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Rome, Italy, Jan 17, 2017 \/ 02:15 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- As the Order of Preachers, better known as the Dominicans, celebrate the 800th anniversary of their founding, they gather in Rome from around the world to reflect on their history, their charism of preaching, and how they can continue to put this charism at the service of the Church today.<\/p>\n

The International Congress for the Mission of the Order, taking place Jan. 17-21, comes at the close of the order\u2019s celebration of a Jubilee Year, which marks the 800th anniversary of their founding by St. Dominic.<\/p>\n

One purpose of the congress, Dominican Brother Vivian Boland told CNA, is as a chance for the order \u201cto thank God for the graces of the past year, but also to try to re-own the mission of the order in the Church and to give it a fresh energy, a fresh impulse\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

The charism of the Dominicans, Br. Boland said, can sometimes be difficult to pick out, because it\u2019s a charism \u201cthat\u2019s at the very heart of the Church and Christianity, preaching the Gospel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not the only ones that preach the Gospel,\u201d he noted. \u201cBut I think the year of celebration has been a chance for us to think about what it means to be the Order of Preachers in the Church and on behalf of the Church, and that our first task should be to help the Church in its preaching of the Gospel.\u201d<\/p>\n

This mission can sound simplistic, he acknowledged, but there are many challenges to that mission today, and the Dominicans should be a leader \u201cin helping the Church to think about these challenges,\u201d which can be found in everything from philosophy, to science, to culture, and changes in society.<\/p>\n

One thing they can be working on is \u201cwhat are the difficulties, what are the possibilities, for preaching the Gospel of Jesus today. To be helping the Church with that task,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Being part of such an old and established order, Br. Boland said, is a bit like the well-known phrase, \u201call of human life is there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, by the time an organization is 800 years old, that in itself is remarkable, there are very few things which remain for 800 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Referencing a video the order made for the Jubilee which says \u201cwe have 130 saints, and a multitude of sinners,\u201d Br. Boland said \u201cwe have to acknowledge the humanity of the order, its mistakes, at times.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut also, there\u2019s a certain pride, I hope in a good sense, in remembering who our brothers and sisters are\u201d \u2013 St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Catherine of Siena and the like. \u201cRemarkable people, who we can call our brothers and sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n

The international congress takes place over five days and includes prayer, talks, and workshops. It includes both lay members and men and women religious. It will close with a Mass presided by Pope Francis at the Basilica of St. John Lateran on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The congresses, which the order holds about every 12 or 13 years, provide a chance to put people in contact, he said. For example, \u201cpeople who might be working with indigenous people in Taiwan with people who are working with indigenous people in Guatemala, who might otherwise not know about each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Overall, the congress is a way, he said, \u201cto bring together Dominicans from all parts of the world, who are working in particular ministries or perhaps have special projects that they\u2019ve developed, just to be together and to hear what the order is doing in different parts of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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