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The Rosary
Mission at Roodepoort Priory was preached by 2 French Dominicans.
Fr. Marie-Dominique and Fr. Thomas. The 3 days were well attended,
both here and Durban, during which the 2 Fathers gave meditations
on all the mysteries of the Holy Rosary, a sermon at the end as
well as a number of hymns, coming from the writings of St. Louis
de Montfort. At the end many faithful took the opportunity to join
the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary and to have the special
Dominican indulgences attached to their Rosaries. This confraternity
enables the lovers of the Holy Rosary to form a powerful army to
which we can apply the words of St. Cyprian, "We have a public
and common prayer, and when we pray it isn't for only one of us
but for all the people because we are as one."
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Fr. Marie-Dominique
preaching at the Rosary Mission in the typical Dominican habit
and cape in the church of Our Lady of Sorrows. The Dominicans also
gave us a chance to come into contact with another religious order
in Tradition, with their own special spirituality. Besides the monks
in Avrille, France, there is a cloistered community of contemplative
Dominican nuns nearby. Either are open to vocations from South Africa,
although a knowledge of French would be most useful. However provisions
can be made for postulants to be bordered in France to first learn
the language. Without any respite from the labours the 2 Fathers
also gave a 5 day men's retreat, using the Carmelite retreat
centre in Benoni. All in all a great outpouring of graces in RSA.
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