Congratulations to Anna who has been Admitted as a Lay Dominican in Leicester. She is pictured in the centre with some other Lay Dominicans from Leicester in a Friar sandwich of Fr John and Fr Benedict!
Congratulations to Peter Green from Leicester, who, at a mere 80 years old, has shown you’re never too young as a Dominican to learn. Peter, pictured here with his wife Helen, has been awarded a BA in Philosophy and Theology from the International Dominican University based in Toulouse. The course is delivered in English and
The Dominicans in Edinburgh recently hosted a conference entitled ‘God’s Mercy and Yours’. The conference was well attended by all the different branches of the Dominican family, and there was a series of excellent speakers. There were 6 speakers: All the talks were recorded and will shortly be made available on Radio Maria. The conference
The South West Regional day will take place on Saturday 20th July 2024, 10.00—17.00, at Our Lady & the Angels, Saltash, and will include a talk from Fr Thomas-Thérèse Mannion OP, National Promoter of the Lay Dominicans on the topic of Mission. We will have Mass, Rosary, and Morning and Evening Prayer together, plus plenty
We are forming a new group of Lay Dominicans in Lymington. The group enjoy wonderful support from the Dominican Sisters of St. Joseph there, and are also being supported by Tamar Fraternity. On Saturday 1st June, Claire, Johanna, Clare, Jacqueline, and Dymphna were all admitted as Lay Dominicans. Felice (Perpetual Formation Officer in Tamar) and Geraldine
At a recent Spiritual weekend at Our Lady of the Angels, Saltash, Ben, from Tamar Fraternity celebrated his Solemn (Final) Profession, at a Mass celebrated by the Fraternity’s religious assistant, fr. Andrew Brookes OP, on Sunday 26th May. The following day, Celia T made her Simple (First) Profession. Please keep Ben, Celia and Tamar Fraternity in
It is with great joy that we celebrate the admissions to the Oxford Fraternity of: Emily Martin (12th November 2023), Phillip Lasater (9th March 2024), and Eleni Thwaites (12th May 2024). Please keep them in your prayers.
The Edinburgh Friars are holding a conference, “God’s Mercy and Yours”, on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th June. The conference seeks to explore the theme of mercy which is central to our lives as Dominicans and has been witnessed to by so many of our brothers and sisters over the centuries. Full details of
The Lay Dominicans and the parish of Crawley have celebrated the faithful contributions of Sr Philomena Dzimba OP, as she moves on in her ministry to take a post in Zimbabwe. We are grateful for the ministry of Sr Philomena, as spiritual director, her fierce commitment to the Gospel and to her vocation as a
Following the Synod Assembly in Rome in October 2023, the church was asked to continue the conversation about the subjects which had been discussed, and feed back our views before the next Synod Assembly meeting in October 2024.2 The Lay Dominicans held discussions across the province, on Zoom, in our fraternities and by inviting individual
