The following homily was preached during a liturgy by the Master of the Order which took place during the Inter-European Meeting of the Order of Preachers (IEOP). The meeting is held annually the week after Easter and was hosted this year in Vilnius, Lithuania. One of humanity’s great afflictions is forgetfulness. Because we forget the lessons we have learned, we…
ROME — The Master of the Order of Preachers, fr. Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, has appointed fr. John Baptist Đoàn Bình Minh, OP, as the new Syndic Ordinis (Syndic of the Order), effective April 5, 2026. In an official decree addressed to the Vietnamese Dominican, the Master praised fr. John Baptist’s “zeal for the good of the Order” as…
Easter Sunday Rome, 5 April 2026 Prot. 50/26/160 Letters to the Order “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you” (John 20:21) Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Lord is risen, alleluia! “We are an Easter people,” as Augustine of Hippo reminds us, and “alleluia is our song.” Yet the most profound greeting of this holy…
ROME — The penitential journey of Lent for the Church in Rome began on Ash Wednesday with the traditional procession from the Benedictine abbey of Sant’Anselmo to the Basilica of Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill, where Pope Leo XIV celebrated Holy Mass, blessed and imposed ashes, and delivered his homily for the opening of the holy season. Faithful from…
Rome — On February 2, the Master of the Order, fr. Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, formally established the Permanent Multidisciplinary Commission on Safeguarding, implementing a mandate of the General Chapter of Krakow and reaffirming the Order’s commitment to the protection of the vulnerable, accountability, and healing. In his decree, the Master recalls that fidelity to the Dominican vocation as…
KRAKOW — On January 31, 2026, during the sixth day of the Provincial Chapter of the Polish Province of the Order of Preachers, the brothers re-elected Łukasz Wiśniewski, OP as provincial for a second four-year term. The election was formally confirmed by the Master of the Order, Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, the same day. The Chapter was held at…
The friars of the Province of Bohemia have elected fr. Filip Boháč, OP, as their new Prior Provincial. The election was confirmed by the Master of the Order on 27 January 2026. Fr. Filip Boháč was born in 1978 in Prague as the eldest of five children. His family life was marked by a strong ecclesial commitment: his father was…
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Rome, 2 February 2026 Prot. n. 70/26/035 Varia_General To the Prioresses of Dominican Monasteries DEAR SISTERS, With joy, I greet you and all the sisters as the Church celebrates the World Day of Consecrated Life. On this day of thanksgiving, we recognize anew the beauty of lives given wholly to God for the sake…
BRAZIL — On January 30, 2026, the friars of the Province of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas in Brazil, gathered in Chapter, re-elected fr. André Luís Tavares, OP, to a second four-year term as Prior Provincial. The Master of the Order, fr. Gerard Francisco Timoner, OP, confirmed the election on January 31, 2026. Fr. André, 44, was born in Jaboticabal,…
SLOVAKIA — The Provincial Chapter of the Province of Slovakia, on January 26, 2026, elected fr. Alan Ján Dely, OP, as their new Prior Provincial. he election was promptly confirmed the same day by the Master of the Order, fr. Gerard Francisco Timoner, OP. Fr. Alan was born in Vranov nad Topľou, Slovakia, in 1981. Before entering the Order of…
