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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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March 2008 Chronicle
•	A Message From Fr. Jim
•	Dominican Connection
•	Friends of St. Jude Report....What God Has Done
•	Hello and Good-bye
•	March Novena Guest Preacher

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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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March 2008 Chronicle

A Message From Fr. Jim
You will probably be reading this letter during the liturgical season of Lent white vestments instead of violet, the Gloria is sung, and our Italian brothers. The Solemnity of St. Joseph is one of the days when we dispense with the somberness of the season to celebrate life, as a sort of oasis in the desert of Lent: and sisters have the tradition of Joseph’s Table, a feast for all in the midst of the fast!
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Dominican Connection
The Province of St. Albert the Great, the Central Province to which the Shrine belongs, has had two foreign missions. The first mission was in Nigeria. Since its foundation the mission has flourished, and has since risen to independence. It is now a full-fledged province!
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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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Hello and Good-bye
Saying "hello" involves an opening and extension of ourselves. With this comes vulnerability. As a Christian, I believe God's greatest "hello" was becoming a human being in Jesus. What greater "hello" could God ever extend to us than becoming one of us?
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March Novena Guest Preacher
Fr. Risley has been an ordained Dominican priest for 42 years. His past ministries have included college teaching, 15 years in our Dominican mission in Bolivia in South America where he performed many and various ministries, university campus ministry and Spanish-speaking parish ministry at St. Pius V Parish (where the Novena will be!). For the last nine years, Fr. Jack has been a chaplain at the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters motherhouse and nursing home, as well as some part-time Hispanic ministry. He has also been part of a retreat team which gives a yearly retreat to North American Dominican sisters in Prouille/Fanjeaux, France where St. Dominic founded the Order of Preachers.
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