THE NEXT VOCATION WEEKEND IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 19-21, 2007
(Be sure to consider the Summer Discernment Retreat August 3-5, 2007)
Here’s the schedule of our last Vocation Weekend
Vocation Weekends are always held at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C..
Schedule of Weekend
Friday, February 9, 2007
2-4:30 PM Arrival
5:00 PM Mass with Evening Prayer
6:00 PM Dinner
7:15 PM Welcome: Fr. Joseph Barranger, OP, Prior of the Dominican House of Studies
7:20 PM Overview of the Weekend with Fr. William P. Garrott, OP, Director of Vocations
7:30 PM ”Dominican Spirituality” Speaker: Fr. Peter Girard, OP, Professor of Homiletics, Holy Apostles Seminary
8:30 PM Break
8:45 PM Eucharistic Adoration (Solemn Exposition, Night Prayer and Benediction)
9:30 PM Recreation with the Dominican Community (Student Recreation Room)
Saturday, February 10, 2007
8:00 AM Mass with Morning Prayer
9:00 AM Breakfast
9:45 AM “Dominican Preaching and Provincial Ministries” Speaker: Fr. Peter John Cameron, OP, Provincial Director of Preaching, Editor-in-Chief Magnificat, Founder of Blackfriars Repertory Theatre
10:45 AM Break
10:50 AM Cooperator Brotherhood: A New Vision,” Speaker: Br. Ignatius Perkins, OP, Director of Provincial Administration, Assistant Director of Vocations for Cooperator Brotherhood
11:30 AM “Dominican Formation” Fr. John Langlois, OP, Student Master and Asst. Professor, Church History
NOON Rosary and Office of Readings
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Free Time
5:40 PM Evening Prayer
6:00 PM Dinner
7:15 PM “History and Development of Religious Life” Speaker: Fr. John Langlois, OP, Student Master and Asst. Professor in Church History, Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
8:15 PM Break
8:30 PM Eucharistic Adoration in Chapel
9:00 PM Night Prayer
9:15 PM Recreation with Dominican Community (Student Recreation Room)
Sunday, February 11, 2007
8:30 AM Office of Readings and Morning Prayer
9:00 AM “Help Yourself” Breakfast
9:30 AM Fr. Giles Dimock, OP, Adjunct Professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville and former Dean of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies
10:20 AM Break
10:30 AM “Aspirancy and Application” Fr. Bill Garrott, OP, Director of Vocations
11:15 AM Mass
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Departure
