The 2022 seminar took place from 20 – 22 March, at Hinsley Hall in Leeds. After the cancellation of the 2021 seminar it was wonderful for all the different branches of the family to be together again, and to spend time in prayer and socialising, and hearing updates about the challenges of the last few
Congratulations to Simon Hewitt, of the London fraternity, who made his lifetime profession during the Dominican Family Seminar at Hinsley Hall, Leeds, on 20 March. Please keep Simon in your prayers.
On Saturday 19 March, the North East Fraternal Group held a Day of Reflection, on the theme ‘St. Dominic and the Cross’. 17 people met in Durham (with a few more joining by Zoom), and many more joined us for Mass in the middle of the day.
Alanna-Michelle of the North West Fraternal Group has written a reflection for Lent.
C.atherine Wallis-Hughes of the London Fraternity will be joining a panel at an event on Vocations at Fisher House in Cambridge. The Vocations Panel takes place on Thursday 10 March at 8.00pm. and will also be live-streamed on the website at fisherhouse.org.uk/live
The Albertus Institute in Edinburgh (jointly with the School of Divinity’s Centre for Theology and Public Issues) are running a colloquium on peacekeeping in Ukraine on Friday 11th March from 4.30-6pm, on Zoom and in person at New College, Mound Place. Here is the link to register, which has details of speakers: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukraine-peacemaking-when-it-hurts-tickets-289563621587
“Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.… sound the trumpet, declare a holy fast… gather the people” Joel 2:12, 15 The Master of the Order has published a letter for Ash Wednesday, asking us to pray the Litany for Peace during Lent. A group of Lay Dominicans will
“May the Queen of Peace preserve the world from the madness of war.” Pope Francis The Dominicans have a convent in Kiev with 7 religious, and five house of priests: Lvów (4 members), Czortków (3 members), Chmielnicki (2 members), Fastów (3 members) and Kharkiv (3 members). Dominican nuns have homes in Iolkwa and Czortków, and
On Monday 7 February Fr. Dominic White OP and Marystella Ramirez Guerra, a Lay Dominican, appeared on Radio Maria’s ‘Word of Life’ programme talking about their work with the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, the Roman Catholic House of the Cambridge Theological Federation. Fr. Dominic, who is Director of Research, spoke about the formal degrees
On Monday 7 February, at 11.15am, you can hear Fr. Dominic White OP and Marystella Ramirez Guerra, a Lay Dominican, talking on Radio Maria’s ‘Word of Life’ programme. Fr. Dominic and Marystella will be talking about their work with the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, the Roman Catholic House of the Cambridge Theological Federation. The
