English Dominicans in Santa Sabina, Rome
fr. Lawrence Lew was in Rome recently for the 10th Anniversary celebrations of the Dominican Volunteers International program, which was inaugurated by fr. Timothy Radcliffe in 2000. There will be a report about this on Godzdogz in a few days time. The DVI meeting took place in Santa Sabina, which includes the 5th-century basilica given to St Dominic in 1219. The priory, which has a 13th-century cloister and a wing built by Pope St Pius V, is home to the Master of the Order and his Curia. Many great saints of the Order, including St Dominic, St Albert the Great, St Thomas Aquinas, and St Hyacinth have lived at Santa Sabina. At the moment, four brothers of the English Province live and work there. It is unprecedented for so many English Dominicans to be living concurrently in this historic priory of the Order.
From the Province of England currently (all in the photo below along with fr. Lawrence, l. to r.):
Bruno Clifton, student in Sacred Scripture;
Robert Ombres, Procurator General;
Mark Edney, President of the International Dominican Foundation;
Allan White, former Provincial, and socius to fr. Carlos Azpiroz Costa and now to fr Bruno Cadoré.
