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Dominican Cooperator Brothers: Called to Serve as Missionaries and Disciples

Dominican Cooperator Brothers: Called to Serve as Missionaries and Disciples

In his letter to the Master of the Order, “Praedicator Gratiae[i]  Pope Francis writes: “In our own age, characterized by epochal changes and new challenges to the Church’s evangelizing mission, Dominic can thus serve as an inspiration to all the baptized, who are called, as missionary disciples: to reach every “periphery” of our world with the light of the Gospel and the merciful…

“What about the more?”

“What about the more?”

Philip, known for his kindness and intellectual excellence, left us wondering about the “more.” He lived in the known and the unknown, reflecting the Dominican spirit of curiosity and kindness.

“Peace depends on you too”

“Peace depends on you too”

Communicators: “Proclaim happily and faithfully the Gospel of peace” (Bologna,110) The promotion of peace or for peace refers to the good practices of communicators. That is, communicators in the service of peace promotion. The communicative act is more than a kind of channel through which arguments such as preaching, vocational promotion, etc. pass. Communicating means not ceasing to be human…

BIÊN HÒA ACTS 2019

BIÊN HÒA ACTS 2019

ACTS 2019 After having celebrated the Elective General Chapter of the Order of Preachers in Biên Hòa (Vietnam, 2019) the Acts are published. You can access the original PDF version at this link.

The Rosary

The Rosary

The Rosary Many saints and community founders have jealously felt a certain pride in saying that he had received of the Virgin Mary herself the responsibility to preach and to spread the practice of recitation and devotion of the Rosary. A 17th century pope would even have asked that we stops this competition. All this to say that devotion to…

At Table with St. Dominic and Louis Joseph Lebret

At Table with St. Dominic and Louis Joseph Lebret

The Order of Preachers is celebrating the Eighth Centenary of the Dies Natalis of St Dominic, that is to say, the anniversary of his death in the course of the year from 6 January 2021 to 6 January 2022. The theme for the jubilee celebration is At Table with St. Dominic, which is inspired by the Mascarella table, the table on which the first portrait of…

In Memory of Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio

In Memory of Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio

[PART II] Bro Carlos A. Azpiroz Costa, OP, recounts touching encounters with Cardinal Eduardo Pironio. Their friendship, rooted in Dominican ethos, blossomed into shared ministry and profound spiritual connection.

Pironio and the Order of Preachers

Pironio and the Order of Preachers

Blessed Eduardo Pironio (1920-1998) maintained a lifelong connection with the Order of Preachers. Ordained in 1943, he joined the Third Order in 1947 and professed in 1948. Later, as Bishop of Mar del Plata, he sought the Order’s guidance for the Catholic University.

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