On Saturday I March, the North West Fraternal Group celebrated the admission of Sue, Paige and Angelica. The group meets at the Universities’ Chaplaincy at St. Philip Neri church in Liverpool, and several members of the chaplaincy community came along to share the celebration. Sue, Paige and Angelica are pictured with Ray Bayliss, the convenor
On Saturday 15th February, Bristol Fraternity hosted an event called ‘Sing Like a Dominican’. The event was very well attended and Fr Matthew and Br Reginald, who led the workshop, were described as ‘absolutely amazing’. During the day, the Fraternity also had the joy of celebrating the first professions of Maria, Christophe and Nick. Please
On Friday 7 February, Lay Dominicans from across the province joined the rest of the Dominican family at Mass at Blackfriars in Oxford, to celebrate the elevation to the cardinalate of fr. Timothy Radcliffe OP. The Mass was celebrated by Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia, the Apostolic Nuncio, and fr. Nicholas Crowe, the Prior Provincial, preached.
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
During his visit to the Province, the Master of the Order, fr. Gerard Timoner OP met members of Leicester Fraternity while he was visiting the community in Leicester.
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
