At the Santo Domingo Convent in Guatemala City, the Provincial Chapter of the Saint Vincent Ferrer Province of Central America re-elected Brother Ricardo Guardado Flores, OP, for a second four-year term. His first term lasted from May 2021 to November 2024. The election took place on November 19, 2024, and was confirmed by the Master of the Order, Brother Gerard…
With gratitude to God, the Giver of all good things, the Dominican Family rejoices in receiving the Pope Francis’ announcement that our brother PIER GIORGIO FRASSATI (April 6, 1901 – July 4, 1925) will be canonized during the Jubilee of Youth, taking place from July 28 to August 3, 2025.
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We would like to inform you about a publishing error in which the letter of convocation for the General Chapter of 2022 in Tultenango was mistakenly displayed instead of the one for the 2025 General Chapter in Krakow. This error has been corrected, and you can now view the correct letter below. We apologize for any confusion caused.
One of the important tasks of every friar, not just of the Promoter of Vocations, is to invite and accompany those whom God calls to be Dominicans so that they may know and understand more deeply the “voice” of God.
October 08, 2024, Prot. 50/24/443 MO letters to the Order Dear Brothers and Sisters, As the Second Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops happens, with some of our brothers and sisters participating and assisting, let us pray that the Holy Spirit breathing in and through the Synod, continue accompanying the entire People of God…
As we approach October, the month of the holy Rosary, we recall the words of our brother Pope Pius V: “And so Dominic looked to that simple way of praying and beseeching God, accessible to all and wholly pious, which is called the Rosary, or Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in which the same most Blessed Virgin is venerated by the angelic greeting” (Consueverunt Romani, 17 September 1569). An important part of our mission to preach the Gospel is promoting and praying the rosary, which contemplates the mysteries of the Incarnate Word.
For many years, the people in Haiti have been subjected to violent atrocities and human rights violation, incessant killings, kidnappings, sexual assaults, human trafficking, and forced labour. These have greatly impacted members of the Dominican Family, including their ability to meet physically, while others had to leave the country for safety reasons. Details of the situation in Haiti will be provided in the coming weeks.
On September 8, 2024, the Master of the Order, Bro Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, appointed Bro Pavel Syssoev, OP, son of the Dominican Province of Toulouse, as Socius of the Master for the Provinces of Europe (I).
Bro Pavel together with Bro Thomas are the new Socii of the Master for the Provinces of Europe. A special thanks to Bro Miguel Angel del Rio, OP and Bro Alain Arnould, OP, for having served in these offices.
Bro Pavel Syssoev was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 1977. After studying philosophy in Russia and at the Sorbonne in France, he worked as a lecturer. He joined the Dominican Province of Toulouse in 2002. He taught in the friars’ studium and in seminaries, preached numerous retreats and the Rosary pilgrimage in 2020. He was prior of Bordeaux and then Marseille, socius to the provincial of his province. He joined the community of Sainta Sabina in May 2024.
On September 8, 2024, the Master of the Order, Bro Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, appointed Bro Thomas Gabriel Brogl, OP, son of the Province of St. Albert in Germany and Austria, as Socius of the Master for the Provinces of Europe (II).
On 30 August 2024, during the elective Chapter of the Province of India, held at Satyagiri, Dominican Retreat Center, Brother Peter Mendonsa, OP, then Superior of the community of St. Dominic in Delhi, was elected Prior Provincial. On the same day, he was confirmed by the Master of the Order, Br. Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, with the signature of his vicar, Br. Pablo Carlos Sicouly, OP, and on the same day accepted this office. Br. Peter succeeds Br. Prasad George, OP, who served as Provincial for a term beginning in 2020.
