domingo de Guzman (Dominic) was […]
August Saints
Saint Dominic (1170-1221) Dominic was born at Calaregua, Spain and became an Augustinian canon regular at Osma. In 1206, he founded a convent whose first nuns were converts from the Albigensian heresy. Four years later, he founded the Order of Preachers, whose members relied on the usual religious customs and traditions but provided intellectual pursuits […]