The Edinburgh Fraternity is sad to announce the death of Sofia Leonard on 19th December, while being grateful to God for the gift of her life and of her time with us. Her funeral will be at St Albert’s on 8th January at 11am, and will be livestreamed. Sofia joined the Edinburgh Fraternity in 2019 after the
Our group in Glasgow have been celebrating 12 months since the group was first set up during the visit of the Master of the Order during 2024. The group is already well-established, and at their celebration they were joined by Fr. Vihn OP from Vietnam and Fr. Paulinus OP from Nigeria who are both studying
Congratulations to Janet, who was admitted as a Lay Dominican at Saturday’s meeting of the Leicester group. The pictures show Janet with Peter Kilty, President of the group, and fr. John Farrell OP, the Religious Assistant.
The island of Jamaica has been devastated by a major hurricane. The Dominican friars in Jamaica and Grenada are members of our Province, and are involved in the work to provide relief and assistance to the people affected. Fr Clifton Harris OP, the superior of the Dominican community, has been appointed to an Archdiocesan team
This autumn, we are celebrating the canonisation of 2 Lay Dominicans: Pier Giorgio Frassati on 7 September, and Bartolo Longo on 19 October. To celebrate, we held a Zoom call on Tuesday 7th October. Lilian Lee (Edinburgh Fraternity) talked about Pier Giorgio Frassati, and Fr. Thomas Mannion OP, our Provincial Promoter of the Laity talked
The new edition of our magazine ‘Veritas’ has just been published. This issue contains writing and poetry from people around the Province. There are reports on the celebration of St. Dominic’s day and the CEPHAS conference, 2 Lay Dominicans tell the stories of their vocation as a Lay Dominican and the life of a travelling
At Antonia’s funeral on 22 September her daughter, Sarah Conway, gave this eulogy: We are all here to share our love and appreciation for Antonia, or Mum as I will refer to her from here on. Mum always loved a bit of luxury and was keen to look good from a young age. In her
Our 2025 Assembly took place at the Frassati Centre in Leicester, on Saturday 20 September. The theme of the day was ‘Mission’, in particular, the recent letter from the Master of the Order in which he asked us to think about the ‘4 Publics’ for our preaching. Our guest speaker was fr. Cristóbal Torres Iglesias
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sue McQuinn, who was a member of the London Lay Dominicans. She has served as president and treasurer of the fraternity. She also served on the Provincial Council as treasurer, and did sterling work considering that she was already suffering with serious health issues at the
On Saturday 30 August, there was a celebration Mass to mark the inauguration of our new Fraternal Group in Lymington in the New Forest. The group meets at the priory of the Dominican Sisters of St. Joseph, and the Mass was celebrated by fr. Thomas Skeats OP. During the Mass, Pauline was admitted as the
