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
Ray Bayliss is a Lay Dominican in NW Fraternal Group, and Catholic Chaplain at the University of Bangor. The chaplaincy house is called Ty Acwin (Aquinas House), and Ray explains how his Dominican charism is expressed in his role as Chaplain, and the importance of the Aquinas Jubilee for the chaplaincy at Bangor.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Maureen Hawkes, who died on Sunday. Maureen was a member of the Fraternity which used to meet in the New Forest, and for the last few years has been a Lone Lay Dominican, and a great supporter of the new group which is currently being established.
On July 19th 2023, Philip Owens was elected as President. Other positions were delegated as follows: Treasurer – Gigi Horsfield Formation Officer – Christian Leitmeir Secretary – Mary-Jane Enquirers and “Keeping-in-touch” Officers – Alexandria Murray and Rhona Lewis Communications Officer – Teresa Jankowska Please keep the Council in your prayers
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
Congratulations to Fr. Thomas Therese OP who was ordained to the priesthood yesterday, and to Br. Bede OP who was ordained to the diaconate. There are more pictures on our Facebook page.
A new book by fr. Timothy Radcliffe OP and fr. Lukasz Popko OP has just been published. ‘Questioning God’ was launched at Blackfriars, Oxford on Thursday 6th July.
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
Alexander David Marsh made his temporary profession for 3 years on Sunday June 11th while the Oxford Corpus Christi procession was streaming into the Blackfriar’s church. Fortunately the Prior gave us permission to use the Priory Chapter room for the Rite of Profession. We had a good turn-out of members (16) despite the heat and
