The South West Regional day will take place on Saturday 20th July 2024, 10.00—17.00, at Our Lady & the Angels, Saltash, and will include a talk from Fr Thomas-Thérèse Mannion OP, National Promoter of the Lay Dominicans on the topic of Mission. We will have Mass, Rosary, and Morning and Evening Prayer together, plus plenty
We are forming a new group of Lay Dominicans in Lymington. The group enjoy wonderful support from the Dominican Sisters of St. Joseph there, and are also being supported by Tamar Fraternity. On Saturday 1st June, Claire, Johanna, Clare, Jacqueline, and Dymphna were all admitted as Lay Dominicans. Felice (Perpetual Formation Officer in Tamar) and Geraldine
At a recent Spiritual weekend at Our Lady of the Angels, Saltash, Ben, from Tamar Fraternity celebrated his Solemn (Final) Profession, at a Mass celebrated by the Fraternity’s religious assistant, fr. Andrew Brookes OP, on Sunday 26th May. The following day, Celia T made her Simple (First) Profession. Please keep Ben, Celia and Tamar Fraternity in
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
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:
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
Please pray for the repose of the soul of John Drew. John was a Lone Lay Dominican, formerly of the original New Forest Fraternity and he was in his 90s. He was a great friend of the Dominican Sisters of St. Joseph, and was responsible for all the heavy gardening work at their Priory for many
