"The Importance of Christ in the Correspondence Between Jordan of Saxony and Diana d'Andalo"

I've just posted another essay on the book's "developing" website, and invite you to read it here. A wonderful, scholarly yet accessible, exposition of Jordan's letters from Christ Among the Medieval Dominicans (University of Notre Dame Press, 1998). So little is available on Jordan and Diana in English (this essay was a translation from the German original) so this is a real find! Enjoy!

FATHER GERALD VANN, O.P.

The photo above of Fr. Vann does seem to capture a bit of his character, and, just perhaps(!), a dislike of having his picture taken. I've been busy gathering and gleaning information on the author and translator of To Heaven With Diana! and am pleased to announce that the "About the Author and Translator" pages on the book's website (currently under construction) have been completed. So, I cordially invite you to click here, and enjoy learning about the life, work, and personality of Fr. Vann.

The latest on the book is that its publication date (tenative?) is mid-April. I am still waiting for the final proofs of the manuscript and book cover. Happily, reserve book orders have been coming in from near and far!

HAPPY FEAST DAY OF BL. JORDAN OF SAXONY!

On this feast of Blessed Jordan of Saxony, I have finally emerged from the "black hole" of arduous manuscript proofing and website designing to announce the creation of a page devoted entirely to Bl. Jordan (situated on our monastery website). The page includes articles and information on this wonderful friar preacher who is a model and intercessor for so many Dominicans. It is my hope that this will be a real forum for learning and "evangelizing" others about him. I encourage our Dominican brothers and sisters to contribute any articles and/or homilies. Just e-mail me.

One of the articles offered is Bro. Lawrence Lew, O.P.'s three-part presentation on Jordan which appeared at Brother's blog, Contemplata aliis tradere. In fact, he has just posted another marvelous piece on Jordan, which I hope he will let me include on the page. So, I cordially invite you make sure to celebrate the feast of Bl. Jordan in a most worthy and fitting way by getting to know him better by clicking here.

And, yes, a page devoted to Bl. Diana d'Andalo is also in the works, and will hopefully be completed before her feast day (June 8)!