Due to the situation of COVID-19 worldwide, the Meeting and the Elective Assembly IDYM are POSTPONED to 2021. Trusting in solidarity as a gesture of closeness, at a time when the common good requires a “social distance”, as the Master of the Order reminded us in his last message, we invite you to strengthen the bonds of our Dominican Family in prayer.…
Fr Martin Ganeri, O.P. has been re-elected Prior Provincial of the Province of England The Chapter of the Province of England have elected, for four more years, Fr Martin Ganeri as Prior Provincial. The Master of the Order, fr Gerard Francis TIMONER III, O.P. confirmed the election. Fr Martin Ganeri accepted the election and made the Profession of Faith, March…
Rome, 15 March 2020 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The Lord is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid? For God will hide me in his shelter in time of trouble,He will conceal me in the cover of his tent. Psalm 27:1,5 Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Dominican Family, As…
Brother Mark C. PADREZ, O.P. is the new SOCIUS FOR FRATERNAL LIFE AND FORMATION. The Master of the Order, fr Gerard Francis TIMONER III, O.P. has appointed fr Mark C. Padrez, O.P. as Socius for Fraternal Life and Formation. Father Mark was born and raised in Nogales, Arizona, a small border town of the United States and Mexico. He attended…
Appointment of fr. Fernando Antonio GARCÍA FERNÁNDEZ, O.P. as the new Promoter General of the Nuns. The Master of the Order, fr Gerard Francisco TIMONER III, O.P. has appointed fr Fernando Antonio GARCÍA FERNÁNDEZ, O.P. as Promoter General of the Nuns. Fr Fernando succeeds fr César VALERO BAJO, O.P. whom we thank and pray for. Fr. Fernando is from Mexico…
Call for photographs On the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Dominic, an exhibition in the Basilica of San Domenico in Bologna will give the public the opportunity to discover the oldest known portrait of Saint Dominic, painted around 1238 and representing the founder of the Order of Preachers at the table with 48 brothers. In…
Rome, 31 January 2020 Prot. n. 50/18/027 Jubilee 2021 Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Dominican Family, As we begin the year of the Lord 2020, let us keep in mind the forthcoming celebration of the 8th Centenary of the Dies Natalis of our Holy Father St. Dominic. Br. Bruno Cadoré has announced in his letter on 6 August 2018…
Rome, January 23, 2020 The Vice Province of Southern Africa is celebrating their vice provincial chapter presently. They elected a new Vice Provincial, Brother Myke Mwale, OP, and the Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner, III, has confirmed the election (22/01/2020). Brother Myke made his first profession on September 8, 2009, and solemn profession on January 28, 2014.…
Tabularii Ordinis Praefectus Frater Augustin LAFFAY, O.P. The Master of the Order, fr Gerard Francisco TIMONER III, O.P. has appointed fr. Augustin LAFFAY, O.P. as the new Archivist of the Order. Fr. Augustin LAFFAY, O.P. tells us more about his journey: Born in 1965 in France, I lived mainly in Lyon until I entered religious life in 1994. After the baccalaureate,…
December 12, 2019 The capitulars friars of the Provincial Chapter of the Queen of Martyrs Province of Vietnam have elected fr. Tomás de Aquino Nguyen Truong Tam, O.P. as their Prior Provincial. The Master of the Order fr. Gerard Francisco TIMONER III, O.P. has confirmed the election. Fr. Tomás has accepted the election and made his Profession of Faith. Fr.…
