Dominican Praise

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“ollowing a sudden hearing loss in 1999 that left me with partial hearing that was completely distorted in one ear I struggled to for two years to remain active in the classroom. Before returning to full-time teaching in 2007, I was engaged in the ministries of spiritual direction and program planning at the Dominican Center of Religious Development in Detroit, and Program Planning at Weber Center in Adrian, Michigan. While time has helped me to better adjust to the classroom and to various social settings, it was the desire to continue studying and teaching that drew me back to the classroom. It was during this hiatus that I was privileged to have collaborated with many other Dominican women to help produce Dominican Praise, a provisional book of prayer for Dominican women.”

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Ap Photo by Wilfredo Lee

A Dominican Praise prayer book sits on a chair in a small chapel.

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Obituary Sr Marie Yvonne Armstrong of Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose

“One of her lasting accomplishments was her collaboration in the development of the Dominican Praise. She had many opportunities to travel, but her last traveling was done between 1999 and 2001. During that period she flew several times to the Adrian Dominican Motherhouse in Michigan to work on a Committee in collaboration with Dominican Sisters from some of the other Dominican Congregations. Their goal was to create a new prayer book for Dominican Sisters to use when praying the Liturgy of the Hours. The book eventually came to be called Dominican Praise. (See p. xxiii for the list of contributors—hers is the first name, along with Sisters Renilde Cade and Mary Diane Scott.)”

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Dear Sisters and Associates, As you may know, a few years ago representatives of 18 Dominican Women’s communities met in Adrian, MI. They agreed to support the creation of a Dominican Women’s Prayer Book that incorporated the Liturgy of the Hours and specific Dominican emphases. Since the license for ICEL is frozen, we formed committees and have been working assiduously. I belong to one committee where we translate Greek texts for liturgical readings. On Sunday, members of our committees will meet with representatives of Liturgy Training Publications to discuss questions and concerns about our book. I ask for prayers for this meeting and our collaborative work for the common good. We hope for a pilot program to be sent out in a few months and a 2004 publication for everyone. Mary Margaret Pazdan, OP

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Some reasons why you might want to purchase “Dominican Praise”:
– to support this collaborative venture of 17 congregations.
– to join OP women across the country in this expression of common prayers.
– to have a convenient prayer resource in one volume.
– to pray with words which are inclusive, addressing God in broad images.
– to have psalm texts marked for simple chanting.
-to incorporate elements of OP essentials, feasts, flavor in your prayer.
– to have access to scholarly, contemporary scripture texts.
If you are someone who:
– uses the Carmelite books and fills in the missing pieces in various ways …
– prays the psalms and would appreciate a scholarly, contemporary translation …
– centers your prayer in the daily Eucharist readings and wants to incorporate the morning-evening rhythm of seasons and feasts into your prayer …
– prays alone and wants to feel connected …
– prays with others and keeps looking for a quality resource to use …
-wants to connect your daily prayer with the prayer tradition of the Church …
you may want to consider purchasing “Dominican Praise.”  By Nov. 26 … go to  www.sinsinawa.org/intranet  or e-mail  [log in to unmask]     Thanks, all.     Alita Lisbeth, OP

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“Dominican Praise” is a prayer resource created for Dominicans.
After almost five years, this collaborative venture, supported by 17 congregations including Sinsinawa, is becoming a reality.  By Easter 2005, the book will be in hand.  This summer it goes to print.  By this spring, individual orders and payment (estimated @ $50) are due.  By DEC. 1, 2003, TENTATIVE ORDERS ARE DUE.
This book is similar in size (5.5 x 8.5 x 1″) and weight (1.5 lbs.) to the one produced by the Sisters of Mercy three years ago.
At just under 1000 pages, it is designed to be practical for the aging (very readable print, little bleed-through, lies flat when open), and for travelers and those living alone (an all-in-one book).  It uses inclusive language and broader naming of God.  There is provision for chanting of psalms and canticles.  Intercessions incorporate Dominican elements.
Psalms, canticles, readings are original translations from Greek and Hebrew.  Our own Mary Margaret Pazdan, OP, is on the committee translating readings.  Only one printing is planned as an “in-house” publication, not for public sale, will not be sold in the Mound Bookshop.  Sisters, Associates and others interested must purchase a book through one of the congregations.
Sisters, beginning on Tues. Nov. 18, on www.sinsinawa.org/intranet you will find more information and a response button indicating either – YES, I plan to buy this book in the spring.  –  or  –  NO, I will not buy it. Please register your decision before Thanksgiving, by Wed. Nov. 26.  Your decision now is tentative and will give the indication needed to help set the price of the book and prepare for final orders in the spring.
Sisters without intranet access AND Associates, if you want more information or to place a tentative order, e-mail me at [log in to unmask]
“You might be interested in purchasing a copy if …”  Part two of this message will fill in the blank.  Thanks, all.     Alita Lisbeth, OP

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Nov 7 2003 “A committee representing seventeen Dominican Women’s congregations have completed their work on DOMINICAN PRAISE, a resource for common prayer. Tentative orders are needed by December 1. Watch Sinsinop for more information.”

