It’s good to talk. And the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) did some good talking together late last month during our 800th Jubilee Mission Congress at the Angelicum University in Rome. Friars, Sisters, contemplative nuns and lay Dominicans discussed such difficult issues for today’s preaching as Islam, refugees, and the use and abuse of social media. We heard from theologians, web experts, seasoned pastors and missionaries in dangerous places. We forged new friendships and international collaborations over Italian food and wine, in a city which has baptised the very best of classical culture, and where the Divine Light himself seems to radiate through the Mediterranean sun.