Blessed Diana and Blessed Jordan: The Story of a Holy Friendship and a Successful Spiritual Direction
| Authors | Saxony, Jordan of, O.P. Georges, Norbert, O.P., S.T.Lr. Cormier, Hyacinth-Marie, O.P., 1832-1916 Judy, Albert G., O.P. |
| Tags | Dominicans -- Biography |
| Publisher | Rosary Press |
| Published | 14 gen 1933 |
| Date | 07 set 2017 |
| Languages | eng |
| Identifiers | url: https://opcentral.org/resources/, uri: https://opcentral.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dijolives.pdf |
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Description
pt. 1, pp. 1-83 (PDF pp. 18-101) is (p. vii, PDF p. 6)
an adaptation of the "Life of Blessed Diana and her Associates, Blesseds Cecilia and Amata" [La bienheureuse Diane d'Andalò et les bienheureuses Cécile et Aimée, fondatrices du couvent de Sainte-Agnès de l'Ordre des Frères-Prêcheurs à Bologne] that was published in 1892, shortly after the public veneration that had long been given to these saintly nuns, received an official approval from the Church. This life was written by the late Very Reverend Father Cormier, O.P. [Master General in 1904-], at the request of the late Cardinal Frühwirth, O.P., who was Master General of the Order at that time [1891-1904]. It was their wish that the life be translated into all languages, and it is our happy privilege to have some part in fulfilling that wish so long ago expressed.
Bl. Diana, before the altar of St. Nicholas, took a private vow of virginity "and at the same time had vowed herself to (enter) religion" (Acta Sanctorum) in the presence of St. Dominic and Friars Reginald, Guala, and Rudolf of Faenza, when St. Dominic visited Bologna in August 1219 (p. 12, PDF p. 30). She took the habit from the hands of Bl. Jordan on the Feast of Sts. Peter & Paul (June 29), 1223, when she "with four other ladies of Bologna took possession of the new convent of Saint Agnes" (p. 26, PDF p. 44) in Bologna. Thus, Bl. Diana had to wait nearly 4 years before finally being able to enter religion.
Norbert Georges, O.P., was the subprior of the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois (ref:5.4 of Christian Perfection & Contemplation intro. by translator Sr. Doyle, O.P.).
one of the most beautiful epistolary exchanges between a male and female
Others include (pp. xv-xvi) "those between Saints Jerome, Paula and Eustochium, Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi, Saints John of the Cross and Theresa, Saints Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal."