UNOP continues its work in defence of human rights and the environment With different initiatives, Dominicans for Justice and Peace (UNOP) continues its work in defence of human rights and the environment, as can be seen in the annual report 2023, released on 28 July at www.un.op.org. In 2023, Dominicans for Justice and Peace conducted two workshops in Baguio City, Philippines, in…
Magister in Sacra Theologia “The way to do this is to deepen our appreciation of our Dominican tradition of prayer and study in common life,” observes Brother Anthony Akinwale, OP, who received the degree of Master of Sacred Theology[1] from the Order of Preachers in 2023, in the following interview granted to the Ordo Praedicatorum media. What does it mean to…
An Interview with Fr. Jean-Michel Poffet, Master of Sacred Theology Magister in Sacra Theologia “There is . . . a great lack of understanding of the world and of God, and a great lack of hope,” says Brother Jean-Michel Poffet, OP. Br Jean-Michel, who received the degree of Master of Sacred Theology1 from the Order of Preachers in 2023, speaks…
Dominicans put Saint Dominic at the centre of the digital continent. The second phase of the digital preaching campaign #Influencersop, “Voices of Hope for Peace“, centred on the figure of our founder Saint Dominic of Caleruega. This part of the campaign was again hosted by the official Ordo_Praedicatorum Instagram account and took place from 7 August, the eve of the feast of our founder Saint Dominic, until 17 August,…
The Meeting of Dominican Cooperator Brothers in the Asia-Pacific Region took place from July 26-31 at the St. Martin Pastoral Center, Bien Hoa, Vietnam. This marked the first time such a conference was organized in the region, gathering brothers from the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea (part of the Australian Province), Taiwan, and Vietnam. The majority of attendees…
The Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Name of Jesus and the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena reflected on Master Eckhart’s interpretation of the Gospels. From July 30 to August 4, in Villa San Ignacio (Buenos Aires), the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Name of Jesus and the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, together with…
The Center for Dialogue with Cultures and Religions in Asia (CDCRA), an activity that is under the supervision of the Master of the Order and is currently housed in the Center for Theology, Religious Studies and Ethics, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, co-hosted the conference on God and the World: Dialogues on Culture, Religion and Science last June 26-28, 2024. The conference was held…
From June 3 to 4, 2024, the first assembly of Provincial Promoters of the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic in the US took place at the Priory of St. Dominic in Washington, DC. Participating in the meeting were fr. Augustine Hilander, OP (Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus), fr. David Seid, OP (Province of St. Martin de Porres),…
In the afternoon of 14 August 2024, His Excellency, Most Rev. Agustinus Agus of the Archdiocese of Pontianak, Indonesia, was received in the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic by Br. Filemon de la Cruz Jr., OP, Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of the Philippines. Born in Lintang, Sanggau, West Kalimantan, on 22 October 1949, Abp. Agus was ordained priest…
On August 8th, the feast of Our Father Saint Dominic, the Provincial of France, fr Nicolas Tixier, OP, and the president of the Lay Dominicans of the Province of France, Jean René Berthélemy, received in the House of Saint Catherine of Siena in Tallinn the promises of five Estonian lay Dominicans who will now form a new Dominican lay fraternity…
