In this letter, the Master of the Order recalls the Dominican mission in the Amazon, highlighting over a century of Gospel service, education, and indigenous dignity, echoing Pope Francis’ call for a Church with an Amazonian face and fearless proclamation.
The Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, presents his Relatio for the General Chapter in Krakow, highlighting the Dominican mission, the Jubilee Year, and pastoral strategies for the Propositum Ordinis.
THE “PUBLICS” OF THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Dominican Family, I wish to share with you a part of my relatio to the General Chapter of Priors Provincials which will be celebrated in Krakow, Poland from 19 July to 8 August 2025. Please accompany us with your prayers so that with the grace and inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the…
On 16 January 2025, the Capitulars of the 13th Provincial Chapter of the Province of Philippines reelected Brother Filemon I. dela Cruz Jr., OP, as Prior Provincial for a second term.
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.
The General Chapter of Provincial Priors will be held in Krakow starting July 17, 2025, as officially convoked according to the Order’s Constitutions.
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.
