A moment for sport, an opportunity for our common humanity Beyond the goals, victories and national pride, the 2026 FIFA World Cup will make history. For the first time, the tournament will be held on Canadian soil, and for the first time, three nations — Canada, Mexico and the United States — will come together to host the world’s largest…
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…
Dear sisters, dear brothers, The full-scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine has continued for over four years. Every new anniversary of its beginning has been filled with the hope that it might be the last year of war. Unfortunately, the long-awaited peace still seems distant. Father Misha showed me a picture taken in Fastiv during the Mass celebrated at the…
JERUSALEM – As new violence erupted in the Middle East, a Dominican friar in Jerusalem was releasing a book on the Holy City as a place of peace. The book, Gerusalemme: Un cuore di pace, by fr. Olivier Catel, OP, has just appeared in Italian. A member of the Dominican community at the École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem,…
Dear sisters and dear brothers, In 2024, when we met at the Christmas table in the Center of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in Fastiv, the pope’s almoner from the Vatican who was there with us, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, expressed his hope that it would be the last Christmas of the war. Unfortunately, this year again, we celebrated Christmas…
Reconciling Memories – Shaping a New Future: The Experience of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland As the war in Ukraine continues to cause profound suffering, displacement, and loss, the Dominican Family is invited to reflect on how our tradition of preaching can contribute to healing and reconciliation. In this spirit, the Dominican Family will host a webinar on 16…
