Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, theologian, poet, archivist, and librarian of the Holy Roman Church
Province of Portugal Marks Dominican Jubilee with Admission of Cardinal in the Priestly Fraternities
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In a solemn rite celebrated during the vespers of 4 August 2021, Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, theologian and poet, archivist, and librarian of the Holy Roman Church, became a member of the Dominican Family by making profession in the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic.
With various representatives of the Dominican Family in Portugal witnessing the occasion, the Cardinal received the habit of the friars from the hands of fr. José Nunes, OP, Prior Provincial of the Province of Portugal, before whom he also made profession to follow the Rule of the fraternities for his whole life.
Following his reception into the Order, the Cardinal delivered a conference on the theme of the Jubilee. All these took place at the convent of St. Dominic in Lisbon as the Province of Portugal celebrates the 800th anniversary of the dies natalis of the Order’s founder, St. Dominic. In his lecture, he evoked St. Dominic as a man who “lived intensely” and knew how to create a table of “companions on mission”.
