On July 17- 20,2017, members of the International Council of Lay Dominican Fraternities (ICLDF) met at the Convento Maximo de Sto. Domingo in Quito, Ecuador to prepare for the Third International Congress of Lay Dominican Fraternities. The said congress will be held at Fatima, Portugal on October 4-10, 2018.
Letter from the Master of the Order: 2018 Synod on the YouthPosted on
7/13/2017
To the priors provincial, the prioresses of Dominican monasteries, the international officials of the Lay Fraternities, the Priestly Fraternities, the Dominican Secular Institutes and the Dominican Youth Movement, as well as the general superiors of the Apostolic Dominican Congregations Letter of invitation to engage in the preparatory dynamic of the Synod convened by Pope Francis on the theme "young people, the faith and vocational discernment" Dear Brothers and Sisters in Saint Dominic, As you know, Pope Francis has convened a Synod of Bishops on the theme «Young people, the faith and vocational discernment». It is to meet in October 2018. With this letter, addressing myself to the respective superiors, I would like to invite the whole Order, brothers, nuns, laity, sisters and members of the Dominican family to take part in the process of preparation for this Synod, thus responding to the Pope’s invitation to all young people (16 to 29 years) to prepare this Synod with him. This letter is part of the perspective opened up by the conclusions of the Congress that closed the Jubilee (Rome, 18-21 January 2017, cf. Letter of 25 March 2017, Prot 50/17/225 Letters_of_the_Order). The latter had in fact identified the theme of the worlds of young people as one of those which, in the dynamic of the renewal of the preaching mission of the Order, should be a priority and could be an opportunity to renew our preaching by strengthening collaboration within the Dominican Family. St. Martin de Porres Lay Dominican Fraternity (UST) Holds Simple Profession RitesPosted on
5/28/2017
May 21 2017 -- On the sixth Sunday of Easter, two (2) members of St. Martin de Porres Lay Dominican Fraternity made their simple profession to the Dominican Laity, in the presence of their ecclesiastical assistant, Rev. Fr. Roberto Luanzon Jr., O.P. The two newly-professed members are Bro. Carlo Oliver Olayta, a biologist by profession, and Bro. John-John Sagabaen, a lawyer. The Rite began with the celebration of the Eucharist at the chapel of the UST Central Seminary. Among the witnesses of their profession were Mrs. Germilina Arceo, O.P., president of the chapter, and their fellow members.
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