With the encouraging support of fr. Thomas Condon, OP, Provincial of the Province of St. Martin de Porres in the USA, efforts have been initiated to constitute a Dominican fraternity of diocesan priests under the direction of the Province.
Thus, in keeping with the petition made in the General Chapter of Trogir for the formation of fraternities of priests in provinces (cf. ACG 2013 Trogir, n. 120), a series of meetings was organized by fr. David Keong Seid, OP, a friar of the province who currently works as spiritual director at the St. Joseph Seminary College in St. Benedict, Louisiana. He is also one of the professors at the seminary college.
These inaugural meetings, held from 7 to 9 of May 2017 in the Dioceses of Nashville and Lafayette, provided a forum wherein the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic was introduced by the General Promoter, Br. Florentino Bolo Jr, OP, to invited priests: Fr. Nicholas M. Allen (Diocese of Nashville, TN), Fr. Dan Steiner (Diocese of Nashville, TN), Fr. Patrick Broussard (Diocese of Lafayette, LA), Fr. Alexander Albert (Diocese of Lafayette, LA), Fr. Rodel Faller (Diocese of Beaumont, TX), and Fr. Roger Estorque (Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, TX).
Most of the priests have already been in contact with Dominicans in the previous years. Fr. Patrick, who currently serves as Parochial Vicar at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette, Louisiana, is an alumnus of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Fr. Rodel joined the fraternities during his formation years at the University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary in Manila, Philippines. Fr. Roger spent many years of his life as a friar of the Dominican Province of the Philippines, before being incardinated in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Fr. Nicholas and Fr. Dan are both involved in collaborative undertakings with the community of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia in Nashville.
fr. Florentino Bolo, OP
