When asked about the highlight of her years as a sister, Dominican Sister of Hope June Baker’s reply is immediate: she loved working as a chaplain. In 1980, after completing a Clinical Pastoral Education program, Sister June became a certified chaplain in the Pastoral...
When Dominican Sister of Hope Eileen Hollen, OP first meets patients, she is in her hospital office. She is an Adult Health Nurse Practitioner at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and she works specifically with patients who have HIV. Oftentimes, the...
For years, Dominican Sister of Hope Anne Marie Bucher, OP has found inspiration in the Visitation scene in the Bible. There aren’t many details to it: Elizabeth was pregnant, Mary showed up, John the Baptist leapt in the womb. But, for Sister Anne Marie, envisioning...
Dominican Sister of Hope Beth Jaspers entered the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor (now Dominican Sisters of Hope) in 1964. Since 1977, she has lived in Norton, Virginia, and has helped to start a number of social services in the community. Among them is Remote Area...
The Dominican Sisters of Hope/The Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor have long had a ministry in nursing. Many of our sisters are now retired from nursing, but their ministries serve as an example for those who now minister to the sick. Below, we’re sharing why...
