Posts Tagged ‘Dominican friars’

Dominican friars’ and Congolese diocese’s fight goes to court

Monday, September 12th, 2022
Congolese

A long-running fight over who gets to run a parish has landed a group of clerics in a Congolese civil court. On one side of the battle are the Dominicans friars. On the other side is their archbishop, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo (pictured). Both want to run Saint Dominic’s Parish in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Read more

UK Dominicans try to raise million pounds for vocations

Friday, June 13th, 2014

Dominican friars in Britain are trying to raise one million pounds to cover costs following a rise in prospective vocations. The order has launched a training fund to try to accommodate a revival in its popularity. The Dominicans estimate it costs about 115,000 pounds to train each seminarian for seven years. There are 12 men Read more