Rev. Fr. David Michael Kammler, O.P., Promoter General of Dominican Laity
PRESENTATION ON THE COMPANY OF ST. DOMINIC TO THE PROMOTER GENERAL OF DOMINICAN LAITY
BY MARWIL N. LLASOS, O.P.
Formator, Company of St. Dominic
January 28, 2012
Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas
Sta. Catherine Hall, Siena College Quezon City
Promoter General of Dominican Laity Bro. David Kammler, O.P. and CSD Brother Formator Marwil N. Llasos, O.P.
Rev. Fr. David Michael Kammler, O.P.
Mother Ma. Jesus Enginco, O.P.
Hermanos y Heramanas:
Good morning and Mabuhay! To Bro. David Kammler, O.P. maligayang pagdating sa Pilipinas at magandang umaga po sa inyo!
I am Atty. Marwil N. Llasos, O.P., the Formator of the Company of St. Dominic of the Archdiocese of Manila. I am tasked, under obedience, to briefly present the Company of St. Dominic and its activities.
CSD Formator Marwil N. Llasos, O.P. presents the Company of St. Dominic to Bro. David Kammler, O.P.
According to the Fundamental Constitution (Book of Constitutions and Ordinations of the Friar Preachers), “[t]he Dominican Family is composed of clerical and cooperator brothers, nuns sisters, members of secular institutes, and fraternities of priests and laity” (1.IX).[1]
The Company of St. Dominic is the first Dominican secular institute in the country. In his message to the members of the CSD dated 8 September 2009, Very Rev. Quirico T. Pedregosa, Jr., O.P., Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of the Philippines, stated: “I am happy and thankful for the birth of the Company of St. Dominic as a new entity of the Dominican Province in the Philippines.”[2]
"The CSD is the first Dominican secular institute in the country," reports Bro. Marwil Llasos to the Promoter General of Dominican Laity
The members of the CSD profess the three-fold vows of obedience, chastity and poverty. In addition, we make a total consecration to the Virgin Mary Immaculate. We live out and give witness to the evangelical counsels in the world in the exercise of our respective secular professions and activities.
The CSD was founded on September 8, 2008 upon the inspiration and vision of the late Rev. Fr. Pablo V. Fernandez, O.P. who died in the odor of sanctity on June 1, 1992. On August 6, 2009, death anniversary of Our Holy Father St. Dominic de Guzman, the CSD was granted permission to erect a consecrated secular community by His Eminence Gaudencio B. Cardinal Rosales, D.D., then Archbishop of Manila.[3] The CSD is now officially listed in the Directory of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila as a secular institute. With only three years of existence, the CSD now has 50 professed members, more or less, both full-pledged and associates. We are also blessed with more new aspirants each year.
Prof. Marwil N. Llasos, O.P. thanks the Congregation of Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena for adopting the CSD under its care, protection and formation
We thank especially the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena for graciously accepting us in its bosom through its former Mother General, Mother Teresa Examen, O.P. We thank Mother General Ma. Jesusa Enginco, O.P. for continuing the support given us by the congregation (and for this, may I ask everyone to please give Mother Jess a round of applause). The Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena has adopted us and provided us with formation on authentic Dominican spirituality. The CSD is privileged to be under the loving tutelage, protection and formation of O.P. Siena. We have members who are in the faculty of Siena schools like Siena College Quezon City and Siena College of San Jose Del Monte. As we often say, the CSD is “Sienang-Siena!”
We officially hold office at Sta. Catalina Convent, Sta. Catalina College, in Legarda, Sampaloc, Manila. The Self-Directed Recollection[4] and Theology Class[5] are held every second and last Sunday of the month, respectively, in Mother Francisca Formation Hall, Sta. Catalina Convent, Siena College Quezon City.
CSD Formator Marwil N. Llasos, O.P. and Mother Ma. Jesusa Enginco, O.P., Prioress General of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena
The apostolate of the CSD includes conducting Catechesis in the Parish such as Nuestra Señora de Soledad Parish in Camba St., Binondo, Manila[6] and Baseco Compound in Port Area, Manila.[7] True to the charism of the Servant of God Mother Francisca del Espiritu Santo de Fuentes, the CSD prioritizes its apostolate to the poorest of the poor in some of the most depressed areas of Manila. The CSD also holds “Catechetical Conference with Mary”[8] in schools and parishes within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila (RCAM). Recently, we are tasked with directing the Student Catholic Action in some colleges and universities in the RCAM. The CSD has a team of preachers who are invited to give talks in various fora. Finally, the CSD provides secretarial support and staff to Bishop Bernardino Cortez, D.D. (Auxiliary Bishop of Manila) and to Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Tagle, D.D. (Archbishop of Manila).
As a response to the thrust of the Master of the Order of Preachers, Bro. Bruno Cadoré, O.P., who visited us last year, the CSD established a youth volunteer movement known as the Rosarian Youth Movement to provide Dominican formation among the youth and inculcate in them love for the Holy Rosary.[9]
Bro. David Kammler, O.P., Promoter General of Dominican Laity, talks with Adrian B. Tambuyat, O.P., Formator of the Rosarian Youth Movement
As a Dominican secular institute, the CSD actively participates in the activities of the Order of Preachers and the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena. We report quarterly to the Archbishop of Manila[10] as well as to the Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of the Philippines.[11] To guide us in our Dominican way of life, we have our father confessor Rev. Fr. Pedro Traqueña, O.P., our spiritual director Rev. Fr. Virgilio Ojoy, O.P., theological mentor Rev. Fr. Jose Antonio E. Aureada, O.P., and formatress Sr. Meriam Litor, O.P.
Once again, I sincerely thank the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena and the Lay Missionary Associates of Mother Francisca del Espiritu Santo (LMAMFES) for giving me this opportunity to report about the Company of St. Dominic in this wonderful meeting with the Promoter General of Dominican Laity, Bro. David Kammler, O.P. Thank you very much for giving me this one moment in time.
"Thank you O.P. Siena and LMAMFES for giving me this one moment in time"
- MARWIL N. LLASOS, O.P.
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