REMINDER: Drink Dominican Rum & Smoke Dominican Cigars Today!

Happy St. Dominic’s Day!   Be sure to celebrate with run and cigars from the Dominican Republic which was named for the Dominicans!

I like the Dominican vs Jesuit joke at the end . . .

Did you know that:

St. Dominic was born in Spain in 1170?

He tried to sell himself into slavery to liberate Christians held by infidel Muslims?

He formed the Order of Preachers to preach against the heresy of Albigensian which was very popular in the south of France?

Legend says the Blessed Virgin gave him the rosary.

Unlike the followers of St. Benedict who performed manual labor and lived cloistered in monasteries, the Dominicans pursued intellectual labor and preaching as their mission.

The nickname for the Dominicans is “Domini Canes” which is Latin for “House of the Lord,’ and that St. Dominic is the “Master of the Hounds.”

In England, the Dominicans were knows as the “Black Friars” after the black cape they wear over their white habits, and that Blackfriars Distillery makes a gin called Plymouth Gin which claims to be England’s oldest working gin distillery.  

The city of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, was named after St. Dominic in 1498, and the entire country was named for the Dominicans?

The Dominican Republic has three rum producers: Ron Barcelo, Bermudez, and Brugal. 

You should toast St. Dominic today by drinking rum and say, “To St. Dominic: May he help us to praise, to bless, and to preach always, sometimes using words.”

After a few shots of rum, you may want to shout out this toast, “To the Hounds of the Lord!” and then let out a dramatic howl.

You should tell this old joke today:

            A young man wondered if he should join the Dominicans or the Jesuits.  

A Dominican told him that the Dominicans were founded by St. Dominic in the 13^th Century to fight the Albigensian heresy, and that the Jesuits were founded by St. Ignatius in the 16^th Century to fight the Protestant heresy.  

The young man wanted to know which order was better. 

The Dominican replied by saying, “Well, when was the last time you met an Albigensian?”