The religious community does not have any official ties to the Roman Catholic Order of Preachers founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III in 1216.
This Christian community can be found across the worldwide Anglican Communion and includes men and women (married, celibate, ordained, and lay) modeled along a third order rule.
The friars and sisters live under a common rule of life and vows of simplicity, purity, and obedience.
The order seeks to capture the spirit of St. Dominic's original 13th-century preaching movement within the varied contemporary settings of its members.
Friars and sisters of the Order gather once a year for chapter to celebrate the Feast of Saint Dominic and regularly at mid-year house meetings.