St. Dominic’s insight that the Gospel must be taught both with words and through the lives of the ones proclaiming it in the contemporary world with all of its challenges holds as true today as it did some eight hundred years ago. This post looks at the beginnings of the Dominican mission of study and preaching the Gospel, as well as the ways it continues to call to the Church today as we once again deal with the need for evangelization both outside and inside the Church community.