News and Events

Songkoy (Philippines), 10/01/2024, Sr. Rosy Karippai.- The sisters of the Songkoy Community of the Philippines, in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan and the Cristo Divino Tesoro Parish, officially launched the Re-entry Education Agenda for the Poor (REAP) Project. This initiative, spearheaded by Archbishop Socrates Villegas, seeks to provide transformative educational opportunities for marginalized youth within the archdiocese.

Bogotá-Medellín (Colombia), 09/30/2024.- On our journey of following the Lord in this stage of the Novitiate, the time has come to go to the local Communities to share life and mission, to give witness to the faith that dwells within us and to the joy of one who feels infinitely loved and, out of love, is able to go towards others.

Lebanon, 09/26/2024, Sr. Mª Ángeles Flórez Pérez.- On September 18, the sisters of the Ghodrass community in Lebanon had the joy of blessing a cross recently placed on the front wall of our house, lovingly made with the help of our neighbors. The blessing was performed by Monsignor Louis Boery, who lives near our home.

Bogotá (Colombia), 09/25/2024, Itinerant Missionary Community.- The new sprouts of this sowing, which began 328 years ago in the fields of Beauce, continued 151 years ago in Colombia, and 130 years ago in the land of Casanare, continue to bloom with the freshness made possible only by the GRACE of the sower who went out to sow seeds...

Paris (France), 09/14/2024, Sr. María Esperanza Olarte.- On the occasion of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the French Church is actively participating to support the world of sports, which is why the Holy Games route was established from July 25 to August 11, along with Holy Extra-Ordinary (for the Paralympic Games). I was fortunate to be part of the first Holy Games team with the Dominican Family from July 25 to August 2.

Jerusalem, 09/14/2026, Sr. Rosario Garcés.- La Maison d'Abraham is a former French Benedictine monastery built in 1903 and originally used as a seminary for the Syro-Catholic Eastern Church. In 1963, the Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church called Monsignor Jean Rodhain, President of Secours Catholique and Caritas Internationalis, to ask him to build a Cité-secours in Jerusalem to welcome poor pilgrims from the Middle East.

Dassasgho (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso), September 14, 2024, Sr. Viviane Compaore.- This is the day that the Lord has acted; let it be our joy and our delight, Hallelujah! Two consecutive days of festivities in the Vice-Province of Africa are being celebrated in thanksgiving for the religious professions of some of our sisters. Indeed, the entire Vice-Province sings the wonders of the Lord for so many blessings: He has deemed it fit to increase the number of Sisters even more through the first religious profession on Friday, September 13, 2024.

Province of Our Lady of the Americas, Sister Janet Ceja Sáenz, Member of the CODALC team.- The teams of the Confederation of Dominican Sisters of Latin America and the Caribbean (CODALC) and the Interprovincial Conference of Dominicans of Latin America and the Caribbean (CIDALC) were responsible for organizing the Meeting of Dominican Formators.

Bucaramanga (Colombia), 09/14/2024, Sr. Adelaida Alba Botello.- The restructuring has brought with it the experience of synodality in the willingness to walk together as the new province of Our Lady of the Presentation. For this reason, a very special celebration was held to honor the Lord's faithfulness to six sisters who were celebrating their 60 years of consecration, five sisters who were celebrating 25 years, and, in the spring of her life, the religious consecration of novice Yenny Paola Flórez Álvarez.