{"id":4877,"date":"2006-10-31T16:10:47","date_gmt":"2006-10-31T16:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/10\/vigiling-in-dc.html"},"modified":"2006-10-31T16:10:47","modified_gmt":"2006-10-31T16:10:47","slug":"vigiling-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/10\/vigiling-in-dc.html","title":{"rendered":"Vigiling in DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via the DC Dominicans &#8211; great stuff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/static.flickr.com\/105\/265207068_f972e8ff27.jpg?v=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/static.flickr.com\/105\/265207068_f972e8ff27.jpg?v=0\" width=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ncregister.com\/site\/article\/502\/\">From a National Catholic Register article:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">This Halloween, rather than attending a liquor-laden Halloween party or taking part in some bar\u2019s costume contest, young professionals will jam into a dark-wood English Gothic chapel at the Dominican House of <a href=\"http:\/\/amywelborn.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/vigil2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"267\" alt=\"Vigil2\" src=\"https:\/\/amywelborn.typepad.com\/openbook\/images\/vigil2.jpg\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Studies to hear readings from the lives of the saints and an inspirational talk, pray ancient night prayers along with the friars, and sing Gregorian chant. The liturgy concludes with a candle-lit procession to the friars\u2019 reliquary while chanting a litany. <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Afterwards, there\u2019s a social hour with friar-baked goodies and holy cards of saints for the taking. <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The annual event was brought here by a group of young Dominicans from the West Coast, and it immediately began to draw large numbers of college-aged and young adult Catholics. It\u2019s been that way ever since. <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u201cOur annual All Saints\u2019 Vigil draws hundreds for good reason,\u201d said Dominican Father Reginald Whitt, president of the House of Studies. \u201cWe can\u2019t help but be drawn to the saints and be inspired by their lives.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dominicanfriars.org\/2006\/10\/28\/br-hugh-vincent-dyer-op\/#more-142\">From the sermon of Fr. Hugh Vincent Dyer O.P. at last year&#8217;s Vigil:<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">(You can also listen at the link above)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">In Manhattan I have seen hundreds of people at a time standing in line to have books autographed by an author. People brave all sorts of weather to get a signature from Dennis Rodman or Hillary Rodham Clinton, to share vicariously in the fame of another. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">Somehow we are tempted to think that if we have even the slightest share in the lives of the famous we also will become famous. Yet, this seeking after vicarious fame fails to recognize the unrepeatabilty, the <a href=\"http:\/\/amywelborn.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/vigil.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Vigil\" src=\"https:\/\/amywelborn.typepad.com\/openbook\/images\/vigil.jpg\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> opportunity open to each, of God\u2019s children. Left to such a life, at the time of death, we will be in danger of suffering the agonizing memory of a wasted life. Human beings are not called to be famous, but to give their lives in love for the lives of others. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">The saints have stood in another line seeking to have the book of their lives signed. The author is the Author of Life, and his signature, like that of the poor and illiterate man, is a simple mark, a cross. This mark offers no mere vicarious share in fame, but like all marks made by God; this signature is personal and transforming. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">(It&#8217;s also at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.godspy.com\/reviews\/The-Eucharistic-Life-of-the-Saints.cfm\">Godspy)<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via the DC Dominicans &#8211; great stuff. 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The Catholicism comes from her side. Amy grew up in a number of places - Indiana - Washington, DC - Lubbock Texas - Arlington, Virginia - DeKalb, Illinois - Lawrence, Kansas - and Knoxville, Tennessee, where the family settled in 1973. She attended Knoxville Catholic High School, then the University of Tennessee where she majored in history. She received an MA in Church History from Vanderbilt University, where she wrote a thesis on the changing role of women in 19th century American Protestantism, and the ways Scripture was used to justify those changes. She worked as as a teacher in Catholic high schools and a Parish Director of Religious Education and started writing for the diocesan press - the Florida Catholic - in 1988. Amy has written columns for Our Sunday Visitor and Catholic News Service at times over the past twenty years. Her articles have been published in venues ranging from Our Sunday Visitor to the New York Times to Commonweal. 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