February 19,2022 a gruesome barbaric act in Magwe Division, Myain Township, Myanmar in the village of Nya Sanggyi.
June 12, 2022, the Terrorist Military Council troops raided a Catholic church called St. Mateo (Matthew) in Daw He Khu village, Phruso Township, Karenni State.
The Dominican Sisters of Sparkill introduced a new Dominican song of final commendation for their funeral celebrations. Written by Sister Margaret Palliser, OP, “Under Mary’s Mantle” takes its inspiration from one of the stories recorded by Blessed Cecilia Cesarini (1203-1290), one of the first Dominican nuns in Rome who was the first prioress of the Dominican convent of nuns in Bologna.
On 7 November 2022, on the feast of All Saints of the Order of Preachers, in accordance with the Statutes of the ICLDF n.1 B. 3, Fr. Gerard Francisco Timoner III OP, Master of the Order of Preachers, confirmed Mr. Sébastien Milazzo as President of the European Council of Lay Dominican Fraternities for a term of 3 years. This confirmation…
A prodigious prayer, simple and great. A link between heaven and earth, but also the glue of the Christian community because it can unite the illiterate and the Catholic intellectual. The Rosary is what Pope Francis has called “a synthesis of the story of God’s mercy that is transformed into the story of salvation for those who allow themselves to…
1st Reading Isaiah 2:1-5 Responsorial Psalm Psalms 122: 1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 2nd Reading Romans 13:11-14 Alleluia Psalms 85:8 Gospel Matthew 24:37-44 The four weeks of Advent constitute a season of expectant waiting and preparation for the nativity of Christ and his return in the Second Coming. Waiting is a sign of hope. Hope for healing to a broken…
Rome, 29 October 2022 To all members of the Dominican Family Dominican Month of Peace 2022 Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Dominican Month of Peace for 2022 with will begin in about a month, from the First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2022, through end of December 2022, with a focus on Myanmar. The Month of Peace is an excellent…
Dominican Family Solidarity Statement for Justice and Peace with the People of Myanmar.
We are in unity with the people of Myanmar, regardless of religion and ethnic identity, who sustainably and bravely stand with their human rights, democracy, and environment. We empathize with you and your struggles and prayerfully commemorating your heroes, comrades, and martyrs.
General Situations in Myanmar and Our Plan to Respond to the Humanitarian Crisis TOC: History Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, also called Burma,is a country in Southeast Asia. The British East India Company seized control of the administration of Myanmar after three Anglo-Burmese Wars in the 19th century, and the country became a British colony. After a brief Japanese occupation, Myanmar was reconquered by the…
On November 5, 2022, the Dominican friars of the Province of San Luis Bertrán in Colombia elected fr Franklin Buitrago Rojas, OP, as their Prior Provincial.
On 21 September 2022, the Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, published a decree announcing the erection of the Province of St. Charles Lwanga in Equatorial Africa on November 7th 2022.
