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Asia Pacific Dominican Family Leadership Conference

Asia Pacific Dominican Family Leadership Conference

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…

Assembly of Lay Fraternities of the Province of Hispania 

Assembly of Lay Fraternities of the Province of Hispania 

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…

New General Promoter for the Laity

New General Promoter for the Laity

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…

Reinvigorate: Strengthening the Role of the Dominican Laity in Preaching the Gospel

Reinvigorate: Strengthening the Role of the Dominican Laity in Preaching the Gospel

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.…

Meeting of the Lay Fraternities of Indonesia

Meeting of the Lay Fraternities of Indonesia

Members of the Lay Fraternities of Indonesia from across the country gathered at St. Catherine Church in the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah complex in Jakarta, on July 13, 2024. On this occasion, they were visited by Br Cristóbal Torres Iglesias, OP, General Promoter for the Laity. Gwenny Surya, President of the Indonesian Dominican Laity, reported on the activities of Indonesia’s…

The Intermediate Assembly of COFALC Held in Bolivia

The Intermediate Assembly of COFALC Held in Bolivia

The Council of the Lay Dominican Fraternities of Latin America and the Caribbean (COFALC) held its Intermediate Assembly in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 28 to 31 August 2024. The main topics discussed by the participants included: greater coordination in mission and formation among the fraternities of the region, expansion and updating of the provincial directories of the fraternities,…

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