Hong Kong (SE): Ten Dominican brothers made their first professions while 16 novices donned the habit of the Dominican Order on Sunday, during the rite of profession and vestition on July 1 at the Chapel of Rosaryhill, Hong Kong, at a Mass concelebrated by Father Javier González Izquierdo, the prior provincial, in the presence of the Dominican Brothers residing in Hong Kong and Macau.
 
A second batch of six novices will make their first professions on August 8.
 

Hong Kong (SE): Dominican Father Everett Allen Roman Carter, a friend of many in Hong Kong, died on the afternoon of June 16 in Avila, Spain. 
 
In accordance with tradition, a requiem Mass was celebrated the next day, June 17 at the priory of the Convent of Santo Tomas, after which he was buried with his confrérès in the cemetery at Avila.
 

HONG KONG (SE): Father Bonifacio García Solís was elected prior provincial for the Province of Our Lady of the Rosary by the capitular friars of the Dominican Order at a gathering at the Convent of St. Thomas Aquinas in Avila, Spain. The election was confirmed by the master of the order, Father Bruno Cadoré.
 
Father Solís succeeds Father Javier Gonzalez Izquierdo, who has concluded his second term.