“Learning, teaching and trying to do theology from and in a tradition” is the title of the Lectio Magistralis that Bro Jorge Alejandro Scampini, OP, who, on the 22nd of November 2024, received the degree of Master in Sacred Theology, with the decree of the Master of the Order, Bro Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, offered on the 9th of April 2025, in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
On Monday, June 23, 2025, Fr. Orlando Rueda Acevedo, OP, returned to the Father’s house. The Rector of the Convitto Internazionale San Tommaso d’Aquino died in Rome, and his remains will be transferred to Colombia, his home country.
Fr. Miguel Ángel Gullón, OP, denounces anti-migrant policies in the Dominican Republic that endanger vulnerable Haitians, citing deaths, rights violations, and a call to uphold human dignity, health, and justice in line with the Gospel and international law.
Coinciding with the Church’s celebration of the Jubilee for Priests, the International Assembly of the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic brought together thirty-eight friars and diocesan clerics from all over the world on 22-25 June 2025 at the Casa La Salle in Rome, Italy.
The canonization of Pier Giorgio Frassati, a young layman of the Dominican Third Order, will take place on Sunday, 7 September 2025, after being rescheduled from the initially planned date of August 3rd. The Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff confirmed this on June 13th in a communiqué about the Ordinary Public Consistory presided over that same day by Pope Leo XIV.
European novice meeting in Caleruega, 2025 Resting at the heart of Jesus listening to his heartbeat like the Beloved Disciple at the Last Supper and looking at the world with open eyes – this was the image that Master of the Order Br Gerard Timoner, OP, gave to the novices at the end of his sermon at the European Novices’…
The IV International Congress on the History of the Order of Preachers in America and the I Meeting of OP Archivists in America took place in Mendoza, Argentina, from 28 to 30 May 2025. This academic event followed previous editions held in Mexico (2013), Bogotá (2016), and Providence, United States (2019). Historians and archivists of the Order participated from Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the United States, Spain, and France, ensuring a rich and diversified exchange.
“May Lay Fraternities and IDYM communities, wherever they coexist around the world, work together in a spirit of love and goodwill.” This is the appeal voiced by Carlos Fernando Beltrán, International Coordinator of the Dominican Youth Movement (IDYM), and Sébastien Milazzo, OP, Coordinator of the International Council of Lay Dominican Fraternities (ICLDF), in a joint letter to the laity of…
The 10th Assembly of the Dominican Sisters International Confederation (DSIC) was held from 11-16 May 2025 at the Passionist Centre in Rome. Gathering 125 sisters, comprising Prioresses and guests, over five days of profound listening, dialogue, and discernment aimed at setting the priorities and course of the Confederation for the next three years, participants deliberated on the present challenges and opportunities in Dominican life.
From July 29 to August 2, the Dominican Family will live a unique experience in preparation for the Jubilee of Youth in Rome. Friars, sisters, and lay youth have prepared a program open to all, to share the Dominican charism through celebrations, encounters, and service. The activities will take place in two emblematic sites of the Order: the Basilica of…
