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• Four Pillars


  • Prayer
  • Study
  • Apostolate
  • Community
• Prayer


  Focuses on one's relationship with God through spiritual activities
• Forms of Prayer


  • Lectio Divina
  • Divine Office
  • Eucharist
  • Meditation
• Lectio Divina


  Reading the Scriptures in a prayerful manner
• Divine Office


  Recited in particular hours of the day usually prayed by clergy and religious
• Eucharist


  Highest form of prayer
• Meditation


  Mental form of prayer
• Study


  Reiterates the significance of academic pursuit to preach sound teaching
• Apostolate


  Emphasizes the importance of life service in fulfilling the call of Christ to love and serve one another
• Aspects of Apostolate


  • Catechetical
  • Moral
  • Apologetic
  • Contemplative
• Catechetical aspect


  Emphasis on instruction of the faith
• Moral aspect


  Emphasis on practicing of the faith
• Apologetic aspect


  Emphasis on correction on the faith
• Contemplative aspect


  Emphasis on being one with God
• Community


  Life with others is vital in Christian life, for we are called to share the joy of Christ to others
• Priorities of the Dominican Province of the Philippines

  • Media Evangelization
  • Educational Apostolate
  • Higher Theological Reflection
  • Justice and Peace Apostolate
  • Mission Apostolate
• Media Evangelization


  Utilization of different modes of media to preach the Gospel to the peoples
• Educational Apostolate


  Focused on the administration of schools to promote Christian living
• Higher Theological Reflection


  Pursuit of understanding the faith in a deeper manner
• Justice and Peace Apostolate


  Being one with the society in promoting a just society
• Mission Apostolate


  Reaching out to people, especially those in the peripheries of society, to help them in their needs
• The Holy Rosary


  • A prayer of salvation of souls
  • Prayer in honor of the Virgin Mary
  • A sweet offering of prayer to God
  • Manifestation of Marian devotion, especially for the Dominicans
• Root word of Rosary


  Rosarium (bouquet of roses)
• Propagation of the Rosary

  By St. Dominic to convert heretics and to evangelize the people
• The Mysteries of the Rosary

  • Portray the story of Jesus Christ
  • Help in deepening understanding of Scriptures
  • Portray realities of human life (joy, sorrow, glory, and light)
  • Luminous Mysteries - added by St. John Paul II to give importance on Jesus' public ministry
• The Dominican Saints


  • Serve as examples of holiness and virtue
  • Exemplified the Dominican charism through theological treatises and missionary works
  • Holiness and service are essential to Christian life, just like what they did in their earthly life
  • Manifestations of unity and shared values in the Order and in the Church