News and Events

Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), 08/23/2021, Sr. Léa Nikiema and Sr. Léontine Ilboudo, comunidad de Pô - Tiébélé.-  On the 8th of August 2021, on the solemnity of Saint Dominic, we experienced a special event: the celebration of the fusion of the Congregation of the Little Dominican Sisters with our Congregation. The Vice Province welcomed into its midst the Little Dominican Sisters of Congo Brazaville.

La Grande Bretèche, Tours (Francia), 08/16/2021, Sr. Martha Mendieta.- At the celebration of the feast of St. Dominic Guzman, we had a special flavor this year as we joyfully welcomed the PSD sisters who has become part of our Congregation from today. Four of them: Sr. Françoise Romatif, Sr. Geneviève Petit, Sr. Dominique Peiffer y Sr. Brigitte Ménager, participated in the annual retreat at the La Breteche organized by the Province of France from August 1 to 7.

Barcelona (Spain), 08/04/2021, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra.- Bro. Gerard Timoner III, Master of the Order, closed the cycle of colloquiums organized by the MCS team of the Congregation to celebrate and remember the 800 years of the Dies Natalis of St. Dominic and the 325 years of foundation of our Congregation, last July 31.

Roma (Italy), 07/27/21, Sr. Herminia Rincón Marín, General Councillor.- In this year of celebration of the eighth centenary of the birth to heaven of St. Dominic (Dies Natalis) and the 325 years of existence of the Congregation, the General Government wanted to offer a space for formation that would allow us for a deepening of Dominican Spirituality.

Dighton, Massachusetts (USA), 07/27/2021, Sr. Karen Champagne.- Congratulations to Sister Tulia Giraldo, from the USA Vice-Province, who celebrated the 70th anniversary of her religious profession on July 10, 2021, with a Eucharistic Liturgy in the Chapel of the Vice-Provincial House in Dighton.

Barcelona (Spain), 07/26/2021, Sr. Gemma Morató.- The Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano (ITM), a university institution attached to the municipality of Medellín and accredited in high quality, published in its magazine Memoria, number 50, on February 2021, the portrait of Marie Poussepin written by Sister Nora Inés Fonnegra Gómez.

Burkina Faso (Africa), 07/19/2021, MCS Africa Team.- The team of the Means of Social Communication for Evangelization of the Vice Province of Africa composed of the Sisters: Pauline Ilboudo, Béatrice Kantoro and Lucienne Sam held an ordinary meeting in Dassasgho (Ouagadougou) on March 27, 2021 in order to elaborate an action plan for the year 2021.

Dighton, Massachusetts (USA), 07/09/2021, Sr. Karen Champagne.- With great joy, Claudia Lorena Redondo professed her first vows as a Dominican Sister of the Presentation during a Eucharistic Liturgy on May 31, 2021, at the Chapel of the US Vice-Provincial House in Dighton.