Congratulations to Alison, Anthony, Lillian and Tricia, who were admitted to the Edinburgh Fraternity on Saturday 2nd September. Please keep them in your prayers. The admissions took place as part of a Regional Day, where Lay Dominicans from Edinburgh, Glasgow and the North East of England met together, to spend time in prayer, to get
This year’s annual assembly for the Lay Dominicans of our Province takes place on Saturday, 16th September 2023, 9.30 – 16.30. The event will be at the Frassati Centre, Parish of the Holy Cross, Leicester, and the cost of the day is £15.. This year’s theme is: Synodality: communion, participation, mission Our keynote speaker is
On Friday 14th July, Lay Dominicans from many of out fraternities joined the Sisters of the English Dominican Congregation at a Mass of Thanksgiving for 170 years of Dominican life and mission at their convent in Stone, as the sisters prepare to leave the convent. Fr. Martin Ganeri OP, the Prior Provincial, preached during the
A day to build community, pray and learn together. Bring food to share! Saturday 2nd September 2023 11.00 – 17.00 St. Albert the Great, Edinburgh For more information and registration details, please contact Catherine Wallis-Hughes on: catherinewallishughes@gmail.com
On 23 and 24 June, the Dominican friars in Edinburgh hosted a conference entitled ‘St. Dominic and his Preachers of Grace’. Members of the Dominican family spoke about the past, present and future of the Order in our province and particularly in Scotland. Fr. Dermot Morrin OP hosted the conference. The past: Fr. Richard Finn
The Lecture, entitled ‘Las Casas and his World: the Defender of the Indians in Context’, will take place at Blackfriars, Oxford at 5.00pm on 23rd March. The lecture will also be livestreamed. The lecture is by Fernando Cervantes, Bristol University. Fernando is also a Lay Dominican, Bristol Fraternity.
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
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.
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.
Felice Hopton and Philip Owens, from the Lay Provincial Council, attended the Assembly (12th to 17th August 2022). Felice shares her experience: My abiding memory of the European Council Assembly was the enormous enthusiasm with which Philip and I were received by the Council members and other delegates. It became obvious that no representatives from
