On Saturday 18 February the North East Fraternal Group celebrated the admission of Ted Patulan. Ted is pictured with the group’s convenor Andy Doyle and religious assistant fr. Matthew Jarvis OP. Please keep Ted and the North East group in your prayers.
As part of the celebrations for St. Thomas Aquinas’ Jubilee, the relic of his skull has been received at the Convent of Toulouse. You can follow the major events of the Jubilee on their website.
Alexandria Murray (Oxford Fraternity) writes about what inspired her to create a beautiful depiction of St. Dominic’s dog. Read her article in Reflections.
The Dominican Seminar will take place at Hinsley Hall, Leeds on 17-19 March. The seminar brings together people from all branches of the Dominican family. The theme of this year’s seminar is ‘Being Prophetic: reading the signs of the time and being a sign for the time’. The conference fee is £220.00 full board (£90
The Rosary Shrine is launching a new prayer initiative so that you can participate in the prayers of this Shrine church. The lamps will burn for seven days in front of the altar of Our Lady of the Rosary. You can find out more and book a votive lamp in the link below.
2023 marks the 700th anniversary of the canonisation of St. Thomas Aquinas, and 2024 marks the 750th anniversary of his death, so the Dominican Order is celebrating a double jubilee. To open the Jubilee Celebrations, there is a letter to the Dominican family from the Master of the Order.
Jill Gunsell, President of the Cambridge Fraternity, recently spoke on Radio Maria about life as a Lay Dominican.
Bristol Fraternity celebrated 3 admissions,from left to right, Nick Tarr, Ann Tarr and Domingo Tortonese. Oliver Davies made his final profession. Please keep them in your prayers.
This year’s Dominican Seminar will take place on 17-19 March at Hinsley Hall in Leeds. We’ll publish more information as soon as it’s available.
The prayers to be used at the regular meetings of fraternities are now available on-line, so that people will be able to access them on mobile devices at the meetings, or screen share if you are meeting on-line. The prayers can be found on the button below, and also on our Prayer & Liturgy Resources
