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.…
Brother Massimo Mancini, OP, was recently appointed the new Postulator General of the Order of Preachers by Brother Gerard Timoner III, OP, Master of the Order of Preachers. The appointment received the necessary ratification by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Br. Massimo is the successor of Brother Gianni Festa, OP, who has held the office for the past…
The Provincial Chapter of the Province of Portugal, which has been meeting since Sunday, 9 January 2022, in the convent of Our Lady of the Rosary in Fatima, elected Brother José Manuel Correia Fernandes as the new Prior Provincial on the afternoon of 12 January. The Master of the Order confirmed the election and Br. José Manuel accepted and took…
Bro Amirtha Raj Mannes, OP
Brother Augustin Wiliwoli Sibiloni, O.P. , was born in Isiro, Democratic Republic of Congo, on October 25, 1977. He received the habit of the Order on August 8, 1999 and made his first profession on August 8, 2000. He was solemnly professed in 2005 and ordained to the priesthood on August 19, 2012 by Bishop Julien Andavo, the Bishop of…
Dominican Month for Peace 2021 – Venezuela
Brother Rubén Martínez Ortega, OP, has been elected Prior Provincial at the Provincial Chapter held at the Royal Monastery of St. Thomas Aquinas in Avila, Spain, on 5 August 2021. Following the confirmation by the Pro-Vicar of the Master of the Order, Brother Benjamin Earl, OP, Br. Rubén accepted the election and made the Profession of Faith. Born on 23…
2021 Constitutions published
In lieu of the usual letter, Br. Gerard Francisco Timoner III OP, shares with the Dominican Family his homily on the Solemnity of our Holy Father St. Dominic celebrated in the Basilica of San Domenico, Bologna, where our founder and first brother spent the last days of his earthly sojourn. 6 August 2021 Prot. 50 / 21 / 368 Jubliee_2021…
Brother Modestus Ngwu, OP, was elected Prior Provincial during the Chapter of the Province of St. Joseph the Worker, Nigeria and Ghana, held at the Priory of St. Thomas Aquinas in Ibadan, Nigeria. Following the confirmation by the Master of the Order of Preachers, Brother Gerard Timoner III, OP, on 27 July 2021, Br. Modestus accepted the election and made…
