THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

OF LAY DOMINICAN FRATERNITIES

FATIMA, PORTUGAL
OCTOBER 4-10, 2018

October 3, 2018 - Wednesday

• Arrival of Delegates / Participants
• Registration starts at 09:00 am

Steyler Fatima Hotel

Praca Luis Kondor 7-13
Tel. 00351 249 533 043

October 4, 2018 Thursday - DAY ONE

• Registration ongoing from 07:00 am
• 07:30 Breakfast
• 10:00 Opening Mass
Rev. Fr. Miguel Ángel Del Rio, O.P. - Vicar General of the Order of Preachers
• 11:00 am Break
• 11:30 am Welcome Words
o Hector L. Marquez, OP, ICLDF Coordinator
o Cristina Busto OP, Provincial Council President of Lay Dominican Fraternities of Portugal
o Belén L. Tangco, OP, Secretary General Third International Congress
o Introduction of the Keynote
§ Rev. Fr. Rui Carlos Antunes e Almeida Lopes, OP, Promoter General of Laity
 • 12:30 pm Animation (Youth of Fatima)
• 12:45 pm Lunch Break
• 3:00 pm Parallel Commissions Sessions
• 5:00 pm Break
• 5:30 pm Parallel Commissions Sessions
Moderator: Gabriel Silva, OP
• 7:00 pm Vespers
• 8:00 pm Dinner

October 05, 2018 Friday - DAY TWO

• Registration Ongoing
• 07:30 Breakfast
• 9:00 am Lauds and Mass
• 10:00 am Plenary Session
o Summary of Day 1
o Plenary Speaker
Rev. Fr. Vivian Boland, OP - “THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF FORMATION IN THE DOMINICAN
ORDER”
• 11:00 am Break
• 11:30 am Parallel Commissions Sessions
• 12:30 pm Regional Cultural Presentation (Africa)
• 12:45 pm Lunch Break
• 3:00 pm Parallel Commissions Sessions
• 4:30 pm Break
• 5:00 pm Plenary Session
o Presentation of & Voting on Proposed Resolutions
o Moderator: Felix Foko Fovo, OP
• 7:00 pm Vespers
• 8:00 pm Dinner

October 06, 2018 Saturday (Feast of St. Bruno) – DAY

THREE
• 07:30 Breakfast
• 9:00 am Lauds and Mass
• 10:00 am Plenary Session
o Summary of Day 2
o Plenary Speaker
Rev. Sr. Lissie Aviles, OP / Rev. Fr. Aristide Basse, OP – “ON ECOLOGY AND CARE OF
CREATION“
 • 11:15 am Break
• 11:30 am Parallel Commissions Sessions
• 12:30 pm Regional Cultural Presentation (Latin America & the Caribbean)
• 12:45 pm Lunch Break
• 3:30 pm Parallel Commissions Sessions
• 5:00 pm Break
• 5:30 pm Plenary Sessions
o Presentation of and Voting on Resolutions
o Moderator: Susana Brittos, OP
• 7:00 pm Vespers
• 8:00 pm Dinner
• 9:30 pm Recitation of the Rosary at the Shrine

October 07, 2018 Sunday – DAY FOUR

• 07:30 Breakfast
• 9:00 am Lauds and Mass
Presider: V. Rev. Fr. Bruno Cadore, OP, Master of the Order of Preachers
• 10:30 am Plenary Session
Conference and Dialogue with V. Rev. Fr. Bruno Cadorè, OP
“LAY DOMINICAN VOCATION AND MISSION IN THE ORDER”
• 11:30 am Break
• 12:00 am Dialogue Continued
• 12:30 pm Regional Cultural – Presentation (Asia-Pacific)
• 12:45 pm Lunch Break
• 3:00 pm Dominican Family
Living Rosary & Get-Together at the Dominican Monastery & Dominican Fathers’ residence.
Moderator: Belén L. Tangco, OP
• Free Evening

October 08, 2018 Monday – DAY FIVE

• 07:30 Breakfast
• 9:00 am Lauds and Mass
• 10:00 am Plenary Session
o Summary of Day 3-4
o Plenary Speaker
Duncan MacLaren, OP
“A DOMINICAN VIEW OF INTEGRAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: THE AGENDA FOR THE LAITY”
• 11:00 am Break
• 11:30 am Parallel Commissions Sessions
• 12:30 am Regional Cultural Presentation (Europe & North America)
 • 1:00 pm Lunch Break
• 3:30 pm Parallel Commissions Sessions
• 5:00 pm Break
• 5:30 pm Plenary Sessions
o Presentation of and Voting on Resolutions
• 7:00 pm Vespers
• 8:00 pm Dinner

October 09, 2018 Tuesday – DAY SIX

• 7:30 am Breakfast
• 9:00 am Lauds and Mass
• 10:00 am Plenary Session
o Summary of Days 1-5
o Plenary Speaker
Rev. Fr. Gerald Stookey, OP - “CHRIST IS OUR PEACE” ( Ephesians 2:14)
o Integration
o Presentation of and Voting on Proposed Resolutions
• 11:00 am Break
• 11.30 am Plenary Session
o Voting on Resolutions
• 12:30 pm Lunch Break
• 2:30 pm BATALHA Excursion
o Moderator: Joseph Komadina , OP
• 7:00 pm Vespers
• 8:00 pm Dinner

October 10, 2018 Wednesday – DAY SEVEN

• 7:30 am Breakfast
• 9:00 am Lauds
• 9:30 am Integration and Reading of Final Resolutions
o CONGRESS STATEMENT
o Presentation of Certificates of Participation & Appreciation
• 11:00 am Closing Eucharist and Closing Address (Shrine of our Lady)
Rev. Fr. Rui Carlos Antunes e Almeida Lopes, OP Promoter General Dominican Laity
• 12:30 pm Lunch
• Departure of Delegates (Optional)
• 8:00 pm Dinner
October 11, 2018 Thursday
• 8:00 am Breakfast
• 8:30 am Departure of Delegates/ Participants ( mandatory)
o Free Bus ride to Lisbon