On July 6, 2024, the Dominican Province of the Philippines and the University of Santo Tomás in Manila hosted “Reinvigorate: Strengthening the Role of the Dominican Laity in Preaching the Gospel”, a national congress for the Dominican Laity, with keynote speakers fr. Jamshed Gill, OP, Socius for Asia-Pacific, and fr. Cristóbal Torres Iglesias, OP, General Promoter for the Dominican Laity.…
Brother Cristóbal Torres, OP, General Promoter for the Laity, and Mrs Kathy Kendrek, OP, President of the Dominican Laity of the Province of St Joseph in the United States, toured St Joseph’s Province 3 – 10 June, visiting some of the many, diverse Lay Fraternities in the province. Mrs Kendrek and Br Cristóbal began on 3 June in Middletown, NY,…
From May 11 to 15, 2024, fr. Cristóbal Torres Iglesias, OP, General Promoter for the Laity, participated in the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of St. Albert the Great College in Valletta, Malta. On May 11, Fr. Cristóbal met with the Provincial Council of Lay Fraternities of the Province of Malta at the Convent of the Annunciation in the city…
The second Intermediate Assembly of Lay Fraternities of the Province of Hispania took place on the first weekend of December, in the House of the Handmaids of Christ the King in Madrid. The meeting was held approximately two years after the Elective Assembly, in which the Provincial Council was elected for a four-year term. This intermediate assembly provides an opportunity…
Coming from a momentary interruption due to the pandemic, major superiors of the Dominican Family in the Asia-Pacific region came together anew for the leadership conference held in South Korea on 23-27 October 2023. With the theme “The Dominican Family in Asia-Pacific: Strengthening Communion, Collaboration, and Mission in the Spirit of Synodality,” the triennial assembly commenced with the celebration of vespers integrated with the…
On 8 September 2023, the Master of the Order, Br. Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, appointed Br. Cristóbal Torres Iglesias, OP, son of the Province of St. Martin de Porres in the USA, as General Promoter for the Laity. Br. Cristóbal succeeding Br. Juan Ubaldo López Salamanca, OP, son of the Province of St. Louis Bertrand in Colombia. Born in…
Astrid Söderbergh Widding is Professor of Cinema Studies and President of Stockholm University since February 2013 until January 31, 2025, when her appointment expires. She is a member of the Academy of Europe, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. She has previously been Chair of the Association of Swedish Higher…
According to the Statutes (2002), the ICLDF has as its mission to promote greater communication among the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic FLSD, in order to achieve a more effective preaching of the Gospel. The FLSD are governed by the Rule and General Declarations (2019). There are currently 128,267 members organized in 2,209 fraternities in 75 countries. Last February 27,…
