Over 27 novices and six Novice Masters, from Europe, gathered virtually via Zoom for a presentation from fr. Gianni Festa, Postulator General of the Order on Dominican spirituality entitled, “Rediscovering the face of the Father in the faces of his sons and daughters today’’ Fr. Gianni began by stating that 2021 will be an important year for the Dominican Family…
Rome, December 16, 2020 Two Dominican friars were ordained to the Priesthood in the Provincial Vicariate of Rwanda and Burundi, Province of Canada. They are Father Olivier Kwihangana, OP, a Rwandan, ordained on October 17, 2020 in the Chapel of St. Albert the Great House, Nyagatare, Rwandan; and Father Désiré Bizimana, OP, a Burundian, ordained on November 15, 2020 in…
Rome, 16 October 2020To all the members of the Dominican Family Dominican Month for Peace 2020Final letter Prot. 50/20/360 Promoter of J&P Dear Brothers and Sisters,We sent you a letter on 27 July, announcing that the focus of our annual Dominican Month for Peace for 2020 would be on Ukraine. We hope that his letter was widely distributed and that…
December 2020 Here are some suggested prayers for each day of Advent in December, the Month of Peace within the Order of Preachers. Each year this Dominican Month of Peace is dedicated to a given country, this year we look to Ukraine. You may freely use these prayers for your community prayer. Particular attention will be given to one project,…
Convent of Santa Sabina, 26th November 2020 As part of their permanent formation, the brothers of the Santa Sabina Convent in Rome invited Father Hans Zollner SJ, President of the Centre for Child Protection in Rome, to give a lecture on the problem of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. After Father Zollner briefly described his institution, he devoted himself…
Sor María Cinta y la fundación del Monasterio de la Inmaculada Concepción Hoy que la vida se torna más preciada que nunca, tenemos la dicha de compartir con la Familia Dominicana un breve testimonio de los 100 años de vida de nuestra querida Madre María Cinta Rocher Tallada, O.P. Sor María Cinta nació el 6 de noviembre de 1920 en…
Nació como un encuentro regional de miembros de la familia dominicana que pretendían compartir diferentes experiencias apostólicas mediante las nuevas maneras de predicación. En sus primeras versiones, bajo la creativa y excelente coordinación de la Hermana Valeria Nougués, de las Dominicas Tucumanas, este grupo fue ampliando la participación de hermanos y hermanas de diferentes regiones, incluyendo a profesores, historiadores, artesanos,…
El día 6 de septiembre de 2018 se quebrantó la paz en la «Tierra de Dios», en la provincia de El Seybo, donde un fuerte poder político y económico destruyó 212 viviendas de campesinos con la complicidad del Abogado del Estado. Lo más lamentable es que se pasaron por alto todos los diálogos y acuerdos de paz entre el hacendado…
International Meeting for Justice and Peace 2020 IDCJP MEETING 2020 The International Dominican Commission for Justice and Peace (IDCJP) held its annual meeting from 1-7 October. For the first time, this meeting was held online, because of the restrictions due to the pandemic. Fortunately, this was not a stopper for the commission to meet, evaluate and work on an action…
Preaching through private television A broadcast apostolate in Germany Is it possible to make Catholic programmes on private television? How can faith issues be adequately discussed in a minute and a half? To what extent is the Catholic Church involved in major societal debates? Reflection by brother Max Cappabianca OP from Berlin. Since 2017 I have been moderator of the programme…
