Not forgotten: our family in Iraq
by Marcelline Koch, OP The Dominican family in the United States has stood in solidarity with our sisters and brothers in Iraq since 1999 when the first group of U.S. Dominicans visited Iraq in response to a…
Sisters Empowering Women – UISG
UISG is planning a series of webinars on how Sisters Empower Women through their mission, in the light of “Fratelli Tutti”.The first event will be on March 26 on Synodality. There will also be testimony from the…
We lived an abundant joy
Dominican Sisters of St Catherine of Siena –IraqMarch 15, 2021 Dear friends, March 5th – 7th was a historical time in Iraq, in which we all lived a unique experience on every level. As Iraqis, we…
OUR EXPERIENCE
Community of Tomelloso (Ciudad Real)Dominicas de la Enseñanza de la I.C. The «state of alert» due to the coronavirus meant for us a sudden halt in our daily activities. As a community, we felt fear and…
Coronavirus 2020: Shadows and Lights
Sr. Mª Josefa Mollar, OPDominicas de la Enseñanza de la I. C., Spain 13 March 2020. And then it all stopped. School activities, gymnasiums, cultural and recreational assistance and activity centres, cinemas, bars, theatres, shopping centres,…
Story of confinement, Spain
Sr. Mª del Prado Garrido, OPDominicas del Santísimo Sacramento, Spain On March 14th, when we were notified that the « state of alert » would begin the next day, there was no indication of the events…
THE GIFT OF THE YEARS in coronavirus times
Sr. Mª Sagrario Díaz, OPOn behalf of the Community of Saint Catherine of PamplonaDominicas de la Enseñanza de la I.C. In the communities of elderly sisters of our congregation, we have instituted a feast called the…
Easter 2020 in Home Confinement
The Community of Tetuán, Madrid, in Home ConfinementCommunity of Tetuán (CRSD), April 2020 The community began Lent with an invitation to pray, every Monday in our house on the proposals of Pope Francis’ encyclical « Laudato…