Tomorrow is the feast of St. Dominic, the founder of the Dominican Order from which many noteworthy theologians and saints have emerged. Thomas Aquinas, Torquemada, and Yves Congar.
There’s a joke that’s told a lot amongst Roman Catholics – especially ones like I was who discerned religious life with the Jesuits.
The Dominicans were founded to get rid of the Albigensians, the Jesuits were founded to get rid of the Protestants.
When’s the last time you saw an Albigensian?