Capítulo General 2007. Orden de Predicadores. Bogotá 2007.

Bogotá, D.C. 3 August de 2007

THE SACRED MEETINGS OF THE ORDER OF PREACHERS ADVANCE IN BOGOTA OF JULY 17 AL 8 OF AUGUST UNDER THE LIGHT OF

“These they are the festivals of Yahvé, the sacred meetings that convocareis in the dates indicated…” (Lv 23, 1-37)

EUCHARIST In our Eucharist, celebrated in English, the liturgy of the Word presented us the ritual for the festivals of the year of the Israelite town. Today, our preacher Fray Michael Mascari, OR.P., Provincial Prior of the Province of San Alberto Great in the United States, recalled us the different national celebrations of the month of July: Canada, United States, Venezuela, Argentina, France, Belgium, Poland, Colombia and Peru. All public holidays of independence or liberation.

These they have been sacred moments for these towns and relating to the large festivals described in the Leviticus as they are: "the festival of Easter, or the festival of the loaves of bread ácimos, or the festival of Pentecost that identified it with the festival of the first fruits and the delivery of the law, the day of the Repair and the festival of the Stores, that now call Rosh Shanah, they were constituted in memories of how God had protected them and had rescued them in the past”

The sense of the And the sacred space they do part of the realities of the man of today, and Fr. Michael, referring upon I Surrendering General Bogota 2007, considers that this is one of these times and of these places because "Here in Bogota, Holy Sunday and its vision take life once more, to the extent that we fight to find how can we continue of the best possible way the mission of preaching and to teach, not as individual people but like community of brothers, that been nourished of the prayer Of the love al study" (Homily) they accompanied. Him in the headquarters of the presbytery the Provincial of the Provinces of San Martin of Porres in the United States and of Australia.

To complement this message of the Good New one in a time and sacred space, the animation of the liturgy was impregnated of our flutist crashes: Fr. Michael OR' Rourke delighted us with its interpretations: accompanied by Fr. Leo Almazan in the guitar.

THE CHALLENGES OF THE LIFE APOSTOLICA, FRUIT OF HIM CONTEMPLATED

The day of the I Surrender General was in charge of the President and vice President of the Commission of Apostolic Life: Fr. Tom Cassidy and Fr. Bruno Cadoré respectively, who in the plenary session they presented for discussion and voting the courses of action and recommendation about the mission and task of the Order during the next years.

THE YOUTH OF OUR PRESENT BROTHERS IN THE CHAPTER

At the moment of the lunch al unison we sing in English, French and Spaniard the birthday to our brother Fr. Mark Edney of the Province of England, who seems to be was approaching the "fifteen", the surprise: a cake and a cup of wine that all we could savor. Increasingly more full of youth, happiness and vitality to respond to the times of today.

During the lunch we had the visit of Sister Monique Colrat OP, General Superior of the Congregation Sisters of the Dominican Charity of the Presentation of the most holy Virgin, accompanied by its Counsel Generalicio

THE IMAGE OF THE DAY

Fr. Orlando Rueda, Secretary general of the Chapter, trying to arm the flute, and I do not please with that, also wanted to interpret a melodiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! Something zapatoqueña, that is to say, of Zapatoca (Santander / Colombia), its place of birth.

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