DOMINICAN LAITY   Newsletter #28       May 2013 From Invercargill, two pieces of news, one sad one glad. ╬ We note the death of NICOLA PARKES, daughter of Tui and Geoff Pasco. Requiescat in pace. And our sympathy and prayers go to her family. ╬ Sr Judith Robinson OP has celebrated her golden jubilee of life with the Dominican sisters. Our prayers of thanks and joy for Sr Judith! ………………………………………………………………………………………. PILLARS OF DOMINICAN LIFE: STUDY This is the second in our series of pieces written by Dominican lay folk, on how they find STUDY a help in their spiritual life. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. How to study –perhaps that’s the question? I think the pillars of Dominican spirituality are all interconnected – like parts of a body – I recall Fr David Kammler using that analogy. They make the whole. Many things occupy my mind and body. How then to fit study into this busy life? For me, it works its way in, not by being a separate issue, but by being part of the whole. I read. There are many inspiring authors. I have recently read books written by Richard Leonard, Joy Cowley, Michael Leunig, Neil Darragh and Jo Ayres and currently by my bedside is ‘Abba, give me a word’ written by L Rogers Owens – a co-pastor of a United Methodist Church in America promising a story of struggle and transformation and an introduction to the practice of soul care. That sounds like a good idea! And of
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