Bristol Fraternity very cordially invite you to join a workshop on Dominican Chant. Combining theory and practice this workshop invites you to learn about Dominican Chant in Dominican life. We will celebrate Mass together and the hands-on exercise allows you to immerse yourself into the beautiful tradition of Dominican chant, elevating your prayer life and
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Dan Baird. Dan was the Convenor of a group of Lay Dominicans in Glasgow and he died on 21 December. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord And let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Jo Sheppard. Jo was in her 90s and died of heart failure on Friday 11th October. Her Requiem Mass will be at 10.00 in her parish church, St Felix’s in Haverhill, on Thursday 21st November. Jo had been a Servite sister and a teacher in London
Our Fraternal Group in the North East, which meets in Durham, has just become a full fraternity. There has been a group in the North East for many decades, but numbers had significantly reduced. But in the last few years we have had a number of professions and enquirers and so we will now be
The Master of the Order, fr. Gerard Timoner OP, is currently visiting the English Province. On Saturday 12th October fr. Gerard said Mass for the whole Dominican family at St. Dominic’s, the Rosary Shrine, in London. Fr. Gerard was welcomed by fr. Nick Crowe OP (Prior Provincial), Sr. Ann Cunningham (representing the sisters), Margaret Doyle
We are delighted to announce that we are starting a new Fraternal Group in Glasgow. Over the last couple of years we have been celebrating the growth of the Lay Dominican presence in Scotland, with many new enquirers approaching the group in Edinburgh. Many of those attending the meetings in Edinburgh were travelling a considerable
On Tuesday 8th October 2024, the Master of the Order of Preachers, fr. Gerard Timoner, and the Socius for Northern Europe, fr. Thomas Brogl, celebrated Mass with the Dominican Community and parishioners of St Albert’s, Edinburgh and fr. Nicholas Crowe, Provincial. During the Mass, Anthony Capildeo, Lilian Lee and Lee Patterson made their Temporary Professions in the
Our Annual Assembly took place on Saturday 28 September. The theme of the day was Community, and our guest speakers were fr. Nick Crowe OP, Prior Provincial, and fr. Thomas Mannion OP, Provincial Promoter of the Laity. The talks are available to watch on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LayDominicans-wo8mw/videos We also held our Annual General Meeting.
A group of 17 Dominican pilgrims recently travelled to Spain, to spend some time in prayer, pilgrimage and community in the land where St. Dominic was born. The pilgrimage was led by fr. John Farrell OP, and we had talks on the history of Spain from Lay Dominican Dr. Fernando Cervantes. We were based in
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Michael van der Zande. Michael was in his 90s, and had been a member of Edinburgh Fraternity since 2012. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord And let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen
