North East Programme – The Lay Dominicans of England, Scotland & Wales

Date	Morning Session	Afternoon Session
17^th January	4 Pillars of Dominican living and the Nine Ways of Prayer of St Dominic.	Reviewing our programme
21st February	The role of suffering in Christian and indeed secular living	Fra Girolamo Savonarola and some of his musical legacy
21st March	The poetic predecessors of Thomas Aquinas	Some of Thomas’s poetry/hymns. Time before the Blessed Sacrament.
18^th April	St Catherine of Siena and the lessons she can teach us in being a Missionary Church.
16^th May	Mary in Dominican Life
20th June	Discussion in preparation for the Chapter
25^th July	Report back from the Chapter
8th August	St. Dominic’s Day social in Newcastle
19^th September	The theology and role of angels.
17^th October
12^st November
19^th December