Étienne Vayssière Op

Devotion to Saint Dominic Étienne Vayssière Op

"Father Étienne Vayssière, OP, at the time provincial of Toulouse, ... was inviting his religious to rediscover what he called the patriarchal gift of St. Dominic. To know St. Dominic better, to fill oneself with his spirit, to develop a filial confidence in his intercession, this is the genuine devotion to St. Dominic he recommended?he whom, we are told [by Marie-Joseph Nicolas], enjoyed ?the blessing of a filial union with St. Dominic.? According to the fitting motto of Blessed Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier, Father Vayssière wished ?to restore everything in St. Dominic.?" -from the Foreword by Friar Serge-Thomas Bonino, OP