On Saturday, April 12, 2025, the Dominican Province of St. Thomas Aquinas of Belgium and the Netherlands hosted “Art and Preaching: Art as a Form of Preaching”, a province-wide gathering of the Dominican Laity held at the historic St. Paul’s Church in Antwerp. The keynote speaker, Fr. Cristóbal Torres, OP, Promoter for the Dominican Laity, gave a presentation on the history…
From April 4-7, 2025, the current officers of the International Commission of Lay Dominican Fraternities (ICLDF) met in Rome, at Santa Sabina, for their first in-person gathering. Among those present were: Dr. Sébastian Milazzo, OP, International Coordinator of the Dominican Laity and President of the European Council of Lay Dominican Fraternities (ECLDF), from France; Mrs. Margareth Velásquez, OP, President of…
Prayer for the eternal repose of Pope Francis Lord of life and hope, receive Pope Francis into your peace, faithful servant of the Gospel and shepherd of your Church. You called him on Easter Monday, as we celebrated the resurrection. Give him eternal rest and let perpetual light shine upon him.May his example of humility, mercy, and love for the…
Rome, March 26, 2025 — From March 18 to March 26, the Convent of Santa Sabina, the seat of the General Curia of the Order of Preachers in Rome, hosted seven Provincials who attended the annual workshop designed for recently elected or re-elected priors provincial. The Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, along with all members…
The Dominican friars of the Province of St. Augustine in Argentina and Chile present the video documentary album We Have Seen His Glory. The production includes 18 liturgical songs of the Easter Triduum—most of them original and others taken from the classical and Gregorian repertoire—presented together with images and interviews that illustrate their meaning and the profound experiences of friars…
To mark the beatification of Monsignor Profittlich, the Dominican Family is organizing a continuous reading of the names of the 22,601 Estonians who died during the Soviet occupation. Date: 15 May 2025, 3.50 PM – 16 May, around 1 PM Place: Medieval Dominican Priory in Tallinn (entrance through Theatrum, Vene street 14) and the YouTube channel. Organiser: Dominican friars and…
‘Meditations on Truth’ is the title of the latest book by Fray Felicísimo Martínez Díez, OP, published on 12 March 2025. In this work, Brother Felicísimo offers a series of meditations on truth and addresses his search for it in specific areas of life, proposing the figure of St Thomas Aquinas as a reference point for the defence of truth and as an example that serves as inspiration to believers and non-believers alike.
The volume, edited by the art historians Émilie Roffidal and Claire Rousseau, is dedicated to the iconography of St. Thomas Aquinas –an important figure in the history of the Order, the Church and intellectual history– on the occasion of his triple jubilee: 700 years since his canonisation, 750 years since his death and 800 years since his birth, celebrated from 28 January 2023 to 28 January 2025. Nine contributions by various authors deal with the beginnings and spread of the iconography of St. Thomas and the historical-spiritual context in which such representations were disseminated.
The International Commission of the Dominican Youth Movement (IDYM) gathered for its annual meeting in Rome, held at Santa Sabina on February 21-23. Among those present were: Carlos Beltrán, International Coordinator of IDYM; Cristina Expósito, IDYM’s Promotor of Formation; Humberto Rico, Promotor of Communications; and fr. Cristóbal Torres, OP, General Promoter of the Dominican Laity, who serves and accompanies IDYM and the International Commission. In attendance virtually were: Isioma Chukwuka-Nwodo, IDYM Promoter of Finance; Wilson Amado, IDYM Promoter of Mission.
The provincial priors, vice-provincials, and provincial vicars of the region, organized through the Interprovincial Conference of the Dominicans of Latin America and the Caribbean (CIDALC), met from February 9th to 15th in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The assembly was held at the Emmaus House of St. Benedict’s Monastery. The region is composed of six provinces: St. Augustine in Argentina and Chile, Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas in Brazil, St. John the Baptist in Peru, St. Louis Bertrán in Colombia, St. Vincent Ferrer in Central America, and St. James in Mexico; two vice-provinces: St. Catherine of Siena in Ecuador and Bolivia; and three provincial vicariates: Fray Antón Montesino in Uruguay and Paraguay, Venezuela, and Fray Pedro de Córdoba in the Dominican Republic and Cuba.
