On December 23, at the parish of the Holy Cross in San Juan, Philippines, we attended the priestly ordination of Brother Gregory. He was ordained by His Excellency the Most Reverend Broderick Pabillo, Auxiliary Bishop of Manila. In attendance was Fr. Solis, our Prior Provincial and Fr Napoleon, the Prior Provincial of the Philippine Province, Fray Jerome, the Vicar Provincial…
17th of December, 2019 The Dominican delegation The last-minute change of venue – from Santiago de Chile to Madrid – impacted greatly the ability of civil society and indigenous organizations from Latin America to have a voice at the COP. Despite this unfortunate change, the Dominicans managed to have a delegation of 8 people at the COP in Madrid, composed…
Holy See, December 7th, 2019 Fr. Gérard Francisco Timoner III, Master of the Order of Friars Preachers (Dominican), expressed his gratitude and greetings on behalf of the Order of Preachers with these words: Holy Father, At the beginning of my service as Master of the Order of Preachers, I come to ask for your blessing. I renew Domingo de Guzman's…
O Clavis David O.P. (20 Decembris) In October, two young student-brothers, br. Alexandre Frezzato (Switzerland) and br. Stefan Ansinger (Netherlands), founded a channel to teach Gregorian chant in the Dominican tradition via YouTube. The channel is called OPChant. There is really nothing else like this online. Subscriptions are growing surprisingly quickly, especially since LifeSiteNews profiled them, as did New Liturgical Movement. This a…
Dominican Month for Peace promotes the contribution of the artistic expressions of the Dominican Family. You are invited to work for this promotion. Come King of Peace God of justice and king of peace, Come and be born in our hearts, Turn your gaze to the weakest. Protects abused children and Women from all forms of exploitation, Indigenous peoples in…
Solidarity with the Dominican Family in India Rome, 6 December 2019. To turn on a light for peace, that is the gesture made by the brothers of the convent of Santa Sabina. The Master of the Order, brother Gérard TIMONER, OP. fr. Alain Arnould, O.P., and the General Promoter of Justice and Peace, fr. Michael Deeb, O.P., lit the candles…
The student brothers of the Toulouse priory recorded five songs by André Gouzes for each Advent Sunday and Christmas Eve. These videos are broadcast on the province’s Facebook and YouTube page every Saturday evening at 6pm (and Tuesday 24 evening), accompanied by a short preaching by Br. Alain Quilici.
Annual meeting of the International Commission of the Dominican Family (ICDF) 2019. The annual meeting of the International Commission of the Dominican Family (ICDF), made up of the Master of the Order who convokes and presides over it, the Socius for Apostolic Life, the Coordinator of DSI, took place at the General Curia on November 24, the Representative of the…
“On November 10, 2019, the canonization (equipolente) of our brother in the Order of Preachers, Bartholomew of the Martyrs, will take place in Braga (Portugal). Our beloved Order is thus blessed with a new officially recognized saint, BARTOLOMÉ DE LOS MÁRTIRES (1514-1590), friar of the province of Portugal, archbishop of Braga, called “the holy bishop of the Council of Trent”.…