Rome, January 23, 2020 The Vice Province of Southern Africa is celebrating their vice provincial chapter presently. They elected a new Vice Provincial, Brother Myke Mwale, OP, and the Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner, III, has confirmed the election (22/01/2020). Brother Myke made his first profession on September 8, 2009, and solemn profession on January 28, 2014.…
Vietnam celebrates the New Year 2020, from the 23rd to the 29th of January. A thing of curiosity is, the temples and pagodas are also scenarios for the meditation and mental serenity for petitioning personal and familial well-being.
A Vietnamese person inherits the long religious tradition of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism; moreover, he connects mythology and nature. His gods descend from the skies on the eve of the New Year to revisit the earthly affairs but the bad spirits also roam about. And even if the Christians would be a minority in town, they also pray to their God in the Tet.
A leading figure: the Blessed Giuseppe Girotti, O.P. The Holocaust Memorial Day, which will be celebrated on January 27, 2020, as it was established by the United Nations by the resolution 60/7 of the November 1, 2005. The importance of this date is because it wants to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, of the racial laws and all those…
December 6th, the day of the Epiphany, is celebrated very solemnly in Bethlehem. Students from the École Biblique went to the event organized by the Custody of the Holy Land. It was an opportunity for them to take a greater part in the spiritual and cultural life of the Holy Land. “On January 6th, the Catholic Church celebrated the Epiphany…
ANNOUNCEMENT International Dominican Youth Movement (IDYM) Members, all Dominican Youth, DYM Advisers (Lay and Religious) and OP Youth Promoters Dear brothers and sisters,We present greetings in Christ and in our father St. Dominic de Guzmán, wishing a Happy New Year to our fellow Dominican Youth, DYM Advisers and OP Youth Promoters!In the first quarter of 2019, we announced our upcoming…
Tabularii Ordinis Praefectus Frater Augustin LAFFAY, O.P. The Master of the Order, fr Gerard Francisco TIMONER III, O.P. has appointed fr. Augustin LAFFAY, O.P. as the new Archivist of the Order. Fr. Augustin LAFFAY, O.P. tells us more about his journey: Born in 1965 in France, I lived mainly in Lyon until I entered religious life in 1994. After the baccalaureate,…
Dominican Month for PeaceDecember 1, 2019 – January 1, 2020Solidarity with the Dominican Family in India fr Raj Mannes AMIRTHA, O.P. belongs to the Province of the Dominican Friars of India, and is well aware of its national reality. He is now the new Socius of the Master for Asia and the Pacific. Dominican month for peace has focused on…
On December 23, at the parish of the Holy Cross in San Juan, Philippines, we attended the priestly ordination of Brother Gregory. He was ordained by His Excellency the Most Reverend Broderick Pabillo, Auxiliary Bishop of Manila. In attendance was Fr. Solis, our Prior Provincial and Fr Napoleon, the Prior Provincial of the Philippine Province, Fray Jerome, the Vicar Provincial…
Rome, 22 December 2019 Anniversary of the Confirmation of the Order of Preachers Prot. 50/19/761_MO_Messages “Non temere, Maria, perché hai trovato grazia presso Dio. Ecco concepirai un figlio, lo darai alla luce e lo chiamerai Gesù.” Luke 1: 30-31 (CEI translation) Dear Brothers and Sisters, As I write this Christmas message to you, I was astonished to discover belatedly that…
