Meeting in Caleruega
From August 19-25, 45 of our younger Sisters representing the five continental areas of DSIC will gather in Caleruega, Spain, to reflect on God’s dream for us as women preachers in today’s world. Their reflections will…
Sr. Mary Catherine Hilkert honored for ‘incomparable’ contributions to theology by CTSA
Article published in America – The Jesuit Review The Catholic Theological Society of America honored Mary Catherine Hilkert, O.P., with the John Courtney Murray Award, its highest honor, this past weekend in Baltimore. Named for the American…
Border breakfast center for migrants brings together Dominican sisters and Salesian laity
March 16, 2024 He saw our misery, our weariness and our oppression and brought us out of Egypt by the might of his hand and the strength of his arm, amid great terror, signs and wonders”…
Dominicans cite their charism for slight rise in vocations
By Greta Gaffin January 22, 2024 One of the largest congregations of women religious in the United States has seen a recent increase in vocations. While there’s no clear reasoning or data behind the trend, sisters…
DSIC Coordinating Council Meeting 2023 – Rome
The DSIC Coordinating Council met in Rome, Convent of Santa Sabina from November 20 to 25.(Photo) from left to right; Sr. Pilar del Barrio, OP (Cont. Coord. for Europe), Sr. Izide Vecchi, OP (Cont. Coord. for…
Q & A with Sr. Jean Graffweg, migrant Head Start director at House on the Hill
February 14, 2023 BY RENÉE K. GADOUA Sr. Jean Graffweg has a confession: After 42 years of ministry to the children of migrant farmworkers picking lettuce, radishes and onions in New York’s Orange County, she loves…
COP27 attendees are standing on holy ground
This article was written by Sr. Elise Garcia, OP, Prioress of the Adrian Dominican Sisters, USA. DSIC’s representative at the UN in New York, Sr. Dusty Farnan, OP has been attending the conference. November 14, 2022…
Incoming LCWR president Sr. Rebecca Ann Gemma keeps eyes open to complexity
Sr. Rebecca Ann Gemma, a Dominican Sister of Springfield, Illinois, has learned over the last 20 years that leadership can sometimes feel like a juggling act. Sometimes, she just has to tap into the Spirit in…