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Shield of the Order with Dominican Cross. The Third Order of Saint Dominic (Latin: Tertius Ordo Praedicatorum; abbreviated TOP), also referred to as the Lay Fraternities of Saint Dominic or Lay Dominicans since 1972, is a Catholic third order which is part of the Dominican Order.
Dominican Third Order. The Orders or religious families in the Church are divided in three groups: the First Order which regroups the male religious, the Second Order for the female religious, and the Third Order for the lay people. The Dominican Third Order traces its origins back to St. Dominic himself and its primitive constitutions date ...
On 15 November, the Master of the Order, fr Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa (2001-2009), promulgates the General Declarations of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic. 2015: The Master of the Order, fr Bruno Cadoré (2010-2019), approves the integration of two lay Dominicans into the International Commission for Justice and Peace. 2018
How to Join a Third Order. TJ Burdick. | 6 July 2013. | 45 Comments. On June 9th, I was welcomed into the Third Order of St. Dominic as a Lay Dominican. The spiritual formation that I craved for for years was quenched when I discovered that “lay religious” existed in the Catholic Church.
In order to join the Order of Preachers in whose apostolic mission we participate fully, we, the Laity of St. Dominic, make a promise according to the formula provided by the Rule. Incorporation into the lay branch of the Order, called the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic, subject to the Master and the other Major Superiors of the Order, takes ...
Since not all members are obliged to take solemn or simple vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, it operates more like a third order with a third order style structure, with no contemporary or canonical ties to the historical order founded by Dominic of Guzman.
Lay Dominicans are fully incorporated into the Order of Preachers, and have been in existence since 1285. They have also been known through history as Third Order Dominicans and Dominican Tertiaries. Many Lay Dominicans have reached great heights of sanctity through their life in the Order.
