In order to facilitate communication among the entities, to promote dialogue on themes of common interest and to support the ongoing formation of the Dominican Family in Latin America and the Caribbean, the coordination team of the Interprovincial Conference of Dominicans of Latin America and the Caribbean (CIDALC) organised an online colloquium on the reception of the encyclical “Fratelli Tutti”…
Brother Aniedi Okure, O.P. is the new General Promoter of Justice and Peace and the new Delegate to the United Nations. He was appointed by the Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner III, O.P., on October 25, 2020, and assigned to the Convent of Santa Sabina, Rome, on December 10, 2020. Until his appointment as the General Promoter…
On November 12, 2020, the Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner III, O.P., appointed Brother Juan Ubaldo López Salamanca, O.P., as President of the Council of Spem Miram Internationalis (SMI). He succeeds Brother Krzysztof Poplawski, O.P., of the Province of Poland, who has just completed his mandate. Br. Ubaldo is a son of the Province of San Luis…
Christmas Message from the Master of the Order, 2020 Prot. 50/20/614 Letters to the Order “What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes… and touched with our hand concerns the Word of life…made visible; Him we preach…so that our joy may be complete.” I John 1:1,3-4 Dear Brothers and Sisters, Christmas, whether…
1) Commission for the Vocation of the Cooperator Brothers
2) New Commission for Permanent Formation
3) Liturgical Commission
4) Sacred Music Sub-Commission
Erection of a new house of the Order in Nghi Loc, Vietnam, under the patronage of Saint Dominic Hanh On 25 November 2020, the Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francis TIMONER III, O.P., erected a new house in Nghi Loc (Diocese of Vinh), Vietnam. It was built under the invocation of St. Dominic Hanh, taking into account the request…
Brother Florentino Bolo Jr., OP, son of the Province of the Philippines, is the new Socius for Apostolic Life, following his appointment on 22 November 2020 by the Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner III, O.P. Born on 16 November 1973 in Lipa City, Batangas, Bro. Florentino met the Dominicans while taking up BS Medical Technology at the…
Rome, 23rd November – The Chapter of the Province of the Dominicans in India has elected, for four years, fr. Prasad GEORGE, O.P. as Prior Provincial. The Master of the Order, fr Gerard Francis TIMONER III, O.P. has confirmed the election. Fr. Prasad GEORGE, O.P. accepted the election and made the Profession of Faith on November 20, 2020.
Christus in vobis, spes gloriae Colossenses 1:27 Dear Brothers and Sisters, O Spem Miram! O Wonderful Hope! This is our hymn to St. Dominic, the father and first brother of our Order. The usual images that evoke hope are a new-born baby, a brilliant dawn, flowers and fruits of spring time, depictions of new life and new beginnings. In this time of…
The friars re-elected as Provincial Fray Slavko Slišković, O.P. June 23, 2020 For four more years, the Chapter of the “Croatian Dominican Province of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary” has chosen fr. Slavko Slišković, O.P.The Master of the Order, fr Gerard Francisco TIMONER III, O.P. has confirmed that choice. Friar fr. Slavko Slišković, O.P. fr. Slavko Slišković has…
