Easter Sunday Rome, 5 April 2026 Prot. 50/26/160 Letters to the Order “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you” (John 20:21) Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Lord is risen, alleluia! “We are an Easter people,” as Augustine of Hippo reminds us, and “alleluia is our song.” Yet the most profound greeting of this holy…
One of the important tasks of every friar, not just of the Promoter of Vocations, is to invite and accompany those whom God calls to be Dominicans so that they may know and understand more deeply the “voice” of God.
The workshop for Vocation Promoters is being held in Rome, Italy, from June 17 to 23.
Ash WednesdayRome, 2 March 2022 Prot. 50/22/111 Letters to the Order “Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart,with fasting and weeping and mourning.…sound the trumpet, declare a holy fast… gather the people”Joel 2:12, 15 Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Dominican Family, Pope Francis called for the dedication of Ash Wednesday, 2 March 2022, as a universal…
The General Chapter of the Order of Preachers:Structure of Communion and Mission In Commemoration of the 8th Centenary of the First General Chapters of the Order (1220, 1221) Solemnity of the Ascension of the LordRome, 13 May 2021 Prot 50/21/183 Letters to the Order We have decided, the Holy Spirit and us[1]…(Acts 15:28). This is a remarkable moment in the history of the Church.…
FRATRES ORDINIS PRAEDICATORUM Curia Generalitia Rome, 26 march 2019 Prot. 50/19/211 Varia Europe Dear brothers and sisters of the Dominican…
THE “PUBLICS” OF THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Dominican Family, I wish to share with you a part of my relatio to the General Chapter of Priors Provincials which will be celebrated in Krakow, Poland from 19 July to 8 August 2025. Please accompany us with your prayers so that with the grace and inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the…
The Master of the Order of Preachers, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner III, O.P., has written the following letter in memory of our brother, Cardinal Dominik Duka, O.P., Archbishop Emeritus of Prague. IN MEMORIAM CARDINALIS DOMINIK DUKA Dear Brothers, On Tuesday, November 4, at three o’clock in the morning, our brother, Cardinal Dominik Duka, O.P., Archbishop Emeritus of Prague, passed away…
Dublin, 19 October 2025 For he has looked upon his handmaid’s lowlinessbehold, from now on will all ages call me blessed.The Almighty has done great things for me,and holy is his name.(Luke 1:48-49) To all Provincials and Vice Provincials,To All Members of the Dominican Family Dear Brothers and Sisters, With gratitude to God, the Giver of all good things, the…
Memorial of Bl. Jane of Aza2 August 2025 Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Dominican Family, Greetings from the General Chapter here in Krakow! At the beginning of our chapter, fr. Vivian Boland presented the work of the theological commission on The Vocation of the Cooperator Brother in the Order and in the Church. There is much to ponder and…
