fr. Gerard TIMONER III
President
Fr. Gerard Francisco Parco Timoner III, who hails from the Province of Camarines Norte, in the Philippines, was appointed as the new Master of the Order in 2019. Before assuming this role, he was the immediate past Socius of the Master for Asia-Pacific and the Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of the Philippines. His formal assignment in the Province was in the Priory of Saint Thomas Aquinas in the University of Santo Tomas (UST), where he served as the Vice-Rector for Religious Affairs and Rector of the Central (Interdiocesan) Seminary. In 2014, fr. Gerard was named a member of the International Theological Commission by Pope Francis. As the new Master of the Order, fr. Gerard is also the current Grand Chancellor of UST.
sr. Margaret MAYCE
Vice President
Sr. Margaret Mayce is a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Congregation of the Holy Cross, Amityville, New York. Prior to her election as International Coordinator of Dominican Sisters International Confederation (DSIC), she served as the Representative of the NGO Dominican Leadership Conference at the UN in New York. In this capacity, sr. Margaret served as Chair of the NGO Committee for Social Development from 2012 to 2016, and Chair of the NGO Mining Working Group from 2017 to 2019. While at the UN, she was engaged in a wide range of issues, including poverty eradication; sustainable development and climate change; the plight of women and girls worldwide and financing for sustainable development. She brings the rich Dominican tradition of advocating for human rights that transcends all she does. From 2001 to 2007, she served on her Congregation’s Leadership Team as Councillor for Ministry and was elected to the membership on the National Board of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). She has also served as the Director of the Hispanic Ministry for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, NY, and lived and worked in the Dominican Republic for three years. She holds a Bachelor’s in Sociology; a Master’s in International Political Economic Development; a certificate in Pastoral Spanish and a certificate in Preaching.
fr. Thomas Gabriel BROGL
Treasurer
Brother Thomas Gabriel Brogl, OP, is the Socius of the Master of the Order for the Provinces
of Europe (II) and Treasurer of Dominicans for Justice and Peace.
Since September 2024, he is assigned to Santa Sabina in Rome as Socius of the Master of the
Dominican Order for Europe and is serving Domincans for Justice and Peace as Treasurer
since December 2025.
Fr Thomas Gabriel was born in Donauwörth in 1977 and studied theology in Augsburg, Rome
and Freiburg. He joined the Dominican Order in 2002, made his novitiate (2002-2004), and
then studied spiritual theology in Vienna. He was ordained deacon in 2007 and a priest in
2008. After ordination, Br Thomas served in parish ministry at the newly founded Dominican
Convent of St Martin in Freiburg(2009-12) and then as student master and procurator at the
Dominican Convent of Vienna (2012-2015). From 2015 to 2024, he has been Prior Provincial
of the South German-Austrian Dominican Province of St Albert. Additionally from December
2017 to August 2021 and from September 2023 to February 2024, Br Thomas led the
pastoral work of St Martin in Freiburg . During the second half of 2019 he became temporary
curate of the highway church Maria Schutz der Reisenden in Aretsried on the. Beginning
in September 2021 until February of this year, he served as a parish priest of St Martin.
fr. Florentino BOLO Jr
Board Member
Fr. Florentino originates from the Philippines and was professed in the Order of Preachers in 1998. He was soon appointed as the Assistant Master of Novices and Vice Rector of the UST Central Seminary. He also assumed the offices of Secretary General of UST as well as Provincial Promoter of the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic. His apostolic engagement with the fraternities continued even as he proceeded to undertake further studies in Rome, where he was tasked by fr. Bruno Cadoré, OP, to work as International Coordinator of the Priestly Fraternities of the Order in 2013. In the final year of his Doctorate in Canon Law at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), he served as Master of Students for the Roman Province of St. Catherine of Siena. Upon returning to the Philippines in 2016, he was appointed in the Order as the General Promoter of the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic.
fr. Michel FONTAINE
Board Member
Fr. Michel Fontaine entered religious life at the age of 49. He has been trained in the fields of nursing, social sciences, theological ethics and bioethics. Fr. Michel is an honorary professor at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (Hautes Écoles Spécialisées de Suisse Occidentale (HES-SO). He was also an invited professor of Epistemology of Sciences at the Institute of Higher Education and Research in Healthcare of the University of Lausanne. In addition to currently being engaged in the parish’s ministry, fr. Michel is a member of the Geneva Health Care Office (Bureau de la Pastorale de la Santé) and is a chaplain in medico-social facilities for the elderly. Finally, he is a member of the Bioethics Commission of the Conference of Churches in Switzerland. Fr. Michel resides at the Convent of Saint Dominic in Geneva.
fr. Pablo SICOULY
Board Member
Fr. Pablo is the Socius of the Master of the Order for the Intellectual Life since 2018. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he entered the Order of Preachers in 1979 after completing his law studies. He is a Doctor of Theology from the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology (Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen) in Frankfurt-Main, Germany and a Professor of Philosophy from the Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North (Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino – UNSTA) in Argentina. He was Regent of Studies of his Province and Prior Provincial from 2007 to 2015. During this period, he served as the President of the Governing Board and Grand Chancellor of UNSTA. He also worked as a professor at the Dominican Centre of Studies and at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Argentina (Universidad Católica Argentina) in Buenos Aires. From 2015 to 2018 he served as the Promoter of Studies for the Interprovincial Conference of Dominicans in Latin America and the Caribbean (Conferencia Interprovincial de Dominicos en América Latina y el Caribe – CIDALC). At the moment, he is a visiting professor at the Faculty of Theology of San Esteban (Facultad de Teología San Esteban) in Salamanca, collaborating in a joint programme with CIDALC.
Ms Claire PONCET PACCHIANI
Board Member
Claire is a Swiss national and married with 5 children. She is a member of the Dominican parish in Geneva and headed the parish’s engagement in the Dominican Month of Peace for 2019 with a focus on India.
She graduated with a Master of Arts degree in the University of Geneva, (Literature and Development Studies) and later with a Theology BA in the University of Strasbourg. With her husband Mario who worked for UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development),they lived and worked in Latin America, Italy, and the United States. She is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. Back in Switzerland, she worked as a teacher in the public school and adult education. She has translated several documents of Dominicans for Justice and Peace into French, including Dominicans and Human Rights: Past, Present and Future (ATF, 2017)
dr. Hugo SLIM
Board Member
Hugo Slim is the Director at the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice at
Blackfriars Hall at the University of Oxford and at the Institute of Ethics, Law and Armed
Conflict at Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government. He is also Visiting Professor at the
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Academy at Suzhou University and at Schwarzman
College at Tsinghua University. His career has combined academia, policymaking,
humanitarian diplomacy and frontline relief operations. Hugo has worked for Save the
Children, the United Nations, Oxfam GB, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, and the
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD). From 2015 to 2020 he was Head of
Policy and Humanitarian Diplomacy at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
His books include: Humanitarianism 2.0: New Ethics for the Climate Emergency, Hurst 2024;
Solferino 21: Warfare, Civilians and Humanitarians in the Twenty First Century, Hurst, 2022,
Humanitarian Ethics: The Morality of Aid in War and Disaster, Hurst, 2015, and Killing
Civilians: Method, Madness and Morality in War, Hurst, 2007.
