Once I began “letting go” and concentrating on what are the blessings, Hope began to stare me in the face.

Taking a hopeful stance in this world can be counter-cultural. But Hope doesn’t mean we don’t deal in reality. It just means that we trust in God’s love for us and for the world.

It strikes me now that perhaps Hope itself is the big memory. Far more than mere optimism, Hope is a theological virtue infused in us at Baptism. This gift of Hope not only implants in us a desire for union with our God as our ultimate happiness, but also assures us that we need only place our trust in Christ’s promises. 

It strikes me now that perhaps Hope itself is the big memory. Far more than mere optimism, Hope is a theological virtue infused in us at Baptism. This gift of Hope not only implants in us a desire for union with our God as our ultimate happiness, but also assures us that we need only place our trust in Christ’s promises. 

No focus on the plans of a newly elected president can obviate the complicated reality of who we are:  who we have become, and who we now know ourselves to be.

No focus on the plans of a newly elected president can obviate the complicated reality of who we are:  who we have become, and who we now know ourselves to be.

How do we celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Incarnation in 2020? 

I now recognize that my friend’s insight, as well as my defensive reaction, opened up a greater consciousness of how slippery a slope it is to get stuck in self and then to be seduced by a flawed sense of righteousness.

Remember who you are. Perhaps it was for this very moment that you were created. Remember too that we are not alone on this journey. We are accompanied by the God of Promise.

To be Human, Christian, Dominican is to be in relationship! How do I (we) respond??

“We’re individuals, but we have to live as part of a community,” Sister Monica says. “We have to recognize that everything we do has impacts on other people, including our monopolies on land.”

Today, hope is educating, reversing cycles of poverty, fighting against racism, rebuilding homes, helping to inform adults of faith, making a space in the church for the deaf, and empowering women. And that’s just a start. Although

When you approach the Center, you’re met with laughs and chatter. Women studying English guide each other and laugh together when they make mistakes. The wraparound porch is checkered with women sharing stories, commiserating, and, most important, building community.

“Out in their families and in their social circles, participants often feel that they can’t express their sorrow because people say, ‘You should get over this,’ or ‘Get on with your life.’ People don’t understand what they’re going through,” Sister Cynthia explains.

Nora Cronin Presentation Academy provides a pathway out of poverty through education as a means to raise expectations for young girls.

The benefits of learning to sew are two-fold: it gives the adults an industry, and the results provide the required school uniforms for the children.

As Deb Egan puts it, science and technology have always been a part of the Dominican tradition, as they pertain to the search for truth. So it is in the classrooms Saint John the Apostle School where Deb is principal.

Being Catholic is not just a thing that you do on Sunday or in church. It’s something that becomes how you live your life no matter where you are.”

Harmony Farm is a place for not just food, but also for justice and spirituality.

The Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center rallies against the death penalty, provides education about human trafficking, advocates for immigrants’ rights, battles racism, and works toward peace and nonviolence.