JERUSALEM — As the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran early Saturday, the Dominican friars of the École Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem received a government alert during morning prayer directing them to take shelter. “So to make it short, to make short a long story, this morning we received an alert just getting out of the…
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…
During the holy season of Lent, the Order of Preachers offers a rich array of online preaching and prayer opportunities to accompany the faithful on the journey toward Easter. Across continents and languages, Dominican friars, sisters, and lay collaborators are sharing reflections, meditations, and digital retreats that invite deeper conversion, renewed faith, and a genuine encounter with Christ. Below are…
Registration is now open for the Extraordinary Music Workshop (EMW) 2026, the largest liturgical music conference in Europe, organized by the Dominican Liturgical Center of Kraków. The workshop will take place 6–12 July 2026 at the medieval Priory of Holy Trinity in the heart of Kraków’s Old Town, bringing together members of the Dominican Family and lovers of sacred music…
The European Council of Lay Dominican Fraternities (ECLDF) has announced that the next European Assembly of Lay Dominicans will be held from 4 to 9 August 2026 at Maynooth University, near Dublin, Ireland. Gathering under the theme “Witnesses to the Truth: Prophets of Hope in a Changing World – Fraternity, Synodality, Preaching,” the Assembly will bring together representatives of Dominican…
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…
ROME — The Order of Preachers closed the year 2025 with 5,111 friars worldwide, according to the newly released Statistics of the Order of Preachers produced by the Order’s General Curia. The figures offer a global snapshot of Dominican life, including the number of bishops, priests, deacons, brothers, and friars in formation, as well as data on professions, ordinations, and…
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…
