Saint Bartholomew of Martyrs Saint Bartholomew of Martyrs O.P. (1514-1590): The Holy bishop of the Council of Trento On July 5th, 2019, the Holy Father Francis received Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, in audience. During the audience, the Supreme Pontiff approved the favorable vows of the most eminent and excellent members of the…
PROMULGAMUS CALENDARIUM ORDINIS PRAEDICATORUM On 24 June 2019, Solemnity of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, the Master of the Order, fr. Bruno Cadoré OP, signed the Decree of Promulgation of the revised liturgical Calendar of Order, recently approved by the Holy See. The Calendar enters into force with First Vespers of the First Sunday of Advent, 30 November 2019.The new…
Capitulum Generale OP, Biên Hòa, 2019 Bruno Cadoré attended the Eucharistic celebration on May 28th at Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican to greet His Holiness Pope Francis and thank him for his fraternal support during his term as Master of the Order. The meeting was moving and Pope Francis greeted Br. Bruno and thanked him for his years of…
Logo of the “Capitulum Generale” OP Biên Hòa 2019 The General Chapters of the Order of Preachers bear the name of the city and country where they are celebrated and the year of their celebration: General Chapter of Bien Hòa Vietnam, 2019. This Chapter has a logo designed by the Province of Vietnam with the following meaning: the national flower…
Biên Hòa 2019 A few days before the beginning of the elective General Chapter in the different communities of the Order, we pray for the smooth running of the celebration of the Chapter. The new Master of the Order who will be elected at the Chapter will hold this position for 9 years, as decided at the General Chapter of…
Rome, 25 June 2019To all the members of the Dominican FamilyProt. 50/19/117 Promoter of J&P Dear Brothers and Sisters, Warm greetings again from Rome! As I prepare to finish my 9-year mandate and to hand over to my successor, it gives me pleasure to announce to you that the focus of our annual Dominican Month for Peace for 2019 will…
On the afternoon of February 22 which happened to be Ash Wednesday, Pope Benedict XVI presided over the traditional penitential procession from the church of St. Anselm on Rome’s…
New Provincials, vice-provincials and vicar generals who were elected last year from different provinces, vice-provinces and vicarates just concluded their introductory workshop here…
There is a newcomer at Santa Sabina. He is Bro Bonaventure Agbali op, from the Province of St. Joseph the Worker in Nigeria and Ghana. Born in Nigeria on the 15th of January 1975, he…
On January 6th, Pope Benedict announced the creation of 22 new cardinals; among them is Mgr Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P., Archbishop of Prague, Czech Republic. Dominik Duka was born on…
