Felice and Philip, from our Lay Provincial Council have just returned from the 11th European Assembly of Lay Dominican Fraternities in Vilnius. This summary is the official communique, and the Statutes from the Assembly (which include the minutes/report) will be published in due course following the approval of the Master of the Order. “Europe –
Welcome to Leicester – perhaps the oldest urban settlement in the country and with a wonderful Dominican history. If you are coming for the day to the Assembly on 17th September, the Frassati Centre (the original Holy Cross Church and school) is a short walk from the Station. For parking the most reasonably priced car
Our Lay Dominican Assembly Day will be on 17th September 2022, in Leicester. The Provincial Council has decided to do things a little differently for our Assembly this year. We feel that as Lay Dominicans and as Fraternities/Fraternal Groups, we need to “re-boot” ourselves after the pandemic. We felt this as a Council and suspect
On Sunday 10th July, fr. Thomas Therese Mannion OP was ordained to the diaconate and fr. Albert Elias Robertson OP was ordained to the priesthood. Congratulations to them both and please keep them in your prayers.
On Saturday 25th June, the North East group held a study day in Durham, and invited people from across the Diocese to join us, as part of the Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle’s Year of the Eucharist. During the morning session, Andy Doyle spoke about ‘The Institution of Corpus Christi – The Dominican Connections’. The
Pauline was educated at St Paul’s Convent Birmingham and the Agricultural College, Penkridge, Staffordshire, and for a time she and her husband David farmed near Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire before David took over the family engineering firm. Pauline was an outstanding Lay Dominican. When David retired, they sailed their own boat to the Caribbean and
On Monday 23rd May, the Lay Dominicans of our province met the Master of the Order, fr. Gerard Timoner OP, at Blackfriars in Oxford. Fr. Gerard was in England to celebrate the Jubilee of the 800th anniversary of the arrival of the Dominicans in England, and he spent 2 hours with representatives from fraternities across
Mass and the Rite of Permanent Promises will be celebrated on Wednesday, 1st June, 7pm at St David’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Charles Street, Cardiff. Fr Robert Gay OP, Prior of Blackfriars, Oxford, will preside. Three candidates, having completed the discernment period, will be making a lifelong commitment as Lay Dominicans. Please pray for those making these
Lay Dominicans North East invite you to a day of study, prayer and reflection on Saturday 25th June, 10:45am to 3:30pm, at St Cuthbert’s church in Durham. The day keys in to the Hexham & Newcastle Diocesan Year of the Eucharist and is on the theme of ‘Thomas Aquinas, The Eucharist and Salvation’. Our main
On 8th May, Alessandro was admitted to the London fraternity. We welcome him with joy!
