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…
Message of Pope Francis 01.09.2020 Pope Francis begins his message with the jubilee text of Leviticus: « You shall thus hallow the fiftieth year and you shall proclaim a release throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you.» (Lv 25, 10) Each year, particularly since the publication of the Encyclical Laudato Si’ (LS, 24 may 2015), the…
Meeting with the members of the Dominican Laical Fraternity Friends of God of Bormujos, in which they shared topics concerning the apostolates they perform, the processes of formation and an overview of the laity in the different regions of the world.
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…
By Gail Conway From cocooning with his fellow Brothers in Dublin, to working on the frontline in Belfast, a young trainee priest has put his dreams on hold to help out during the coronavirus crisis. Belfast man Chris Gault previously left his career as a junior doctor behind to follow his true calling in life – the priesthood. But when the UK…
Pope at Mass prays for unity in Europe Pope Francis offers his Wednesday morning Mass in the Casa Santa Marta for unity on the continent of Europe, and reflects in his homily on the grace of concreteness. By Fr. Benedict Mayaki, SJ At the start of Mass at the Casa Santa Marta on Wednesday, the Feast of Saint Catherine of…
APRPOVED THE PARTICULAR DIRECTORY OF THE FRATERNITY OF St TOMAS AQUINAS (ANGELICUM) The Master of the Order approved the Particular Directory of the Fraternity of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) according to the Rule of the Lay Fraternities of St Dominic and General Declarations (2019) The Fraternity is an English speaking Lay Fraternity established at the Pontifical University of St Thomas…
