Ukraine’s landscapes bear the scars of war—flags over graves, ruined homes, and memorials to fallen soldiers. Amid suffering, the Dominican martyrs of Chortkiv inspire hope, embodying unwavering faith and the courage to remain with their people in danger.
Brother Jorge Alejandro Scampini, OP, reflects on receiving the title Master in Sacred Theology, recognizing it as a vocational affirmation by the Order, and explores the Dominican theological mission, stressing interdisciplinary dialogue, preaching, and ecumenical engagement in today’s complex world.
‘It would be a big sin, not to be here’, with this humorous sentence the Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner, OP, welcomed the lay fraternity in Norfolk, Massachusetts – and caused a few laughs. The visit of the Master of the Order in June 2025 took place as part of the visitation of the Eastern Province of the USA and the location of the meeting was an unusual one: behind prison walls. For there, in Norfolk State Prison, the largest state-run prison in Massachusetts, a Dominican lay community consisting of lay Dominicans meets both in front of and behind the walls. The Dominican joy that pervaded the meeting, however, made all walls forgotten. No Master of the Order since Fr Timothy Radcliffe has missed the opportunity to come here – and the gratitude for this is palpable in the room.
Current impressions from Ukraine Burdening fatigue Two boys sit in the front row at Mass. Both are utterly exhausted—barely able to stand, grateful for any moment to sit. One of them, around 13 years old, keeps his hand gently on the shoulder of the younger one, about 8. Though fatigue makes it hard to keep his arm raised, he never…
With the recent election of Pope Leo XIV and the upcoming General Chapter of our Order in Krakow next July, now is an opportune time to reflect on the life and legacy of our founder, St. Dominic, and the mission he entrusted to us as the Order of Preachers. Above all, Saint Dominic was a man of the Church. A…
“Learning, teaching and trying to do theology from and in a tradition” is the title of the Lectio Magistralis that Bro Jorge Alejandro Scampini, OP, who, on the 22nd of November 2024, received the degree of Master in Sacred Theology, with the decree of the Master of the Order, Bro Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, offered on the 9th of April 2025, in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Fr. Miguel Ángel Gullón, OP, denounces anti-migrant policies in the Dominican Republic that endanger vulnerable Haitians, citing deaths, rights violations, and a call to uphold human dignity, health, and justice in line with the Gospel and international law.
The canonization of Pier Giorgio Frassati, a young layman of the Dominican Third Order, will take place on Sunday, 7 September 2025, after being rescheduled from the initially planned date of August 3rd. The Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff confirmed this on June 13th in a communiqué about the Ordinary Public Consistory presided over that same day by Pope Leo XIV.
The young Dominican tertiary will be canonized during the Jubilee, one hundred years after his return to the house of the Father in the Holy Year of 1925. “With gratitude to God, Giver of all good things, the Dominican Family rejoices in the announcement by Pope Francis that our brother Pier Giorgio Frassati will be canonized,” wrote the Master of…
“The Blessed gave glory to his Order with all the passion and pride of being a member of it with all his faith and all his strength” (Nicola Gori). Looking ahead to the canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, who will be raised to the altars during Holy Mass on August…
