The Lay Dominicans and the parish of Crawley have celebrated the faithful contributions of Sr Philomena Dzimba OP, as she moves on in her ministry to take a post in Zimbabwe. We are grateful for the ministry of Sr Philomena, as spiritual director, her fierce commitment to the Gospel and to her vocation as a
Following the Synod Assembly in Rome in October 2023, the church was asked to continue the conversation about the subjects which had been discussed, and feed back our views before the next Synod Assembly meeting in October 2024.2 The Lay Dominicans held discussions across the province, on Zoom, in our fraternities and by inviting individual
Every year there is a Dominican pilgrimage to Walsingham, and the whole Dominican family are welcome to attend. This year’s pilgrimage will be on Sunday 19 May. The pilgrimage begins at 12 midday with Mass in the Roman Catholic basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham (N.B. NOT in the village of Little Walsingham, follow road
On Saturday 16th March we celebrated one admission and 5 professions in the north of England. Tamra was admitted as a Lay Dominican. She is a member of the new group that is being formed in Yorkshire, and meets in Leeds. Angeline, Christine, Ewan, Gavin and Ted all made their temporary profession. They are members
It has been a busy and joyful time for Crawley. We finished the month of February with the admission of a new member and first and final professions of two others. Please keep them in your prayers.
You can now view the videos of all the talks presented at the Seminar on our YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@LayDominicans-wo8mw
Congratulations to Karin Davis who was admitted to Leicester Fraternity today. She is pictured with Peter Kilty, the President of the Fraternity, and fr. John Farrell OP, the religious assistant. Please keep Karin and all the Fraternity in your prayers.
This year’s Seminar took place at Hinsley Hall in Leeds, and the theme was ‘Aquinas on the Virtues’. There’s more information about the seminar, and a link to photos, on the webpage at the link below:
Sr. Mary Magdalene Eitenmiller will be teaching a Christology course at Margaret Beaufort Institute on Tuesday afternoons (4:30 – 6 pm) from 23 April to 11 June. The course will be offered both in-person (at Wesley House Cambridge) and online. The primary goal of this course is to enable students to gain an overview of St. Thomas
We are planning a pilgrimage to Spain for the Lay Dominicans of the English Province. The pilgrimage will depart on Saturday 14 September 2024, returning on Monday 23 September. We will be staying at the historic Seminary of San Atilano in the heart of the ancient cathedral city of Zamora and visiting Caleruega, Valladolid and
