*Learning Chant With Lay Dominicans* Most Friday mornings in school term time a few Lay Dominicans of the English Province gather to practice chant. Much of the chant is from the Dominican tradition, though not exclusively. We meet by video conference (Teams, Zoom) and use a range of printed and recorded music to facilitate learning.
Wonderful blessings! Louis Thomas Busuttil, Helen Catherine Ross and Eddie Martin Zengeni are now officially admitted to the Cambridge and Laxton Lay Dominican Fraternity and so to the Dominican Family. Please keep them in your prayers.
Edmund Zengeni will be Admitted to the Lay Fraternity of Cambridge during the 11.00 Mass at Blackfriars next Sunday 4th June, Trinity Sunday. The Mass Celebrant will be Father Colin Carr OP, Religious Assistant and chaplain to the Cambridge Fraternity. Please keep Edmund in your prayers,
Celebrating the last Marian procession at the Dominican convent in Stone. We thank the sisters for all their support and prayers over the years, not forgetting their wonderful Aquinas study weekends! Please keep them in your prayers.
Congratulations to the three members of the London Fraternity, who made their first profession during Vespers at the Dominican Family annual Pilgrimage to Walsingham on 21 May. Please keep them and all the London Fraternity in your prayers. Next year’s Pilgrimage will be on Sun 12 May.
On 28 April 2023, the Board of Directors of the Nobel Foundation has appointed a new Chair. Astrid Söderbergh Widding, President of Stockholm University, is assuming the position. Astrid Söderbergh Widding is Professor of Cinema Studies and President of Stockholm University. Since 1985, she has been a member of the Dominican Lay Fraternity in Stockholm
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Rev. Nick Baggio, who died in January, aged 71. Nick was a Lay Dominican, originally in Manchester Fraternity (which became part of the North West Fraternal Group). He was also a Permanent Deacon for the Diocese of Leeds. Many people will remember Nick’s work in organising the
We have recently started to publish a newsletter. This is available hard copy to people who are not on-line, but we’ll also publish it on our website. The latest edition is now available.
On Saturday 29th April, the Feast of St. Catherine of Siena, Bishop Richard Moth of Arundel & Brighton celebrated Mass for the Lay Dominicans of Crawley, to celebrate the inauguration of their fraternity. The members of the Fraternity were joined by friends and family, including the Dominican Sisters who provide wonderful support to the Fraternity,
Fr Timothy Radcliffe, OP, Fr Richard Finn, OP, and other Dominican Friars, Sisters and Laity Friday 23 June & Saturday 24 June, 2023, Assembly Hall, New College, Edinburgh For full details of the programme and to book, visit https://scotland.op.org/preachersofgrace/ Assembly Hall, New College, Mound Place, EH1 2LX | St Columba’s by the Castle, 14 Johnston
