Knowing the Dominicans and their Legacy to the World. Hope this ppt can help

1. Four Pillars of the Dominicans

4. Dominicans Today

5. Preaching

6. Preaching, Teaching, and Works of
Social Justice

7. Full-time itinerant preaching, Health
care as chaplains and Theologians.

8. Community

9. The Promise:
To hold all things in common

10. They live together and pray together
and share a common vision in the
ministry of preaching.

11. Study

12. The Dominican emphasis on study
opens our hearts and minds more fully
to the human condition today

13. Prayer

14. Word of God in daily common prayer,
meditation, study, and in preaching

15. Lives are nourished by God's Word as
found in Sacred Scripture, celebrated in
the Eucharist, lived in Tradition, and
encountered in everyday life.

16. Mottos of the Dominicans

19. Contemplare et Contemplata Aliis Tradere
To share with others the fruits of contemplation

20. Many Dominicans would say that
Dominican spirituality is hard to
define, because we are always seeking
new ways to express God's touch in
our lives. Fundamentally, the Order is
defined by its preaching mission

21. Dominican spirituality is a matter of
searching for truth with the divine
compassion.