The Lay Provincial Council
The newly elected Lay Provincial Council met for the first time on 18 November, and elected the members of the Council to their new roles.
Ordo 2023
The latest ‘Ordo’, the Liturgical Calendar with the Dominican elements proper to the Province of England is now available.
A New President for ECLDF
An Official Communication from the European Council of Lay Dominican Fraternities On 7 November 2022, on the feast of All Saints of the Order of Preachers, in accordance with the Statutes of the ICLDF n.1 B. 3, Fr. Gerard Francisco Timoner III OP, Master of the Order of Preachers, confirmed Mr. Sébastien Milazzo as President
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
CEPHAS 2023: ‘Who do you say that I am?’
CEPHAS seeks to contribute to the renewal of philosophy and Christian theology in the UK through close study, in particular, of St Thomas Aquinas. CEPHAS 2023 will be an opportunity to reflect in a profound way on who we are, as well as who others say we are, exploring together Aquinas’s anthropology, and the Thomist
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.
‘Looking Towards an Apostolic Future’
The 2022 Lay Dominican Assembly took place on 17th September in Leicester. Our theme was ‘Looking Towards an Apostolic Future’. Speakers from many of our fraternities reflected on their experience over the last few years of COVID and lockdown, and the discussions and debates taking place in each fraternity about the future.
Lifetime Profession
Congratulations to William Rhind, of the London fraternity, who made his lifetime profession during Mass at the Lay Dominican Assembly in Leicester on 17 September. Please keep him in your prayers.