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
The 2022 Lay Dominican Assembly took place on 17th September in Leicester. Our theme was ‘Looking Towards an Apostolic Future’. Speakers from many of our fraternities reflected on their experience over the last few years of COVID and lockdown, and the discussions and debates taking place in each fraternity about the future.
Welcome to Leicester – perhaps the oldest urban settlement in the country and with a wonderful Dominican history. If you are coming for the day to the Assembly on 17th September, the Frassati Centre (the original Holy Cross Church and school) is a short walk from the Station. For parking the most reasonably priced car
Our Lay Dominican Assembly Day will be on 17th September 2022, in Leicester. The Provincial Council has decided to do things a little differently for our Assembly this year. We feel that as Lay Dominicans and as Fraternities/Fraternal Groups, we need to “re-boot” ourselves after the pandemic. We felt this as a Council and suspect
On Saturday 25th June, the North East group held a study day in Durham, and invited people from across the Diocese to join us, as part of the Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle’s Year of the Eucharist. During the morning session, Andy Doyle spoke about ‘The Institution of Corpus Christi – The Dominican Connections’. The
On Monday 23rd May, the Lay Dominicans of our province met the Master of the Order, fr. Gerard Timoner OP, at Blackfriars in Oxford. Fr. Gerard was in England to celebrate the Jubilee of the 800th anniversary of the arrival of the Dominicans in England, and he spent 2 hours with representatives from fraternities across
Lay Dominicans North East invite you to a day of study, prayer and reflection on Saturday 25th June, 10:45am to 3:30pm, at St Cuthbert’s church in Durham. The day keys in to the Hexham & Newcastle Diocesan Year of the Eucharist and is on the theme of ‘Thomas Aquinas, The Eucharist and Salvation’. Our main
On Sunday 12th June, the London fraternity will host a workshop by Catholic Voices on reframing and the principles of civil communication: about how we can best share the good news of our Catholic faith with family and friends (or even in the public sphere), and how to handle difficult conversations about faith and the
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP will lead a discussion on the theme of ‘The Call to Discipleship in Mark’s Gospel’ on Wednesday 25th May from 10am to 1pm. The venue is Swaby nr Alford, Lincs. For further information please contact Janet & Patrick Doyle on 01507 481072 or janandpatdoyle@yahoo.co.uk.
The 2022 seminar took place from 20 – 22 March, at Hinsley Hall in Leeds. After the cancellation of the 2021 seminar it was wonderful for all the different branches of the family to be together again, and to spend time in prayer and socialising, and hearing updates about the challenges of the last few
