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…
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…
‘Let Us Commit to Peace and Human Dignity’ – Haiti 2024 Every 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…
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…
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…
From July 16 to 22, Dominican student friars from the Southern Cone gathered in Buenos Aires for fellowship, prayer, and reflection. The meeting aimed to deepen fraternity, explore the General Formation Ratio, and discuss the challenges of study in our spirituality.
The Promoter General for the Laity visited the fraternities of Cochabamba on August 21, the Church of Santo Domingo in Potosi on August 22 and 23; and the fraternities and the MJD of the Parish and Convent of Santo Domingo in Santa Cruz de la Sierra August 24 to 27. Br Cristobal also preached at the Sunday Mass at La Mansion in Santa Cruz de la Sierra on 25 August.
The Council of the Lay Dominican Fraternities of Latin America and the Caribbean (COFALC) held its Intermediate Assembly in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 28 to 31 August 2024. The main topics discussed by the participants included: greater coordination in mission and formation among the fraternities of the region, expansion and updating of the provincial directories of the fraternities,…
On 8 September 2024, in Rome, on the occasion of the solemn celebrations in honour of St. John Macias for the 50th anniversary of his canonisation, the Apostolic Penitentiary has granted the Plenary Indulgence.
From August 10 to 18, 2024, Brother Cristobal Torres, OP, Promoter General for the Dominican Laity, visited the fraternities of the Province of St. Albert the Great in the United States, accompanied by Brother John Steilberg, OP, Provincial Promoter of the Laity.