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Dominican Praise, the Dominican women's Liturgy of the Hours prayer resource, continues to be printed on schedule and will be ready for publishing by June.  It is time to place your orders.

Last fall you were asked to indicate your interest in purchasing this prayer resource.  350 of us expressed intent to purchase.  Tentative orders from 27 congregations now total almost 5000 copies; this information was needed to set the purchase price.

Cost per book = $54.  Final, real, definite orders and payment are due by Monday, March 29.  No orders will be taken after that date.  Books are expected to be shipped to each congregation by Easter, 2005.  Even if you indicated an interest in the Fall, you still need to place an order.  Please share this information with others that do not receive SinsinOP.

Here's how to order.  E-mail   [log in to unmask]   or phone 608-748-4411 x279 - orders and payment arrangements to Mary Ellen Schonhoff, Membership Office Secretary.  All orders will go to Mary Ellen.

There are two options for payment.  1) Write a check for $54 payable to Sinsinawa Dominicans -Dominican Praise and send it to Mary Ellen Schonhoff, Membership Office, 585 County Road Z, Sinsinawa, WI 53824-9701 OR request a Central Banking transfer of $54 to the Dominican Praise account

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I want to thank everyone who responded to the order for the Dominican Praise, the Dominican women's Liturgy of the Hours prayer resource.

We have a total of 391.

Mary Ellen Schonhoff
Membership Office

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Mary Schonhoff: "Sr Alita and I finally heard from Barbara Rund (Adrian) and the Steering Committee. The Dominican Praise Prayer Book "Liturgy of the Hours" is "on the presses" at the printer. After printing, the books will be shipped to the "bindery." The bound books are scheduled to be shipped in bulk to the LTP office the week of November 7, 2005. Once LTP receives the prayer books, the books will be unpacked and repackage according to each Congregation's needs. Then books will be shipped out to the addresses on the Congregation Contracts, probably by the end of November 2005. Barbara Rund apologizes for this delay."

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"Alita led us in prayer of the day from the new "Dominican Praise" book and we remarked on the beauty of both the book and the prayer."

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Dominican Praise now has a companion.  A "double CD" has been produced to accompany this book of prayer.  This set of two CDs includes: a sung Morning, Evening and Night Prayer with hymns, psalms and canticles, demonstrating complex & simple psalm tones and Gospel Canticle tones used in Dominican Praise.  We have 100 of these CD sets available.
	Cost of double CD set = $6.00	Cost of postage = $1.35
	You can have the CD mailed to you OR you can pick it up at Chapter.
TO ORDER: email Mary Ellen Schonhoff at [log in to unmask] 
When you order, choose one:
_____	I want to order the Dom. Praise CD set.  Please send it to me. ($7.35)
_____	I want to order the Dom. Praise CD set.  I will pick it up at Chapter. ($6.00)
Then choose one of these:
_____	Transfer the cost from my CB account # _____.
_____	I will send a check to the Membership Office at the Mound.
Orders will be filled only by Mary Ellen Schonhoff through the Membership Office.
They will be filled in the order they are received.  When all the CD sets are sold, Mary Ellen Schonhoff will put a notice on SinsinOP.     Alita Lisbeth, OP

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We received this message today from the publishers of the new Dominican Praise book:

Dear All,

The four publishing congregational representatives for Dominican Praise (Mary Ann Wiesemann-Mills, Kathleen Nolan, Nathalie Meyer, Anne Kilbride) and members of the steering committee (Barbara Rund and Honora Werner) met by conference call on January 3rd to review the results of the survey to explore the possibility of a second printing of Dominican Praise.

In the survey letter, we indicated to you that LTP had indicated to us that we would need 3,000 books ordered to make this feasible.  With 3,000 books, the approximate cost for each book would be $70 , not including shipping, handling, and any legal fees we might have for a second printing.  The total number of potential book orders we received was 1,187.  Since this does not reach the goal indicated, we will not do a second printing at this time.

However, we will survey the English-speaking congregations in the international community to see if there is interest among these congregations.  Once we have this data, we will give you an update.

We thank you for the support of Dominican Praise, and it is our hope that, at some time in the future, we will be able to do a second printing.

Sincerely,
Anne Kilbride, OP
for the Dominican Praise Publishing Congregations

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