The Edinburgh Fraternity is sad to announce the death of Sofia Leonard on 19th December, while being grateful to God for the gift of her life and of her time with us. Her funeral will be at St Albert’s on 8th January at 11am, and will be livestreamed. Sofia joined the Edinburgh Fraternity in 2019 after the
Our group in Glasgow have been celebrating 12 months since the group was first set up during the visit of the Master of the Order during 2024. The group is already well-established, and at their celebration they were joined by Fr. Vihn OP from Vietnam and Fr. Paulinus OP from Nigeria who are both studying
Congratulations to Janet, who was admitted as a Lay Dominican at Saturday’s meeting of the Leicester group. The pictures show Janet with Peter Kilty, President of the group, and fr. John Farrell OP, the Religious Assistant.
Emma and John-James Colvin and Margaret Malcolm made their Temporary Professions in the Edinburgh Fraternity on the feast of St Francis. Please keep them in your prayers.
At Antonia’s funeral on 22 September her daughter, Sarah Conway, gave this eulogy: We are all here to share our love and appreciation for Antonia, or Mum as I will refer to her from here on. Mum always loved a bit of luxury and was keen to look good from a young age. In her
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sue McQuinn, who was a member of the London Lay Dominicans. She has served as president and treasurer of the fraternity. She also served on the Provincial Council as treasurer, and did sterling work considering that she was already suffering with serious health issues at the
Today, Saturday 6th September 2025, we celebrated the Temporary Profession of Alison Deighan. Please keep Alison in your prayers.
On Saturday 30 August, there was a celebration Mass to mark the inauguration of our new Fraternal Group in Lymington in the New Forest. The group meets at the priory of the Dominican Sisters of St. Joseph, and the Mass was celebrated by fr. Thomas Skeats OP. During the Mass, Pauline was admitted as the
It is with profound sadness we have to report the passing of Antonia (Toni) Lacey, of the Oxford Lay Dominican Fraternity, after a long and inspiring struggle against a range of infirmities. We will all miss her. Please pray for the Repose of her Soul and the Comfort of her Family, particularly Alan, her husband,
London fraternity celebrates three newly admitted members, Dominic McCann, Anne Burke-Gaffney and Mary Antonisamy. The photograph shows the 3 newly admitted, plus other members of the fraternity and religious assistant, Fr Matthew. Please keep Dominic,Anne and Mary in your prayers.
