The following homily was preached during a liturgy by the Master of the Order which took place during the Inter-European Meeting of the Order of Preachers (IEOP). The meeting is held annually the week after Easter and was hosted this year in Vilnius, Lithuania. One of humanity’s great afflictions is forgetfulness. Because we forget the lessons we have learned, we…
On November 11, 2023, at the Basilica of San Lorenzo Extramuros in Rome, a Eucharistic celebration commemorated the deceased members of the Dominican Family. The Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, presided over the Mass, stating, “We come here as an act of faith in the resurrection of the body at the end of times.”
The following homily was preached by the Master of the Order, fr. Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, on the occasion of an annual Mass for deceased members of the Dominican Family. We are gathered around the Eucharistic table to give thanks to the Lord for the gift of life and vocation of our dear deceased brothers and sisters. In this…
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 General Chapter of Provincial Priors will be held in Krakow starting July 17, 2025, as officially convoked according to the Order’s Constitutions.
Letter of the Master of the Order to the Dominican Family on the Jubilee Celebrations of St. Thomas Aquinas-We celebrate the 7th Centenary of the canonization of our esteemed brother St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church, on 18 July 2023 and his 750th death anniversary on 7 March 2024.
Recently the Master of the Order was in San Francisco, and he sat down with the pastor of our church, St Dominic’s, to speak about “life, vocation, work in the past and even about his election process as Master of the Dominican Order.”
