The friars of the Vicariate of St. Vincent Liem gathered in Houston, Texas, from June 23-28, 2025, for their vicariate assembly. On June 25, 2025, Brother Joseph An Quoc Dang, OP, was elected Vicar Provincial, succeeding Brother Peter Huong Pham, OP, who completed his four-year term of service. Br. Joseph will guide the vicariate for the next four years (2025-29).…
The following homily was preached at the funeral Mass of Brother Jean-Pierre Torrell, OP, on Sept. 6, 2025, in Fribourg. The preacher was Brother Benoît-Dominique de La Soujeole, OP, a Dominican friar and longtime colleague of Br. Jean-Pierre. In his preaching, Br. Benoît-Dominique reflected on the vocation of the theologian as both disciple and master—an identity that Br. Jean-Pierre lived…
“Truth and Justice for Lasting Peace” Each year, from the first Sunday of Advent until the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, the Dominican Family celebrates the Dominican Month for Peace: a time of prayer and commitment focused on a country in the world facing situations of conflict. This year, the focus will be on Cameroon, under the theme:…
On Sept. 4, the Master of the Order appointed Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, OP, as General Promoter of Social Communication.
The capitular friars of the Province of Ireland have re-elected Fr. John Martin Harris, OP, as Prior Provincial, on August 28, 2025. After his confirmation by the Master of the Order, Fr. Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, with the signature of his Vicar, Fr. Pablo Carlos Sicouly, OP, on the same date, Fr. John accepted his election and made his…
Fr. Francisco Javier Carballo Fernández, OP, has been elected as the new Provincial Prior, succeeding Fr. Jesús Díaz Sariego, OP. The Provincial Chapter of the Province of Hispania, gathered in Caleruega on August 28, 2025, elected Fr. Francisco Javier Carballo Fernández, OP., as the new Provincial Prior for the next four years. On the same day, he was confirmed in this office by…
From August 13 to 23, 2025, the Master of the Order, accompanied by the Socius for Fraternal Life and Formation and the Socius for Latin America and the Caribbean, conducted the Canonical Visitation of this Province. The presence of the Order of Preachers in Brazil dates back to 1881, with the arrival of the first missionaries from the Province of…
For the first time in the eight-century history of the Order of Preachers, the Dominican Laity now have their own Ratio Formationis et Studiorum, an official framework to guide their formation and study. The seed for this landmark initiative was planted at the International Congress of Lay Dominican Fraternities held in Fatima in 2018, when Br. Vivian Boland, then Socius of…
Book Review A new book written by a Dominican priest, who has ministered to the Deaf communities of South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho for nearly 20 years, is a thoughtful and rich exploration of the intersection between history philosophy and heroism. More than that, however, Proud to be Deaf: Ministry, Saintliness and the History of the Catholic Deaf Community in…
On Saturday, July 26, 2025, the Holy Mass celebrated at 6:00 p.m. in the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva by Cardinal Baldassare Reina, the Pope’s Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome, marked the official opening of the program of veneration for the incorrupt body of Pier Giorgio Frassati, a layman of the Dominican Third Order. His body was brought for the first time to Rome from the Cathedral of Turin on the occasion of the Jubilee of Young People.
