Annual meeting of the International Commission of the Dominican Family (ICDF) 2019. The annual meeting of the International Commission of the Dominican Family (ICDF), made up of the Master of the Order who convokes and presides over it, the Socius for Apostolic Life, the Coordinator of DSI, took place at the General Curia on November 24, the Representative of the…
The Master of the Order, Brother Gérard Francisco TIMONER III, O.P., confirmed the election of fr. Francisco José MONTALUISA CHASIQUIZA. He was born in Latacunga (Cotopaxi – Ecuador) on 24 April 1950. He made his first profession in the Order on October 18th, 1972 and was ordained a priest on March 18th, 1978. Brother Francisco is a graduate in Religious Sciences. We pray…
“On November 10, 2019, the canonization (equipolente) of our brother in the Order of Preachers, Bartholomew of the Martyrs, will take place in Braga (Portugal). Our beloved Order is thus blessed with a new officially recognized saint, BARTOLOMÉ DE LOS MÁRTIRES (1514-1590), friar of the province of Portugal, archbishop of Braga, called “the holy bishop of the Council of Trent”.…
Recently the Master of the Order was in San Francisco, and he sat down with the pastor of our church, St Dominic’s, to speak about “life, vocation, work in the past and even about his election process as Master of the Dominican Order.”
PROMOTOR GENERALIS PRO LAICATU ORDINIS Juan Ubaldo LÓPEZ SALAMANCA, O.P. br. Juan Ubaldo López Salamanca is the new General Promoter of Laity The Master of Order, Fray Gerard TIMONER III, has appointed Fray Juan Ubaldo López Salamanca, as General Promoter of the Laity. He is the son of the Province of San Luis Bertrán of Colombia and succeeds Fray Rui…
The Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco TIMONER III, appointed on October 7th, 2019, the feast day of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary, brother Lawrence LEW, O.P., as General Promoter of the Rosary. Fr. Lawrence LEW, O.P. was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, into an evangelical Protestant family. Formed by the brothers of the De La Salle Christian…
Words of fr. Gerard Timoner, O.P., Master of the Order from an interview in St. Dominic’s room in Fanjeaux, France. Date: October 6, 2019 My dear brothers and sisters of the Order of Preachers, after joining our brothers of the Provinces of France and Toulouse on the Rosary Pilgrimage, I had the privilege of visiting the house of Peter de…
The International Dominican Commission for Justice and Peace (IDCJP) recently held its annual meeting at the Casa per Ferie Enrico de Osso in Rome, 12-17 October. Comprising the friar and sister international and regional/continental J&P promoters, representatives of the Dominican nuns, laity, youth and UN delegations, the Commission was blessed to have a long conversation with the new Master of…
Liber Constitutionum et Ordinationum 2019 After the Chapter of Biên Hòa we published the LCO in its updated version: “Liber Constitutionum et Ordinationum 2019”.
ACTS 2019 After having celebrated the Elective General Chapter of the Order of Preachers in Biên Hòa (Vietnam, 2019) the Acts are published. You can access the original PDF version at this link.
