The European Council of Lay Dominican Fraternities (ECLDF) has announced that the next European Assembly of Lay Dominicans will be held from 4 to 9 August 2026 at Maynooth University, near Dublin, Ireland. Gathering under the theme “Witnesses to the Truth: Prophets of Hope in a Changing World – Fraternity, Synodality, Preaching,” the Assembly will bring together representatives of Dominican…
The Master of the Order on the Trail of the Dominican Martyrs in Ireland “Today we gather on holy ground,” said Br. Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, Master of the Order. “Not because of marble or gold, not because of a great cathedral, but because faith was lived here with courage. This rock, hidden in a Kerry wood, once served…
It is one of the lesser-known Marian apparition sites in the world – but a very impressive one! It follows the pattern of so many others: in a small and completely inconspicuous place, in the midst of one of the worst famines the area has ever endured, the Mother of God appears to very simple people – and the hierarchy…
