sistersintigo Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 The Vocation Station Phorum has an oldie-but-goodie thread titled The Broke Daughters of St Dominic, which you can read to find out what it's about. Some posters like the title as it is. Some posters want a gender-inclusive title, as for instance: The Broke Daughters and Sons of St Dominic. This would require starting a new thread. What do you want?
brandelynmarie Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 I think we should start a new thread. & restart the lists of Daughters, Sons & Auxillary Members. And update the Answered Prayers List as well. My thought is to keep the requirement of praying daily for all members, but leave the manner in doing so up to each person. I think we could mention saints & litanies & devotions & such within the thread, but I do not believe we need to have a list per se as it did get kinda long. But that is just my suggestion. But we must remember how this all started with the Dominican Litany of the Saints & as my dear Dominicans say, "Beware of the Litanies of the Dominicans!" Most excellent idea for a poll sistersintigo!
HopefulBride Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 (edited) I think a new thread, that way we can incorporate the men who are discerning. Edited October 27, 2011 by HopefulBride
brandelynmarie Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 I'm laughing because you titled this, "If it's broke don't fix it!" Which is very true! And so we need to start another one for those of us who are "broke" & need our finances "fixed" to continue on our journeys! Well put!
Little Flower Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 i think the guys were already posting there... why make a new one?
cmaD2006 Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Just to clean it up and start anew? One person volunteers to read through and make sure everything is caught up. And that becomes the 1st post of the new thread. Then people can say "add me to the list" etc. I think it would be razzle dazzle to have the thread pinned like the entering/discerning list. and maybe a 2nd list to say "move me, add me, pray for me, etc). However it would require someone to maintain it and I think the mods may be a bit busy ... don't know if someone who is not a mod can be given privs to do it. Just a thought.
sistersintigo Posted October 30, 2011 Author Posted October 30, 2011 bumping, for the weekend VS'ers.
IgnatiusofLoyola Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 Although I normally tend toward wanting gender equality (when applicable and appropriate), if we were going to change the thread, I'd expand it to include all discerners--whatever order and whatever gender. I'm not feeling very creative today, so the best I could come up with is "Discerning and Broke." I bet someone can come up with a more clever title.
brandelynmarie Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 Some of us are thinking "Broke Daughters & Sons of St. Dominic" but we are still open to suggestions. And yes, I would like to see it pinned at some point.
sistersintigo Posted October 30, 2011 Author Posted October 30, 2011 [quote name='IgnatiusofLoyola' timestamp='1319995487' post='2328984'] Although I normally tend toward wanting gender equality (when applicable and appropriate), if we were going to change the thread, I'd expand it to include all discerners--whatever order and whatever gender. I'm not feeling very creative today, so the best I could come up with is "Discerning and Broke." I bet someone can come up with a more clever title. [/quote] Well, this is a noble idea, however it would be a monster to actually do it....ALL the orders, I mean.
brandelynmarie Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 (edited) Oh dear...it would, wouldn't it? Maybe a catchy title in Latin? Saint Expeditus is the Patron Saint of Procrastination and Money Issues, btw. Edited October 30, 2011 by brandelynmarie
brandelynmarie Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 (edited) How about: All Saints, Pray For Us! Omnes Sancti, Orate Pro Nobis! (Maybe call it Omnes Sancti Group for short?) Edited October 30, 2011 by brandelynmarie
IgnatiusofLoyola Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 [quote name='sistersintigo' timestamp='1319996761' post='2328991'] Well, this is a noble idea, however it would be a monster to actually do it....ALL the orders, I mean. [/quote] One idea might be that, instead of trying to go through a dozen old threads, someone would simply start a new thread from scratch. Even if a person has posted before about their debts, they would also post need to post in the new thread. Besides being easier, this would help keep the thread "fresher" because it would be made up of people who are currently posting. Many discerners who had financial problems in the past: 1) Have solved them and entered. Yay!, 2) Are no longer discerning. (Which is expected and fine--the point is not discernment but to try to find and follow God's will for YOU.) 3) Are no longer posting for whatever reason.
IgnatiusofLoyola Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 [quote name='brandelynmarie' timestamp='1320002074' post='2329019'] How about: All Saints, Pray For Us! Omnes Sancti, Orate Pro Nobis! (Maybe call it Omnes Sancti Group for short?) [/quote] One problem is that not everyone who is discerning is (yet) fluent in Latin. Some posters might not immediately understand what "Omnes Sancti" means. Of course it's easy to use an online translator, but on a "quick read" some posters might not realize the group applies to them or at that moment, they don't have time to use an online translator and forget to go back later. A Latin name is a good thing--but a translation right next to the name might help the thread attract more posters.
brandelynmarie Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 Yeah, you are right. Ok...how about Prayers for Debt Relief?
cmaD2006 Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 I vote for it staying as "Broke Daughters (and Sons) of St. Dominic" If you look the litany included many more saints than just St. Dominic. But there was such grace within this simple grouping that I honestly think that it should continue using that somewhat new name (the inclusion of the sons). Changing the name to those that were suggested above just doesn't have the same umph.
cmaD2006 Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 Oh and to further explain -- those that were entrusted under the group's care were NOT necesarily discerners to a Dominican order (I certainly was not). It was those who needed help paying down their debts, especially for entrance into a religious community or the seminary. I hopped onboard soon after the thread was started ... passionheart (aka Sr. Veronica) started it. I was discerning two different communities, and neither were dominican.
brandelynmarie Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 It's all coming back to me now...lol. So, how about a new thread with the same title. Keep the Discerners (Daughters & Sons) with debts to be paid off & the Auxillaries...anyone who wants to pray for us...& those who have had prayers answered & are in religious life.
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