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
*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
