Ordo 2023
The latest ‘Ordo’, the Liturgical Calendar with the Dominican elements proper to the Province of England is now available.
New Lay Provincial Council
On 22 October, the new Lay Dominican Provincial Council was elected at a chapter held in Leicester. The Council will serve for 4 years. Please keep them all in your prayers. The new Council: Fernando Cervantes (Bristol) Andy Doyle (North East) Margaret Doyle (North East) Gigi Horsfield (Oxford) Teresa Jankowska (Oxford) Philip Owens (Oxford) Sara
Admission in the London Fraternity
Please pray for Michelle Ntow who was admitted to the London fraternity in October. We welcome her with joy!
The Assembly of the European Council of Lay Dominican Fraternities
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
Pamela McNeil RIP
Pamela McNeil was a sister, a friend and a pillar of the Cambridge Fraternity, of Blackfriars and of our Lay Dominican Provincial life for many years. Please keep Pamela, her family and the Cambridge Fraternity in your prayers. Eternal rest grant unto her O Lord, may she rest in peace and rise in glory.
Mourning the Death of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II
Fr. Martin Ganeri OP, the Prior Provincial of the English Province, has offered condolences on the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
A New Fraternal Group
A new Lay Dominican fraternal group is starting in West Yorkshire. A successful initial meeting was held in Bingley, and the plan is that future meetings will be held in Leeds. Over the coming months the group will be working out ways of praying, studying and sharing fellowship together. We are enthusiastic about welcoming new
‘Europe – Land of Missions’
Felice and Philip, from our Lay Provincial Council have just returned from the 11th European Assembly of Lay Dominican Fraternities in Vilnius. This summary is the official communique, and the Statutes from the Assembly (which include the minutes/report) will be published in due course following the approval of the Master of the Order. “Europe –
Ordinations at Blackfriars
On Sunday 10th July, fr. Thomas Therese Mannion OP was ordained to the diaconate and fr. Albert Elias Robertson OP was ordained to the priesthood. Congratulations to them both and please keep them in your prayers.
Pauline Burton RIP
Pauline was educated at St Paul’s Convent Birmingham and the Agricultural College, Penkridge, Staffordshire, and for a time she and her husband David farmed near Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire before David took over the family engineering firm. Pauline was an outstanding Lay Dominican. When David retired, they sailed their own boat to the Caribbean and