fr. Yves Bériault Re-elected

Re-elected to a second term, Father Yves will continue to guide the Province through a period of demographic change and renewed apostolic discernment.

The friars of the Dominican Province of Canada have reelected Friar Yves Bériault, OP, as provincial prior. His election to a second term was confirmed on July 15 by the Master of the Order, Friar Gérard Francisco Timoner III, OP.

The Chapter elected the following brothers as members of the Diffinitorium: Brother Lamphone Phonevilay, OP; Brother José Kahombo Apolinário, OP; Brother Raymond Latour, OP; and Brother Hervé Tremblay, OP. Together with the Provincial Prior, the members of the Diffinitorium will participate in the governance of the Province and in the implementation of the decisions of the Provincial Chapter.

“The population decline in our Canadian province is a reality we cannot ignore: it is part of the trends of our time and is an objective fact,” said Br. Yves. “But growth, which is also very real in our province, is above all a gift from God. It belongs to the realm of grace; it is hope that draws us forward beyond appearances.”

Born in May 1947 in Lachine, Quebec, Brother Yves studied clinical psychology at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Before entering religious life, he worked as a school psychologist and a clinical psychologist.

At the age of 36, he entered the Order. He completed his novitiate in Quebec City and took his first vows on August 8, 1984. He pursued studies in philosophy and theology at Saint Paul University and the Dominican University College in Ottawa.

From 1988 to 1999, Brother Yves served as a university chaplain at the University of Montreal. During that time, he also taught at the Dominican Pastoral Institute and served as novice master in Montreal from 1994 to 1997.

His ministry was marked by a longstanding commitment to communications and the Internet. In 1997, he took charge of the Province’s website and subsequently created the “Spirituality 2000” site after a sabbatical year in Rome. From 2001 to 2002, he served as director of the General Curia, overseeing UID, the Order’s international information service, and acting as the Order’s Internet coordinator.

Fr. Yves returned to the Ministry of Formation as novice master from 2002 to 2009. He then served as novice master in Kigali, Rwanda, from 2009 to 2010, and again in Quebec City from 2010 to 2014. In Quebec City, he served as assistant pastor at Saint-Dominique Church from 2012 to 2018.

He served as vicar to the provincial prior from 2018 to 2021 and was elected prior of St. John the Baptist Priory in Ottawa in June 2018. He was reelected prior in 2021 and served as pastor of the conventual parish from 2018 to 2022.

In 2022, Br. Yves was appointed Vicar of the Master of the Order for Canada. He was elected Provincial Prior for the first time on June 7, 2022. “I warmly thank my brothers on the chapter for their renewed trust, and I pray to the Lord that I may be worthy of the mission they have entrusted to me,” concluded Fr. Yves.

May the intercession of Saint Dominic obtain for his sons in Canada an abundance of grace for holy preaching.

Toronto Theology Talks

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1- Dr. Darren Dias, O.P.
Theology in a Pluralistic World
On Service, Challenge, and Change

2- Dr. Marion Taylor
Recovering Lost Voices Women Interpreters and the Hidden
History of Biblical Interpretation

3- Dr. Tom Reynolds
Disability Theology and the Art of Being

4- Dr. Cynthia Cameron
Rethinking Adolescence in Theology
On Youth, Faith, and the Image of God

5- Dr. Michelle Voss
Theology as Encounter- Listening Across Religious Difference

6- Dr. Gerard Ryan
Faith, Vulnerability, and Recognition

7- Dr. Michael Attridge
Understanding Vatican II- Theology, Change, and Hope

Dominican Laity Commitment

We would like to acknowledge the commitment of Sylvie Latreille and Renaldo Batista to the Dominican laity and offer them our warmest congratulations.

RISE UP 2025

RISE UP 2025 in Montreal • Dec 29 – Jan 1

The Dominican Friars of Canada, together with the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia (OP), shared a joyful and uplifting time.

What a blast! 🙌 Our spirits were truly lifted.

Happy New Year to all participants, and blessings to everyone!

RENEW Toronto

RENEW Toronto Conference – A Spirit-filled experience

✨The Dominican family was well represented, demonstrating its presence and commitment in the heart of Toronto.

🗓 November 21-23, 2025

The RENEW Toronto conference was a deeply inspiring and Spirit-filled weekend, with keynote lectures, workshops, Mass, Eucharistic adoration and much more.

🙏 Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica, presided over by Cardinal Leo, was followed by a lovely moment of fellowship over food and refreshments.

“Be what you were created to be, and you will set the world on fire.” – Saint Catherine of Siena

Dominican Month for Peace 2025: Cameroon

LITANY FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE

Christ’s rights were flouted so that justice and peace would reign forever for all. “It pleased God … to reconcile all things through Christ and for him, both on earth and in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross” (Col. 1: 19).

  • Lord, our Justice and our Peace, have mercy on us.
  • O Christ, our Justice and our Peace, have mercy on us.
  • Holy Spirit, Spirit of Justice and Peace, have mercy on us.
  • So that your Will may come and reign, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • In order for human beings to come to the obedience of faith, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • So that human wills may commune with your holy Will, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • So that human beings may live according to your holy Will which desires the good and the salvation of all, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • So that your reign of justice and peace may come, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • That your justice and your peace reign in hearts and nations, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • So that injustices give way to true justice, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • So that human freedoms are respected, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • So that real equality and equity reign among human beings, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • So that the dignity of human beings, created in your image and likeness, may be respected, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • So that charity and sharing reign among human beings, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • May the castles and paradises of the rich no longer be built on misery and the blood of the poor, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • So that the strong no longer crushes the weak, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • So that the poor are no longer sold for a pair of sandals, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • So that the judges of the nations apply the laws with the fear of the Lord, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • May the innocent be condemned no longer and the guilty set free, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • May our prisons become places of life and not of torture and death, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • So that wars and violence around the world will cease, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • In order for human beings to forgive each other, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • May human beings be reconciled with you and among themselves in Christ, we pray to you, Lord, hear us.
  • Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
  • Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, forgive us, Lord.
  • Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, give us your justice and your peace.

Let us pray: Lord, you have made Christ our Justice and our Peace. Through the merits of his rights flouted on the Cross, grant us to live as artisans and apostles of justice and peace, so that your kingdom may come in the world and your will be done. We ask this through Him, Christ, who reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

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