“Enough with silence! Shout with a hundred thousand tongues, for it is because of silence that the world is rotten!” Recalling these words of Saint Catherine of Siena, uttered in her time, I observe that silencing the voices of those suffering injustice has become normalized today. This is why we, as Dominicans, are called to denounce the realities our brothers…
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,…
From 21 to 27 August 2024, Brother Cristobal Torres, OP, Promoter General for the Dominican Laity, visited the fraternities and the Dominican Youth Movement (MJD) of the Vice-Province of Bolivia. The Promoter General for the Laity visited the fraternities of Cochabamba on August 21, the Church of Santo Domingo in Potosi on August 22 and 23; and the fraternities and…
From August 10 to 18, 2024, Brother Cristobal Torres, OP, Promoter General for the Dominican Laity, visited the fraternities of the Province of St. Albert the Great in the United States, accompanied by Brother John Steilberg, OP, Provincial Promoter of the Laity. On August 10, Br John and Br Cristobal visited the Fraternity of Our Lady of the Rosary at…
On August 8th, the feast of Our Father Saint Dominic, the Provincial of France, fr Nicolas Tixier, OP, and the president of the Lay Dominicans of the Province of France, Jean René Berthélemy, received in the House of Saint Catherine of Siena in Tallinn the promises of five Estonian lay Dominicans who will now form a new Dominican lay fraternity…
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…
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…