On the Feast of St. Dominic the North East Fraternity celebrated with a visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Jesmond, where they said the Rosary, Vespers at St. Dominic’s Church in Newcastle and a meal at the restaurant which now occupies Medieval Blackfriars – in the dining room which was the friars’ refectory
On Saturday 17th May, during Mass in Durham, Jose was admitted as a Lay Dominican and Tamra made her First Profession. Jose and Tamra are part of the new Yorkshire Group, who meet in Leeds. As the group is still developing and has not yet been formally set up as a Fraternal Group, Jose and
On Saturday 15th March, the North East Fraternity celebrated the admission of 2 new members. The photos show Meena and Philip with Andy Doyle and fr. Thomas Mannion OP, the Religious Assistant. The admissions took place during the monthly meeting of the Fraternity, which meets at St. Cuthbert’s in Durham. Please pray for Meena and
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
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
The Dominican friars first arrived in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1239. They returned in the nineteenth century and St. Dominic’s church was opened by Cardinal Manning in September 1873. On 11 September 2023, Bishop Stephen Wright, Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle, celebrated Mass for the 150th anniversary, and blessed a new icon of St. Dominic, written for
On Saturday 18 February the North East Fraternal Group celebrated the admission of Ted Patulan. Ted is pictured with the group’s convenor Andy Doyle and religious assistant fr. Matthew Jarvis OP. Please keep Ted and the North East group in your prayers.
On Saturday 17 December the North East Fraternal Group celebrated 4 new admissions. Please pray for Ewan, Gavin, Christine and Angeline (pictured here with the group’s religious assistant fr. Matthew Jarvis OP and convenor Andy Doyle). The Mass with admissions is available on the YouTube channel of St. Cuthbert’s, Durham.
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
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
