The General Chapter of Provincial Priors will be held in Krakow starting July 17, 2025, as officially convoked according to the Order’s Constitutions.
The Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, presents his Relatio for the General Chapter in Krakow, highlighting the Dominican mission, the Jubilee Year, and pastoral strategies for the Propositum Ordinis.
In this letter, the Master of the Order recalls the Dominican mission in the Amazon, highlighting over a century of Gospel service, education, and indigenous dignity, echoing Pope Francis’ call for a Church with an Amazonian face and fearless proclamation.
THE “PUBLICS” OF THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Dominican Family, I wish to share with you a part of my relatio to the General Chapter of Priors Provincials which will be celebrated in Krakow, Poland from 19 July to 8 August 2025. Please accompany us with your prayers so that with the grace and inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the…
Prot. 50/21/094 MO Message Iraq Rome, 3 March 2021 Msgr. Youssif Thomas Mirkis, Archbishop of Kirkuk and SulaimanyaMsgr. Michael Najeeb, Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul and AkraSr. Clara Nas, Superior General of the Sisters of St. CatherineSr. Bernadette Youssef, Vice-Provincial of the Middle East of the Sisters of the PresentationBr. Rami Simon, Superior of the House of Epiphany in BaghdadBr. Najeeb…
To the Dominican Family on the Occasion of the IDYM International Assembly – Lisbon, Portugal, 2023.
Rome, 25 February 2023
Letter of the Master of the Order to the Dominican Family on the Jubilee Celebrations of St. Thomas Aquinas-We celebrate the 7th Centenary of the canonization of our esteemed brother St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church, on 18 July 2023 and his 750th death anniversary on 7 March 2024.
Ash WednesdayRome, 2 March 2022 Prot. 50/22/111 Letters to the Order “Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart,with fasting and weeping and mourning.…sound the trumpet, declare a holy fast… gather the people”Joel 2:12, 15 Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Dominican Family, Pope Francis called for the dedication of Ash Wednesday, 2 March 2022, as a universal…
For many years, the people in Haiti have been subjected to violent atrocities and human rights violation, incessant killings, kidnappings, sexual assaults, human trafficking, and forced labour. These have greatly impacted members of the Dominican Family, including their ability to meet physically, while others had to leave the country for safety reasons. Details of the situation in Haiti will be provided in the coming weeks.
The workshop for Vocation Promoters is being held in Rome, Italy, from June 17 to 23.