Dominican Integrative Gathering
The Southern Dominican Province recently participated in the Dominican Integrative Gathering(DIG) from June 20 to June 24, 2011 at Our Lady of Florida Spiritual Center in North Palm Beach, Florida. This was a collaborative project and the national meeting of the four Provinces. The meeting was tailored for the development of friars in their first five years of ministry.
Aaron Arce, OP, was appointed by Father Chris Eggleton, OP Provincal of the Southern Province to coordinate the event. The mission of the event was to be an atmosphere that fosterd relaxation, collaboration and fraternal charity, in order to strengthen the preaching. DIG provided an opportunity for the friars of the four US provinces to gather in prayer, study and community and thus to get to know each other and appreciate the unity and diversity that is the Order of Preachers in the US.
The theme for this year’s National DIG is: “Dominican Spirituality and Ministry in the First Five Years.” The event focused on three overarching topic: incorporating Dominican charism in the different ministries, collaboration with ecclesial lay ministers, and maintaining a healthy spiritual life while responding to our responsibilities to community and to ministry assignments.
This year's presenters were friars from the Southern Province, Fr. Paul Philbert, OP, former Provincial of the Southern Province, Fr. Wayne Cavalier, OP, director of the Congar Institute (Oblate School of Theology), and Fr. Scott O'Brien, OP, the out-going University Chaplain,
