St. Thomas Aquinas Jubilee
As part of the celebrations for St. Thomas Aquinas’ Jubilee, the relic of his skull has been received at the Convent of Toulouse. You can follow the major events of the Jubilee on their website.
Dominican Seminar 2023
The Dominican Seminar will take place at Hinsley Hall, Leeds on 17-19 March. The seminar brings together people from all branches of the Dominican family. The theme of this year’s seminar is ‘Being Prophetic: reading the signs of the time and being a sign for the time’. The conference fee is £220.00 full board (£90
Votive Lamps at the Rosary Shrine
The Rosary Shrine is launching a new prayer initiative so that you can participate in the prayers of this Shrine church. The lamps will burn for seven days in front of the altar of Our Lady of the Rosary. You can find out more and book a votive lamp in the link below.
St. Thomas Aquinas Jubilee
2023 marks the 700th anniversary of the canonisation of St. Thomas Aquinas, and 2024 marks the 750th anniversary of his death, so the Dominican Order is celebrating a double jubilee. To open the Jubilee Celebrations, there is a letter to the Dominican family from the Master of the Order.
‘My Life as a Lay Dominican’
Jill Gunsell, President of the Cambridge Fraternity, recently spoke on Radio Maria about life as a Lay Dominican.
Dominican Seminar 2023
This year’s Dominican Seminar will take place on 17-19 March at Hinsley Hall in Leeds. We’ll publish more information as soon as it’s available.
Prayers for Monthly Meetings
The prayers to be used at the regular meetings of fraternities are now available on-line, so that people will be able to access them on mobile devices at the meetings, or screen share if you are meeting on-line. The prayers can be found on the button below, and also on our Prayer & Liturgy Resources
Rethink Abortion Day
There will be an engaging, informative interactive day to equip people to speak about abortion in the situations they find themselves in every day. The day is organised by March for Life UK, and will be held at St. Mary’s College, Oscott on Saturday 4th February.
Admissions in North East
On Saturday 17 December the North East Fraternal Group celebrated 4 new admissions. Please pray for Ewan, Gavin, Christine and Angeline (pictured here with the group’s religious assistant fr. Matthew Jarvis OP and convenor Andy Doyle). The Mass with admissions is available on the YouTube channel of St. Cuthbert’s, Durham.
Dominican Month of Peace: Myanmar
The Dominican Month of Peace for 2022 is focussing on Myanmar. The Dominican Family have released a Solidarity Statement for Justice and Peace with the People of Myanmar.