Rome, 15 March 2020 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The Lord is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid? For God will hide me in his shelter in time of trouble,He will conceal me in the cover of his tent. Psalm 27:1,5 Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Dominican Family, As…
Basilica of Santa Sabina will stay closed for health prevention of COVID19 from the 3rd of April, 2020 Dominican friars thank you for your understanding for all people full of faith who come to pray in the Basilica of Santa Sabina and also to whom visit it for its great historical value. At the health level, we are living a…
The Church in Italy, as well as Vatican authorities, are coordinating with civil authorities to implement measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak. On Sunday, the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, issued a statement explaining some of the steps being taken by the Vatican, “in coordination with the measures launched by the Italian authorities… to prevent the…
On the occasion of the second centenary of the entrustment of the parish church of St. Catherine of St. Petersburg to the Order of Preachers and the arrival of the first friars in the capital of the Russian Empire in the years 1815-1816, the Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers organized an International Historical Conference on the Dominicans and…
We are dust in the universe,” he said. “Yet we are dust loved by God.” In the afternoon today – Ash Wednesday, the day of the beginning of Lent – a prayer assembly took place in the form of the Roman “Stations”, presided over by the Holy Pope Francis. At 4.30 p.m., in the church of Sant’Anselmo on the Aventine,…
“We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God” (2 Cor 5:20) The Vatican releases Pope Francis’ Message for Lent 2020, in which the Holy Father invites the faithful to embrace the paschal mystery as the basis for conversion. In his Message for Lent 2020, Pope Francis points to the paschal mystery – the mystery of Jesus’ Passion, Death,…
Brother Mark C. PADREZ, O.P. is the new SOCIUS FOR FRATERNAL LIFE AND FORMATION. The Master of the Order, fr Gerard Francis TIMONER III, O.P. has appointed fr Mark C. Padrez, O.P. as Socius for Fraternal Life and Formation. Father Mark was born and raised in Nogales, Arizona, a small border town of the United States and Mexico. He attended…
Appointment of fr. Fernando Antonio GARCÍA FERNÁNDEZ, O.P. as the new Promoter General of the Nuns. The Master of the Order, fr Gerard Francisco TIMONER III, O.P. has appointed fr Fernando Antonio GARCÍA FERNÁNDEZ, O.P. as Promoter General of the Nuns. Fr Fernando succeeds fr César VALERO BAJO, O.P. whom we thank and pray for. Fr. Fernando is from Mexico…
The General Postulation of the Order wish to express her gratitude to the Lord for the service to the Order and to the Church of Fra. Innocenzo Venchi, O.P. (1931-2020). Professed in 1948 for the province of Saint Peter Martyr in Italy, ordained priest in 1956, secretary of the General Postulation of the Order of Preachers from 1957-1975 and General…
