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Our meetings are normally the first Tuesday of the month. Our next Fraternity meeting will be Tuesday June 4th.
Following the election in September 2018 of a new Council, Bristol Fraternity roles are as follows: Fernando Cervantes (President); Roger Bird (Secretary); Liz Trimby-Howarth (Treasurer); Paul Williams (Formation).
Fernando writes, after the May meeting:
"It was good to see many of you last night. As Domingo perceptively predicted, there was not enough time to get through the last chapter of Benedict's book [Jesus of Nazareth, vol. 1], so we agreed that the next meeting should begin with a discussion of the last section of the chapter (I AM).
There was a general consensus that we should move on to the second volume, but we'll be indulging in a short respite during which we agreed to read James Alison's Knowing Jesus, which was written while he was still a Dominican at Blackfriars, Oxford, under the mentorship of Herbert McCabe, Simon Tugwell, Fergus Kerr, Timothy Radcliffe et al. It has become a classic and it's very easily and affordably available. Here's a link:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Knowing-Jesus-SPCK-Classic-Classics/dp/0281065039/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=James+Alison&qid=1557300954&s=gateway&sr=8-3
It's the kind of book that needs to be read in one stint, though I expect it will provide discussion material for more than one session. So that's your homework for the next session.
One important thing I completely forgot to mention last night is that today [8th May] is a very important Dominican feast: "The Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary over the Order of Preachers". It is a marvellous devotion that I particularly commend to you today!
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 4 June.
Fraternally,
Fernando"
At our January Bristol Fraternity Council meeting:
1. It was agreed that the Fraternity would sponsor an annual public Aquinas Lecture. Prof. Denys Turner (formerly of the U. of Bristol; now at Yale and Princeton) was suggested as the lecturer for 2019, in collaboration with the University's Chaplaincy and the Department of Religion and Theology, and Denys has agreed to deliver the lecture in December this year. Updates in due course.
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2. It was agreed that there would be an annual retreat for the Fraternity. The first retreat will be held in Lent next year (2020) at Belmont Abbey, a Benedictine abbey near Hereford, from April 3rd-5th. If you hope to attend please liaise with Roger Bird .
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The annual Fraternity dues apply to all those who have been officially admitted into the Fraternity, plus any others who would like to make a voluntary donation. Please see below for details.
The dues should be paid into our Fraternity bank account or can be given directly to Paul Williams. Details of the account can be obtained from our Secretary, Roger Bird, or from our Treasurer, Liz Trimby-Haworth (liz.trimby.haworth@gmail.com).
Cardiff members should contact Mike McLoughlin for paying their dues.
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Some of you may know that two of our Bristol Fraternity members, Sean Loughlin and Michael McLoughlin, have set up a Lay Dominican group where they live in Cardiff. I am told it is probably the first formal Dominican presence in Wales since the 16th century!
For details of their meetings see the menu item 'Lay Dominicans in Cardiff'.
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We have an annual Bristol subscription (fully professed Lay Dominicans also pay a national subscription annually):
£25 for those who are official Dominican members of the Bristol Fraternity, i.e. those who have been formally admitted and/or made either temporary or permanent profession;
£15 *as a suggested purely voluntary donation* for those who attend our meetings but are not official Dominican members of the Fraternity.
£5 *as a suggested purely voluntary donation* for any students or otherwise unwaged who attend our meetings.
Please note, dear friends, that these two latter categories of donations are suggestions and are purely voluntary. No one need feel under any obligation to contribute.
The annual subscription runs from the beginning of September. Subscriptions should be paid into the official Fraternity bank account set up by our Treasurer, Liz Trimby-Haworth (liz.trimby.haworth@gmail.com). Contact Liz or Roger Bird for details of the bank account. Alternatively, you could give money directly to Paul Williams, and he can pay it into the account for you.
Our meetings are normally the first Tuesday of the month. Our next Fraternity meeting will be Tuesday June 4th.
Following the election in September 2018 of a new Council, Bristol Fraternity roles are as follows: Fernando Cervantes (President); Roger Bird (Secretary); Liz Trimby-Howarth (Treasurer); Paul Williams (Formation).
Fernando writes, after the May meeting:
"It was good to see many of you last night. As Domingo perceptively predicted, there was not enough time to get through the last chapter of Benedict's book [Jesus of Nazareth, vol. 1], so we agreed that the next meeting should begin with a discussion of the last section of the chapter (I AM).
There was a general consensus that we should move on to the second volume, but we'll be indulging in a short respite during which we agreed to read James Alison's Knowing Jesus, which was written while he was still a Dominican at Blackfriars, Oxford, under the mentorship of Herbert McCabe, Simon Tugwell, Fergus Kerr, Timothy Radcliffe et al. It has become a classic and it's very easily and affordably available. Here's a link:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Knowing-Jesus-SPCK-Classic-Classics/dp/0281065039/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=James+Alison&qid=1557300954&s=gateway&sr=8-3
It's the kind of book that needs to be read in one stint, though I expect it will provide discussion material for more than one session. So that's your homework for the next session.
One important thing I completely forgot to mention last night is that today [8th May] is a very important Dominican feast: "The Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary over the Order of Preachers". It is a marvellous devotion that I particularly commend to you today!
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 4 June.
Fraternally,
Fernando"
At our January Bristol Fraternity Council meeting:
1. It was agreed that the Fraternity would sponsor an annual public Aquinas Lecture. Prof. Denys Turner (formerly of the U. of Bristol; now at Yale and Princeton) was suggested as the lecturer for 2019, in collaboration with the University's Chaplaincy and the Department of Religion and Theology, and Denys has agreed to deliver the lecture in December this year. Updates in due course.
.
2. It was agreed that there would be an annual retreat for the Fraternity. The first retreat will be held in Lent next year (2020) at Belmont Abbey, a Benedictine abbey near Hereford, from April 3rd-5th. If you hope to attend please liaise with Roger Bird .
****
The annual Fraternity dues apply to all those who have been officially admitted into the Fraternity, plus any others who would like to make a voluntary donation. Please see below for details.
The dues should be paid into our Fraternity bank account or can be given directly to Paul Williams. Details of the account can be obtained from our Secretary, Roger Bird, or from our Treasurer, Liz Trimby-Haworth (liz.trimby.haworth@gmail.com).
Cardiff members should contact Mike McLoughlin for paying their dues.
***
Some of you may know that two of our Bristol Fraternity members, Sean Loughlin and Michael McLoughlin, have set up a Lay Dominican group where they live in Cardiff. I am told it is probably the first formal Dominican presence in Wales since the 16th century!
For details of their meetings see the menu item 'Lay Dominicans in Cardiff'.
***
We have an annual Bristol subscription (fully professed Lay Dominicans also pay a national subscription annually):
£25 for those who are official Dominican members of the Bristol Fraternity, i.e. those who have been formally admitted and/or made either temporary or permanent profession;
£15 *as a suggested purely voluntary donation* for those who attend our meetings but are not official Dominican members of the Fraternity.
£5 *as a suggested purely voluntary donation* for any students or otherwise unwaged who attend our meetings.
Please note, dear friends, that these two latter categories of donations are suggestions and are purely voluntary. No one need feel under any obligation to contribute.
The annual subscription runs from the beginning of September. Subscriptions should be paid into the official Fraternity bank account set up by our Treasurer, Liz Trimby-Haworth (liz.trimby.haworth@gmail.com). Contact Liz or Roger Bird for details of the bank account. Alternatively, you could give money directly to Paul Williams, and he can pay it into the account for you.
