The Dominican Way Quotes

“It is no coincidence that St Dominic founded the Order in a pub, because there is no preaching without listening!”
― Lucette Verboven, The Dominican Way

“At the beginning of the retreat, the woman who organized it addressed them, saying, ‘I want you to be holier. You are not holy enough! And that is why we arranged this retreat for you. I will check up in six months to see if you are really better!”
― Lucette Verboven, The Dominican Way

“Globally, the Church is by far the biggest organization for health care and education. About a third of all health care in the world is provided by the Church.”
― Lucette Verboven, The Dominican Way

“often. I think the problem is not celibacy but a form of clericalism where priests in many denominations and in many faiths think that ordination makes them powerful.”
― Lucette Verboven, The Dominican Way

“We must bear in mind that renewal of the Church has often come through the laity. Who are the three great patron saints of Europe? St Benedict, St Francis of Assisi and St Catherine of Siena.”
― Lucette Verboven, The Dominican Way

“Thomas Aquinas said that people are fundamentally good and seek the goodness that is God. It goes wrong when we allow ourselves to be captured by small desires that cannot satisfy us.”
― Lucette Verboven, The Dominican Way