After evening prayer on St. Dominic's Feast Day, the friars gather for recreation in the common room. We do this every day, for the half hour between our prayer and our dinner. It's a time to catch up with one another and talk about what's going on in our lives or in the world.
The Feast of St. Dominic is also the birthday of Fr. Rick, president of Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis. The student brother community is very familiar to Fr. Rick, as a little over a year ago, he was still the student master.
We were going to finish the celebration by telling stories about holy and famous (or infamous) Dominicans. Instead, we decided to watch the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. I'm glad we did. They were amazing, and we were all impressed. Fr. Dave (center in black), especially.
The brothers continued watching the Olympics this evening. None were surprised when Michael Phelps took the gold.
