1. A negative vote of both the chapter and the council is decisive when the brother has resided in the convent of his own province during that year; if the case concerns a cleric, the scholastic year can be counted for such a year. When the brother has resided outside the province, a decisive vote of the council of the province of affiliation is necessary.
2. When a brother has spent the aforesaid year outside his own province, the vote of its chapter and council are consultative only. However, in that case a vote of the council of the province of affiliation is always required. If it is favourable, the prior provincial may admit the brother to profession but not if it is contrary. In the case in which the votes of the chapter and the council do not agree, the matter is to be referred for decision to the proper provincial.
3. If a brother has not yet lived for a year in the convent of his actual assignation and is due to make solemn profession, the convent in which he spent the immediately preceding year takes a vote of the chapter and council according to n. 206, 2,  but the convent where he is actually living must first take a vote for the sake of information.

1. Where appropriate, aspirants should be prepared for some time before being admitted to the novitiate.
2. The duration, form and place of this preparation shall be decided by the provincial chapter, or the prior provincial with his council.
3. For this purpose, the province may establish a time of pre-novitiate as the first step on the journey towards the religious life. The aim of this is to prepare the aspirant for the novitiate especially through catechetical instruction, and provide an experience of living community life. It also gives the Order an opportunity to discern the aspirant’s suitability for Dominican life.

1. To publish books and articles, the brothers need the permission of their major superior, in addition to the requirements of common law.
2. If the major superior has doubts regarding matters of faith or morals, he shall appoint a commission of three experts to study the work.
3. If he refuses permission, he must tell the author the reasons for refusing.
4. An author who has been refused permission by a major superior can appeal to the Master of the Order. The Master shall set up a commission to examine the text. The judgement of the Master of the Order shall be definitive.

The right order of society, which the task of preaching urges us to promote, should be considered as a requirement for the spread of the kingdom of heaven, which, begun by the Incarnation of the Word of God, must be fulfilled in the universal community of men.

The Rosary as a way of contemplating the mysteries of Christ, is a school for developing evangelical life. As such, it is a form of preaching particularly appropriate to our Order, in which the truths of faith are proposed in the light of the blessed Virgin Mary’s participation in the mystery of Christ and the Church.

Therefore, the brothers should fervently preach the Rosary so that it may flourish, and they should promote its societies.

A province should draw up a plan of its overall apostolate and prepare the brothers for it and should coordinate its energies, taking into account the unity, the vigour and the continuity of the apostolate. The needs of the Church, and of the province, together with the problems likely to arise in the future should be kept in mind.

1. It is principally the responsibility of the conventual superior:
   1. to arrange that at suitable intervals, conferences and community discussions take place with professors from the houses of study or other experts from the Order or from elsewhere. Doctrinal questions should provide the subject matter, particularly those relevant to the brothers’ ministry and
   2. to ensure that the library is provided with the necessary books and that an adequate amount of money is spent annually for its  improvement.
2. There shall be a conventual lector of studies to assist the superior in fostering the intellectual life of the community. The superior himself may undertake this task.

When a brother dies:

1. The convent where he dies and the convent of his assignation shall celebrate for him the Office and Mass for the dead.
2. Throughout the province of his affiliation:
   1. each priest and each convent shall celebrate one Mass;
   2. each brother who is not a priest shall participate in one Mass. The same shall be done in the convent of his assignation if a brother was assigned outside his province of affiliation.
3. Throughout the Order:
   1. when a Master of the Order dies, each priest shall celebrate one Mass and each brother who is not a priest shall participate in one Mass.
   2. when a Master or ex-Master of the Order dies, each convent shall celebrate a Mass for the dead.

1. In every convent strictly so called, the conventual Mass shall be celebrated weekly for the deceased mentioned above. The Prayer of the Faithful with petitions for the dead shall be included. Where, however, the conventual Mass cannot be said (see n. 61, § II) one Mass shall be offered for the dead.
2. The following weeks are excluded: Holy Week, Easter Week, the week in which Christmas falls; also excluded are weeks during which an anniversary Mass (n. 70, § II), Mass for a deceased brother (n.73) or for a pope (n. 74) are celebrated.
3. A third part of the rosary shall be recited weekly by all the brothers for the deceased mentioned above.

1. In every convent strictly so called, the conventual Mass shall be celebrated weekly for the deceased mentioned above. The Prayer of the Faithful with petitions for the dead shall be included. Where, however, the conventual Mass cannot be said (see n. 61, § II) one Mass shall be offered for the dead.
2. The following weeks are excluded: Holy Week, Easter Week, the week in which Christmas falls; also excluded are weeks during which an anniversary Mass (n. 70, § II), Mass for a deceased brother (n.73) or for a pope (n. 74) are celebrated.
3. A third part of the rosary shall be recited weekly by all the brothers for the deceased mentioned above.