Dominican Vocation of Trinbago

Prayer for Vocations This Sunday "Three Aspects ... I Consider Essential for an Effective Priestly Witness" VATICAN CITY, APRIL 23, 2010 (Zenit.org).- As this Sunday is the 47th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, ZENIT is republishing excerpts from Benedict XVI's message for this day, which he wrote on the theme "Witness Awakens Vocations." The message was originally published last November. * * * The 47th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, to be celebrated on the Fourth Sunday of Easter -- Good Shepherd Sunday -- April 25, 2010, gives me the opportunity to offer for your meditation a theme which is most fitting for this Year for Priests: Witness Awakens Vocations. The fruitfulness of our efforts to promote vocations depends primarily on God’s free action, yet, as pastoral experience confirms, it is also helped by the quality and depth of the personal and communal witness of those who have already answered the Lord’s call to the ministerial priesthood and to the...

Historical Ordination of 20 men as Permanent Deacons took place at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Port of Spain Trinidad yesterday by Archbishop Edward Gilbert. The Archbishop in his homily saw this as the Church in Trinidad coming in its fullness as a Church here in the Caribbean. Deacon Paul Bousignac makes his promise of obedience to Archbishop Gilbert. Some deacons prostrating Lays of hands on the head of Deacon Casimir Reid form Delaford Tobago. Deacon Kenneth Phillips from Scarborough Tobago receive laying of hands by the Archbishop. Hands laid on Deacon Jeffrey Supersad who would work out of our Dominican parish in St. Joseph Trinidad. He was the lone deacon to take the promise of celibacy . Rev. Bousignac receives the book of Gospel. Rev. Reid receives the book of Gospels. The four Cleric of Tobago. From the left Rev. Kenneth Phillips, Fr. Dwight Black O.P. Fr. Steve Duncan and Rev. Casimir Reid all born and breed in Tobago. My prayers go out to all twenty Deacons.

Look out at the new year from the holy house. New Years View from the balcony of Holy Cross Priory which was founded by the Irsh Dominicans in 1963 became a priory in 1968.

Every year around christmas time the Dominicans of Trinidad and Tobago celebrate their christmas dinner together at the House of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary which was founded 1864 and transferrred 1972 to St. Finbar's, Morne Coco Rd, Four Roads, Diego Martin, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, WI. The Friars at the meal. Pre-meal interaction Dinner is delicious

Pre-Christmas visit by the Master the of the Order of Preacher Fr. Carlos Alfonso Costa O.P. and Socius of Latin America and the Caribbean Fr. Javier Maria Pose O.P. to the Holy Cross Priory in Arima. The Master with Staff member Susan Assue and twin Sons. The Master of the Order, Sosius, members of the Holy Cross Community and Region Priory Fr. Fedi Wanner O.P. The Master, Socius, and Holy Cross Community. The Master and Socius at the dinning table of Holy Corss Priory.

Feast of St. Matthew, 2009 As we gather tonight to begin our new academic year on the feast of St.Matthew, during this the year of th priest; while for us in Dublin we are also celebrating the year of Evangelization and finally for us Dominicans during this year when we are celebrating St.Dominic preacher of grace. How can I tie all of these things together? Sts.Matthew and Dominic, Priest and evangeliztion, Dominicans and study! As always it is good to begin with Sacred Scripture. The Gospel of today's feast speaks of the calling of Matthew. Our calling, yours and mine vocation is the very environment in which we have most in common, all of us have been called by Christ, was not given only once, it is the very atmosphere in which we are called to live out our lives. We did not simply receive a vocation, 60,50, 40, 10, or 2 years ago. The very essence of our vocation is that the Lord continues to call us. He is now calling us to listen to his voice, to get up and follow him. To quo...

On the 14th of September, The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, history was created. The location of the this historical event took place in the church of the Dominican Community, St Mary's, Pope's Quay, Cork, Ireland. What was this historical event? This historical event was that after many years of a trick of novices into the Irish Dominican novitiate thirteen men were received. Among these thirteen men was one Trinibagoian Mr. Stephen Jones of St James, Port of Spain. Stephen Jones before receiving the habit Connor and Stephen prostrate Stephen Clothing Clothing Continued 13 Men who received the Habit Irish Trinibago Posy (Bro. Matthew, Maria, Bro. Stephen). Fr. Dwight Black OP, Bro. Stephen Jones and Bro. Matthew Martinez OP Fr. Dwight Black OP, Bro. Stephen, Fr. Thomas Lawson. Footage of this event can be viewed here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI4U78C_rVo