In the afternoon of 14 August 2024, His Excellency, Most Rev. Agustinus Agus of the Archdiocese of Pontianak, Indonesia, was received in the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic by Br. Filemon de la Cruz Jr., OP, Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of the Philippines. Born in Lintang, Sanggau, West Kalimantan, on 22 October 1949, Abp. Agus was ordained priest…
On August 8th, the feast of Our Father Saint Dominic, the Provincial of France, fr Nicolas Tixier, OP, and the president of the Lay Dominicans of the Province of France, Jean René Berthélemy, received in the House of Saint Catherine of Siena in Tallinn the promises of five Estonian lay Dominicans who will now form a new Dominican lay fraternity…
“The clamour of migrants demands attention from governments and challenges the Catholic Church and, in it, the Dominican Family”, reads the final report of the Justice and Peace Meeting on the theme “Migration, rights and human drama”, which took place from 21 to 28 July in Guatemala City. The report, signed by Sister Veronica Agurto, OP, Secretary of CODALC[i] and Bro Fernando…
From 14 to 20 July, at the Casa de Retiros Santo Domingo in Quito, Ecuador, the host country, the Meeting of Students of the Bolivarian Zone took place, bringing together friars from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. From the first day, the friars introduced themselves and shared their experiences, which fostered an atmosphere of fraternity and strengthened the bonds between the…
From 27 June to 18 July, the Master of the Order, Bro Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, made the canonical visitation of the Province of St. Vincent Ferrer in Central America, accompanied by the Socius for Fraternal Life and Formation, Bro Juan Manuel Hernández, OP, and the Socius for Latin America and the Caribbean, Bro Fernando Delgado, OP. The Province…
From 7 to 15 August, on the official account of Ordo_Praedicatorum on Instagram, the videos of the second phase of the digital preaching campaign #Influencersop, centred on the figure of our founder St. Dominic of Caleruega, will be published. In this month dedicated to our Father St. Dominic, whose liturgical memorial is celebrated on 8 August, short videos will be published by influencers of…
With the theme “Migration, rights and human drama”, the Justice and Peace Meeting organised by CIDALC was held in Guatemala City from 22 to 28 July, with the presence of the General Promoter of Justice and Peace and Permanent Delegate to the United Nations, Brother Aniedi Okure, OP. The meeting was attended by Justice and Peace promoters from CIDALC and…
From the 7th to the 21st of June, in the framework of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Province of St. Augustine, the Master of the Order, Bro Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, made the canonical visitation along the new territorial configuration embraced by the Atlantic and Pacific oceans with two countries, Argentina and Chile. Bro Gerard was…
Brother Cristóbal Torres, OP, General Promoter for the Laity, and Mrs Kathy Kendrek, OP, President of the Dominican Laity of the Province of St Joseph in the United States, toured St Joseph’s Province 3 – 10 June, visiting some of the many, diverse Lay Fraternities in the province. Mrs Kendrek and Br Cristóbal began on 3 June in Middletown, NY,…
From 3 to 7 June, the Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, accompanied by the Socius for Latin America and the Caribbean, Brother Fernando Delgado, OP, made their canonical visitation of the Provincial of Vicariate Antón Montesino in the Province of Hispania. The vicariate includes the Convento Santo Domingo Ra’ykuéra in Asunción and the Casa Santísima…
