Vocation Promoters meet to initiate more harmonious vocation promotion at the level of the Order. A meeting of the Order’s Vocation Promoters, organised by the General Curia through the Socius for Fraternal Life and Formation, took place from 17 to 22 June, 2024. The vocation promoters came from different regions where the Order is located and met at the Casa…
The Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, made canonical visitation of the Dominican Province of St. John the Baptist of Peru in two parts, the first from 22-26 June and the second from 16-30 August. The Socius for Latin America and the Caribbean, Brother Fernando Delgado, OP, participated in both the first and the second part,…
UNOP continues its work in defence of human rights and the environment With different initiatives, Dominicans for Justice and Peace (UNOP) continues its work in defence of human rights and the environment, as can be seen in the annual report 2023, released on 28 July at www.un.op.org. In 2023, Dominicans for Justice and Peace conducted two workshops in Baguio City, Philippines, in…
‘Let Us Commit to Peace and Human Dignity’ – Haiti 2024Every year, from the first Sunday of Advent until the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, the Dominican Month for Peace is celebrated, in which the Dominican Family programmes pastoral activities and proposes prayer intentions for a specific country, which this year will be Haiti and will have as…
Apostolic Penitentiary grants indulgence on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the Second Council of Lyon The Confraternity of the Holy Name of Jesus, entrusted to the care of the Order of Preachers, is celebrating the 750th anniversary of the Second Council of Lyon. The fathers of this Council, which was convoked on 7 May, 1274, encouraged the faithful…
Dominicans put Saint Dominic at the centre of the digital continent. The second phase of the digital preaching campaign #Influencersop, “Voices of Hope for Peace“, centred on the figure of our founder Saint Dominic of Caleruega. This part of the campaign was again hosted by the official Ordo_Praedicatorum Instagram account and took place from 7 August, the eve of the feast of our founder Saint Dominic, until 17 August,…
From 3 to 7 June, the Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, accompanied by the Socius for Latin America and the Caribbean, Brother Fernando Delgado, OP, made their canonical visitation of the Provincial of Vicariate Antón Montesino in the Province of Hispania. The vicariate includes the Convento Santo Domingo Ra’ykuéra in Asunción and the Casa Santísima…
The Meeting of Dominican Cooperator Brothers in the Asia-Pacific Region took place from July 26-31 at the St. Martin Pastoral Center, Bien Hoa, Vietnam. This marked the first time such a conference was organized in the region, gathering brothers from the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea (part of the Australian Province), Taiwan, and Vietnam. The majority of attendees…
The Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Name of Jesus and the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena reflected on Master Eckhart’s interpretation of the Gospels. From July 30 to August 4, in Villa San Ignacio (Buenos Aires), the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Name of Jesus and the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, together with…
The Center for Dialogue with Cultures and Religions in Asia (CDCRA), an activity that is under the supervision of the Master of the Order and is currently housed in the Center for Theology, Religious Studies and Ethics, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, co-hosted the conference on God and the World: Dialogues on Culture, Religion and Science last June 26-28, 2024. The conference was held…
