Join us for our Praying with the Saints monthly events for 2023-2024! Come be inspired by the story of St. Dominic de Guzman, a man on fire for God who founded the Dominican Order. He is the patron saint of astronomers, natural scientists, and the innocent who are falsely accused of crimes.
According to one legend, his mother made a pilgrimage to an abbey at Silos. Legend says there were many signs of the great child she would bear. One of the most common legends says that during the pilgrimage, Joan had a dream of a dog leaping from her womb with a torch in its mouth. The animal "seemed to set the earth on fire." His parents named him Dominic a play on the words Domini canis, meaning the Lord's dog in Latin. An alternative, and possibly more likely story says he was named after St. Dominic de Silos, a Spanish monk who lived a century before. https://www.catholic.org/saint...
According to Dominican tradition, in 1208 Dominic experienced a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the church at Prouille, during which she gave him a rosary. The spread of the Rosary is attributed to the preaching of the Dominicans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
On Tuesday, December 19, at 6:30 PM, we will gather for prayer and will be blessed by a relic of St. Dominic. Following the event, we will share food and fellowship!
Learn more about St. Dominic in this 4-min video: