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Dominican Laity

The Dominican Laity, (formerly known as "Tertiaries" or the "Third Order"), are lay men and women associated in a special way with the life, spirituality, preaching and apostolate of the Order of Preachers.

• Dominican Laity Provincial Council - Assumption Province

Promoter in Australia  Fr Kieran Adams, OP Blackfriars Priory, PO Box 900, DICKSON ACT 2602 AUSTRALIA email: kpadamsop@hotmail.com	Promoter in New Zealand:  Fr Peter Murnane OP St Benedict's Priory, 1 St Benedict's St, Newton, Auckland 1001 NEW ZEALAND email: pmopnz@yahoo.com.au
President  Mr Tony Peart 104 Bay Road, Bolton Point NSW 2283 Ph. [02] 4959 6999 email: anthonypeart@hotmail.com	Secretary:  Ms June Ross 9/2 Talbot Road Doubleview WA 6018 Phone: [08] 9446 5807 email: june.ross99@bigpond.com
Treasurer Mrs Marjorie Ternovy (Private member - Tamworth chapter)	Councillor Mr Syd Cooke (Wahroonga chapter)


 

• Vietnamese Laity in Australia - Provincial Council

Vietnamese Dominican Laity in Australia

President  Mr Alf Nguyen Chinh 4 The Crescent, Springvale, VIC  3171 email: chinh@yahoo.com.au

Promoter:  Fr Joseph Truong Pham OP Our Lady of Graces & St. Martin's House, 100 Mayfield Rd, PO Box 305), Carina QLD 4152 email: joseph.truong@op.org


 

• Formation Manual of the Dominican Laity   [PDF format]

Formation Manual of the Dominican Laity   [PDF format]

Section One: Detailed Table of Contents

Section Two: Formation

Section Three: Administration

Section Four: Documentation

Section Five - Pt 1: Hagiography

Section Five - Pt 2: History

Section Six: Spirituality

Section Seven: Articles and Resources

Section Eight: Letters from Masters of the Order

Section Nine: Provincial Publications [Not currently available on-line]

Section Ten: Dominican Bibliography


 

• Official Documents of the Dominican Laity

Official Documents of the Dominican Laity   [PDF format]

Acts of the International Congress of Lay Dominican Fraternities, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 2007
Rite of Admission and Profession for Fraternities (Word 97 format - Unofficial draft translation)	Rite of Admission and Profession for Fraternities (PDF format - Unofficial draft translation)
The Rule of the Lay Fraternities is currently available only in pdf format =>	Rule of the Lay Fraternities (PDF format) Latin text with official translation! General Declarations Regarding the Rule of Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic 2008
Calendar of the Order  (Word 97 format)	Calendar of the Order  (PDF format)
Indulgences granted to Dominican  Laity (Word 97 format)	Indulgences granted to Dominican Laity (PDF format)
Rule of the Priestly Fraternities (Word97 format)	Rule of the Priestly Fraternities (PDF format)

 

What do we look like?

Here are some photos from our 2007 National Convention at beautiful Galong in rural NSW.

Also, here are some (older) snaps from a happy occasion, when Fr Tom Cassidy, Prior Provincial, presided at the Final Profession recently of several Dominican Laity in Melbourne. The receptions were received by the local President, Peg Dooley DL. Click here for some photos of three of the professions (Martin Hennesy-Smith, Helen Frank and Peter Anderson) on St Pius V's Feast, 30th April, 2004.

CLICK HERE for some links to Dominican Laity pages from around the world.