The island of Jamaica has been devastated by a major hurricane. The Dominican friars in Jamaica and Grenada are members of our Province, and are involved in the work to provide relief and assistance to the people affected. Fr Clifton Harris OP, the superior of the Dominican community, has been appointed to an Archdiocesan team
On Sunday 12th October 2025, we had the joy of celebrating the Admission to our fraternity of Lily Owusu-Darkwa. Lily chose Catherine-Hildegard as her spiritual name in the Order. During the ceremony, a prayer by St Catherine was said and music composed by St Hildegard von Bingen was played. Please keep Lily in your prayers.
This autumn, we are celebrating the canonisation of 2 Lay Dominicans: Pier Giorgio Frassati on 7 September, and Bartolo Longo on 19 October. To celebrate, we held a Zoom call on Tuesday 7th October. Lilian Lee (Edinburgh Fraternity) talked about Pier Giorgio Frassati, and Fr. Thomas Mannion OP, our Provincial Promoter of the Laity talked
The new edition of our magazine ‘Veritas’ has just been published. This issue contains writing and poetry from people around the Province. There are reports on the celebration of St. Dominic’s day and the CEPHAS conference, 2 Lay Dominicans tell the stories of their vocation as a Lay Dominican and the life of a travelling
Emma and John-James Colvin and Margaret Malcolm made their Temporary Professions in the Edinburgh Fraternity on the feast of St Francis. Please keep them in your prayers.
At Antonia’s funeral on 22 September her daughter, Sarah Conway, gave this eulogy: We are all here to share our love and appreciation for Antonia, or Mum as I will refer to her from here on. Mum always loved a bit of luxury and was keen to look good from a young age. In her
Our 2025 Assembly took place at the Frassati Centre in Leicester, on Saturday 20 September. The theme of the day was ‘Mission’, in particular, the recent letter from the Master of the Order in which he asked us to think about the ‘4 Publics’ for our preaching. Our guest speaker was fr. Cristóbal Torres Iglesias
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sue McQuinn, who was a member of the London Lay Dominicans. She has served as president and treasurer of the fraternity. She also served on the Provincial Council as treasurer, and did sterling work considering that she was already suffering with serious health issues at the
Today, Saturday 6th September 2025, we celebrated the Temporary Profession of Alison Deighan. Please keep Alison in your prayers.
On Saturday 30 August, there was a celebration Mass to mark the inauguration of our new Fraternal Group in Lymington in the New Forest. The group meets at the priory of the Dominican Sisters of St. Joseph, and the Mass was celebrated by fr. Thomas Skeats OP. During the Mass, Pauline was admitted as the
