Dear sisters, dear brothers, After the morning Mass, I asked the Missionaries of Charity Sisters how they look at the future. “I was thinking about that a couple of times,” said Sister Immaculata. “But the only response that comes to mind is to trust God every day and do what we can. Love Him and love our neighbor. And live.…
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“Don’t stand on the sidelines, take part”The Fertility of Conversation in the Spirit for the Apostolic Mission Testimony of Bro Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P., Archbishop of Bahía Blanca (Part Two – Link to part I) Bro Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P., Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina, who participated in the work of both sessions of the 16th Ordinary General…
The volume, edited by the art historians Émilie Roffidal and Claire Rousseau, is dedicated to the iconography of St. Thomas Aquinas –an important figure in the history of the Order, the Church and intellectual history– on the occasion of his triple jubilee: 700 years since his canonisation, 750 years since his death and 800 years since his birth, celebrated from 28 January 2023 to 28 January 2025. Nine contributions by various authors deal with the beginnings and spread of the iconography of St. Thomas and the historical-spiritual context in which such representations were disseminated.
The Chapter Experience of the Order and the Synod, Part 1 of 2.
Bro Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, OP, Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina, who participated in the work of both sessions of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission,” presents us with some insights for Dominican and synodal life in an extensive article that we are publishing in two parts.
Bro Germán Correa, OP, presents a reflection on Dominican common life in preparation for the General Chapter in Cracow. His document, “From the Fundamental Constitution to the Common Life,” proposes revisions to the Book of Constitutions and Ordinations.
The International Commission of the Dominican Youth Movement (IDYM) gathered for its annual meeting in Rome, held at Santa Sabina on February 21-23. Among those present were: Carlos Beltrán, International Coordinator of IDYM; Cristina Expósito, IDYM’s Promotor of Formation; Humberto Rico, Promotor of Communications; and fr. Cristóbal Torres, OP, General Promoter of the Dominican Laity, who serves and accompanies IDYM and the International Commission. In attendance virtually were: Isioma Chukwuka-Nwodo, IDYM Promoter of Finance; Wilson Amado, IDYM Promoter of Mission.
The provincial priors, vice-provincials, and provincial vicars of the region, organized through the Interprovincial Conference of the Dominicans of Latin America and the Caribbean (CIDALC), met from February 9th to 15th in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The assembly was held at the Emmaus House of St. Benedict’s Monastery. The region is composed of six provinces: St. Augustine in Argentina and Chile, Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas in Brazil, St. John the Baptist in Peru, St. Louis Bertrán in Colombia, St. Vincent Ferrer in Central America, and St. James in Mexico; two vice-provinces: St. Catherine of Siena in Ecuador and Bolivia; and three provincial vicariates: Fray Antón Montesino in Uruguay and Paraguay, Venezuela, and Fray Pedro de Córdoba in the Dominican Republic and Cuba.
Communicating with hope: a jubilee of encounter, truth and fraternity In my heart there is more hope after participating in various events of the Jubilee of the World of Communication. It has been a discovery of many communicators in the moments of prayer, the pilgrimage, the passing through the Holy Door, the Eucharists, the workshops and the audiences with Pope…
Flowers were offered next to the relics of St Thomas Aquinas, on behalf of all the Dominican fraternities and lay people around the world. From 2 to 5 October 2024, I had the honour of being invited to the Rosary Pilgrimage in Lourdes to give a lecture on Saint Thomas Aquinas entitled ‘The greatest of miracles: when God crosses history,…
On Saturday, 14 December 2024, the Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Fraternity of the Province of Poland gathered at Fort VII to pray for peace in union with the entire Dominican Order. December is a month of Dominican prayer for peace. In this year we remember first and foremost Haiti, a republic whose inhabitants have been experiencing multiple forms of violence for…
