Tultenango 2022

General Chapter of Definitors
Thirteenth day
Tultenango, July 28, 2022

The capitulars continue with the work in commissions.

After the Eucharist, the plenary session began with an explanation by Friar Benjamin Earl, OP, Procurator General of the Order, expert in Canon Law, on the terminology in the Book of Constitutions and Ordinations (LCO), admonitions, declarations or ordinations (LCO 417 § II,6): “Questions are to be resolved by the procedure of admonitions, declarations or ordinations, and if a new constitution is to be introduced it is to be done with express words”.

General Chapter of Diffinitors
12th day
Tultenango, July 27, 2022
The capitulars continue working in the different commissions. In the afternoon the plenary met to initiate the “open dialogues”. These dialogues will continue in the following days and will deal with different topics.

General Chapter of Diffinitors
Eleventh Day
Tultenango, July 26, 2022 – Memorial of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne.
Memorial of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne. Today’s Eucharist was presided over by Friar Pius Pietrzyk, OP, of the Province of Saint Joseph, USA, and the homily was preached by Friar Gregory Pearson, OP, of the Province of England. In his homily, Friar Gregory said: “The message of salvation that God communicates to us through the Incarnation, in the ‘language’ of the history of his people, is a message for all humanity. Our task as preachers is nothing less than to communicate that saving message to the men and women of our world, and that means both knowing the ‘language’ of the Incarnation and being able to show how it speaks to all those whom Christ came to redeem.”

General Chapter of Diffinitors
7th day
Tultenango, July 22, 2022
The capitular friars began Friday with lauds and the celebration of the Eucharist in French, presided over by Friar Liboire Kagabo, OP, of the Province of Canada, and with the homily preached by Friar Antonie de La Fayolle, OP, of the Province of France; he started from the quest of Mary Magdalene ꟷProtector of the Order of Preachersꟷ celebrated in the liturgy of the Eucharist, to speak of the “black hole effect”, that is, “the inability to look beyond setbacks”.

General Chapter of Diffinitors
6th day – General Chapter of Diffinitors
Tultenango, July 21, 2022
After praying lauds and celebrating the Eucharist, the commissions continue working, dialoguing about the different topics that have been outlined in the petitions of the Provinces and the Relatio of the Master of the Order.

General Chapter of Diffinitors5th dayTultenango, July 20, 2022 The capitular friars began Wednesday with lauds in French and the celebration of the Eucharist, presided over by Friar Patrik Lens, OP, of the Province of Saint Thomas of Belgium, with the homily by Friar Maximilliano Cappabianca, OP, of the Province of Teutonia, who, mentioning yesterday’s preacher, took up the theme of…

General Chapter of Diffinitors
4th day
Tultenango, July 19, 2022
The capitular friars began Tuesday with lauds in English and celebration of the Eucharist presided over by Friar Aniedi Okure, OP, Promoter General for Justice and Peace and Permanent Delegate to the United Nations (UN); concelebrated by Friar Isaac Mutelo, OP, of the Vice-Province of South Africa; Joseph Ellul, OP, of the Province of Saint Pius V of Malta, who, in line with the friar who preached yesterday, insisted on the discomfort to which the friars are called as prophets who seek to preach the truth.

General Chapter of Diffinitors
3rd day
Tultenango, July 18, 2022
The capitular friars began Monday with lauds in Spanish, and the celebration of the Eucharist, presided over by Friar Fabio Herrera, OP, of the Vice-Province of Santa Catalina de Siena of Ecuador and the homily by Friar Carlos Terán, OP, of the Province of San Juan Bautista of Peru, who exhorted the friars to be extraordinary signs of the Kingdom, according to three points: sense of vocation, inheritance of the Dominican tradition, and projection of the tasks to be carried out.

The capitular friars began Sunday with the lauds in English.  Then, they participated in the meeting with the Dominican Family in Mexico.  The friars, nuns, sisters of apostolic life, lay fraternities, and the Dominican Youth Movement (DYM), each shared about their charism and apostolate, in addition to an artistic performance.

General Chapter of Diffinitors
8th day
Tultenango, July 23, 2022
Saturday, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, began with the recitation of lauds and the celebration of the Eucharist, presided over by Friar Emiliano Vanoli, OP, of the Province of St. Augustine, Argentina; the homily was given by Friar Oscar Guayán, OP, of the Province of St. Luis Bertrán, Colombia. Oscar commented on the phrase of the Gospel: “Let them grow together, the wheat and the weeds, until the harvest”. He also emphasized prudence in the face of evil, which implies acting in the right way and at the right time, trusting that God is compassionate and gives us the necessary time.