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…
Meeting of the Dominican Students of History (Rome 22-25 September 2020) A meeting of Dominican students of history, organised by the Historical Institute of the Order in collaboration with the General Archives and the General Postulation, was held in Rome from 22 to 25 September 2020. After the last meeting of this kind in the Jubilee Year 2016 in Toulouse,…
Dominican Nuns Launch First International Website Summit, New Jersey–The Nuns of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominican Nuns, launch their first international website, www.monialesop.org, in order to make their mission of prayer within the heart of the Order of Preachers better known. St. Dominic de Guzman founded the Nuns of the Order in 1206, ten years before the…
Letter to the friends of Pier Giorgio Frassati, on the occasion of the Thirtieth Anniversary of his Beatification and the One- Hundredth Anniversary of the birth of Karol Wojtila by don Paolo Asolan How is that two friends would greet each other who have only really known and loved one another through one’s reading of the other or one’s looking…
With the official approval from The Dominican order, UNESCO will now start the stabilization and rehabilitation of The Conventual Church of Our Lady of the Hour in Mosul With the official approval from The Dominican order, UNESCO – in close collaboration with relevant authorities – will now start the stabilization and rehabilitation of The Conventual Church of Our Lady of…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Someone asked me, what are the Dominicans doing in the time of the COVID 19 pandemic? Our communion in prayer for healing and conversion is our most important work. Our collective effort to prevent viral transmission is also an important ethical obligation. Added to these are creative ways to show care and compassion in these trying…
The General Postulation of the Order wish to express her gratitude to the Lord for the service to the Order and to the Church of Fra. Innocenzo Venchi, O.P. (1931-2020). Professed in 1948 for the province of Saint Peter Martyr in Italy, ordained priest in 1956, secretary of the General Postulation of the Order of Preachers from 1957-1975 and General…
December 6th, the day of the Epiphany, is celebrated very solemnly in Bethlehem. Students from the École Biblique went to the event organized by the Custody of the Holy Land. It was an opportunity for them to take a greater part in the spiritual and cultural life of the Holy Land. “On January 6th, the Catholic Church celebrated the Epiphany…
