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
Every year there is a Dominican pilgrimage to Walsingham, and the whole Dominican family are welcome to attend. This year’s pilgrimage will be on Sunday 19 May. The pilgrimage begins at 12 midday with Mass in the Roman Catholic basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham (N.B. NOT in the village of Little Walsingham, follow road
On Saturday 16th March we celebrated one admission and 5 professions in the north of England. Tamra was admitted as a Lay Dominican. She is a member of the new group that is being formed in Yorkshire, and meets in Leeds. Angeline, Christine, Ewan, Gavin and Ted all made their temporary profession. They are members
It has been a busy and joyful time for Crawley. We finished the month of February with the admission of a new member and first and final professions of two others. Please keep them in your prayers.
You can now view the videos of all the talks presented at the Seminar on our YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@LayDominicans-wo8mw
Congratulations to Karin Davis who was admitted to Leicester Fraternity today. She is pictured with Peter Kilty, the President of the Fraternity, and fr. John Farrell OP, the religious assistant. Please keep Karin and all the Fraternity in your prayers.
This year’s Seminar took place at Hinsley Hall in Leeds, and the theme was ‘Aquinas on the Virtues’. There’s more information about the seminar, and a link to photos, on the webpage at the link below:
