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May 2009 Chronicle
•	A Message From Fr. Jim
•	Dominican Connection
•	Friends of St. Jude Report....What God Has Done
•	May Novena Guest Preacher
•	Wondrous Silence

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January 2008 Chronicle
•	A Message From Fr. Jim
•	Being New
•	Dominican Connection
•	Friends of St. Jude Report....What God Has Done
•	January Novena Guest Preachers

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Prayer for the Friends of St. Jude
Dear God, I can get very caught up in my own problems. After all, they are real and cause me a lot of pain. But I remember that I am part of a large human family, your family, and we all have problems. I expand my awareness to include all people, especially the many others who approach Saint Jude with their concerns. I move out of myself to embrace them in prayer and ask that your grace may flow through every one of them.

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About us
The Dominican Friars, the Province of St. Albert the Great, are Roman Catholic priests and brothers. We are part of the global "Order of Preachers," the Dominican Family of priests, brothers, sisters, nuns and lay people, who live and pray today in a holy tradition that dates back to time of St. Dominic, the thirteenth century.

Our mission is to communicate the Word of God through preaching, theological education, and the promotion of justice and peace. This mission in the Body of Christ demands a vowed community life, liturgical prayer and life-long study.

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January 2008 Chronicle

A Message From Fr. Jim
Happy NEW year! We who live in the Northern Hemisphere celebrate the New Year at the darkest, coldest time of the year. We have the longest nights, the coldest days. We have just ended the most hectic, stressful time of the year. Yet we celebrate a NEW year. Coincidently, we celebrate a NEW life at this time of year.
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Being New
As we begin a new year the real question is, "will I be new, fresh and open each day this year?" The secret to a joyful life is to free ourselves of the failures and disappointments of the past and to not be, as Jesus put it, "anxious about the future." There is only now. God is everywhere in every "Now.
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Dominican Connection
Many are unaware that St. Thomas, declared Doctor of the Church in 1567, was a Dominican. He was born in Italy in 1225 of noble class. His parents strongly objected to his decision to become a lowly friar and kidnapped him to try and tempt him to leave this band of preachers.
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Friends of St. Jude Report....What God Has Done
Read how God has touched the lives of three friends of St. Jude in this month's column.
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January Novena Guest Preachers
Brother Timothy, O.P. and Brother Patrick, O.P. are our two seminarians who will be sharing their prayer, thoughts and experiences with us during our January Novena.
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