A member of the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids, Sr. Maureen Geary, recently completed her term in the presidency of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), a national organization representing the vast majority of Catholic…
On 10 November through 20 November, people from over 190 countries will gather in Belém, Brazil for the 30th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP) commonly referred to as COP 30. It is the…
From September 29 to October 1, 2025, Sr. Maria Luz Mission, DSIC Coordinator for Asia Pacific, visited the congregations in South Vietnam. She shares: “Thank God for a wonderful visit we had in South Vietnam with…
Today, October 9, 2025, Pope Leo XIV released his first Apostolic Exhortation: Dilexi te (“I have loved you” – Rev 3:9). In the newly published document, the Pope calls us to see the love of Christ…
“After I leave my monthly ICE check in—si Dios quiere—I have an appointment…” it was one of those ordinary conversations that revealed the extraordinary – in this case, extraordinarily sad. We were in the kitchen together,…
Migration, beyond numbers, statistics, or headlines, is above all a human face. It is the tired steps of those who have left their homeland, the hopeful eyes of children who cannot understand why their lives are…
Nestled in the serene hills of Westchester County, New York, lies a sanctuary of compassion: Rosary Hill Home. Operated by the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, this haven offers free palliative care to patients afflicted with incurable cancer. The…
Sr. Lissette (Lissie) Avilés-Ríos, op When people talk to us about peace, some think that the way to achieve it is as a result of war, while others—and I hope we are the majority—see it as…