Niki! Obstat . 1 . P . Lu . FR H SMITH , O S T . M A I . c LL STER . FR P T , O P Imprimatu r . RAYM ND . U US P . Lu . FR MEAGHER , O , S T Prior Provincialis. Imprimatur W EN . O . B CORRIGAN , D D Episcopus Macrensis i i nsis Adm nistrator Archidioecesis Balt more . THE D OMINICAN LAY B ROTHER ’ . M . V . P . s. T V v . N RE . F. o ERY O DA IEL , , BUREAU OF THE HOLY NAME LEm 'm N AVENUE AND Sxx 'rm m STREET NEW YORK 1 9 2 1 r a T E n A N D n o u x n n r n u ! L A Y li n o -r u in s ' s u s 'r n o m n u c s P R E S S nou n ncw n oun ! or sm nms ' uu s n x u o r o x , n . c . THE AFFEc rIONATE M EMORY OF SISTERS ROSA A AND FRAN SCA O. s. D. LI GE , ’ (MA RY ROSE AN D IDA O DAN IEL) MY SISTERS BY BIRTH - AND IN RE LIG ION CONTENTS CHAPTER PAG E FOREWOR D 9 I I . NTR ODUCT OR Y 13 E T I T E N N R E R I I . TH LA Y BR O HER N H DOMI ICA O D 32 I THE I IC A Y R T ER A ND E I G I US E R FEC TI N II . DOM N AN L B O H R L O P O 58 N N A - R T ER M R T RS AND ES SE IV . DOMI ICA L Y B O H A Y BL D 76 N A I T H E NI T T V . DOMI IC AN L Y BROTH ERS N U E D ST A ES 1 1 0 V VI . NO ITIATE AND DAI LY LIEE 154 V 1 C SI II . CON LU ON I N DEX ER R AT A ILLUSTRATIONS A GR OU P OF DOMINIC AN L AY BR OT HERS SAINT DOM IN IC RECEIV ING T H E ROSAR Y BLESSE D SIMON BALL ACH I BLESSED JAMES OF U LM BLES SED MA RTIN D E POR R ES BLESSE D JOH N MAS SI AS FOREWORD This modest volume has been written in re spouse to an oft- expressed regret that the province had no work of the kind for the instruction of its la for of s y brothers, or the enlightenment tho e inclined to enter the Order in that capacity . The i s Its book s not to be con idered as a history. brev ity precludes this. Yet we sincerely hope that it may inspire some one with more time and r f s d is mo e avorably ituate than the writer, with the idea of giving to the world a work which will be at once more thorough and more com u s c f es plete. S ch a hi tory ould not ail to inter t a a readers in general , s well s those within the Order. For the present little book the most that can be claimed is that it is historically correct as far d s as it goes. To have ma e it what we hould like it to be would have required vastly more time sa - ma than was at our dispo l y, even much travel f in many parts of the world . O necessity it was s written at odd moment , and with all too limited far sources at hand . However, in so as we have first been able to ascertain, it is the time that any work of a similar character has been attemp ted for the Dominican lay brothers apart from 10 FOREWORD s s. s s s i the prie t Thi , it would eem , hould add to ts - interest possibly to its merit . In spite of the adverse circumstances under which it was put Th n together, we venture to believe that e D omi i can L ay B r other will answer the purpose for has which it been written, and that it will prove as well a source of pleasure as of good to those humble men whom we feel honored to call our brothers. The Order of Saint Dominic has had many s s i s di tingui hed men among t lay brothers. Even a brief history Of these would make several vol ’ umes. The institute s saintly lay brethren are f s. as has very numerou Un ortunately, been s few s s f a tated, only a ource rom which to dr w material for the present volume were available at f r of the time of writing . By a the principal these w ’ as the Année D ominicazne printed at Lyons. This splendid Dominican hagiology contains ' - f twenty our volumes. But it comes down only i . as s to the early eighteenth century Nor, gen erall s ns y admitted, doe it by any mea exhaust the s for s ubject the period which it covers. The author were obliged to depend largely on the zeal of f rs s for athe in other province material , and they were not infrequently disappointed . The A cta Ca itulmnm G eneraliwm of p the Order, edited R rt im by Father Benedict eiche , were next in a port nce, in regard to saintly men, among the m s . inco ources used These, however, are quite FOREWORD l l lete on s s p , and touch only accidentally uch matter as were pertinent to our purpose . For the lay s s sh s s brother who were di tingui ed arti t , archi e s s rs . te t , culpto , etc , we were obliged to depend ’ principally on Father Vincent Marchese s L ives the M ost E minen t P ain ters Scu l tors and of , p n A rchitects of the Order of St . D omi ic (transla Rev . s tion by C P Meehan) Father Marche e, for u s fi s s f his unhappily , con ne him el to native Italy . The difficulty Of our task was augmented by the proverbial carelessness and indifference Of the s s Dominican everywhere, and at all time , about s their own history . They themselve have p u b lished comparatively little on the Splendid work s of and illustriou men the Order, with the result is Oft ffi if ss r that it en di cult , not impo ible, fo one to Obtain the data which is desired . What has been written on this religious institute is in large part from the pens Of those who were not its s. member Yet , we are told, the archives and libraries Of Europe abound in manuscripts if which , brought to light, would open to the intellectual world a mine Of useful and inter esting inform ation on the Friars Preacher and their activities in every department of knowl edge and spiritual endeavor . s Off i All thi may be ered in extenuation, f such for s Of be needed, the hortcomings the present unpretentious volume . The last two hundred 19 FOREWORD years of Dominican activity have scarcely been touched by any writer —least of all that which f mo wou ld all within the m Of this work . For s as d thi re on, we ma e no effort to discover the lay brothers who were noteworthy either for holi of f ness li e or otherwise during that time . The d r rc s rea er will thus understand why our esea he , c for co ex epting the United States, do not me down later than the period covered by the Année D in i of om ica ne which we have spoken . As e s d f wf - s will doubtl s be notice , but e oot note and references are given in the cou rse of these is pages. The reason for this is that the book intended for the general reader rather than for o a s s se the hist rian, while the princip l ource u d in its compilation are noted earlier in the fore es s see es word . Such a plan, b ide ming the b t to was d f s o the writer, a vised by riend , b th in the r us Order and out of it . Their gene o aid and sympathy in the little enterprise cannot be too highly appreciated . ’ P . O. V . F . O DANIEL, THE DOMI NI CAN HOUSE or STUD V or MERIC CATHOLIC UNI ERSIT Y A A, SHING TON . WA , D C E ST or TH E CRED E RT or ES US F A SA H A J , u e 3 1991 J n , CHAPTER I INTRODUCIO RY The religious state or the religious life is a natural outgrowth of the New Law-m a gener “ ! ous response to the counsels of the Divine f f Master. The early aith ul took very seriously “ r s of st If f ct o the wo d Chri thou wilt be per e , g u ha and sell what tho st , give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasu re in heaven ! and come follow ! s a me (Matthew, XIX , The New Te t ment cc u of th ch s a o nt e early Chur (the common pur e, se of s of the prai virginity, the di cipline labor, m of s .