n Sunday, December 3rd, Dominican Sister of Amityville Margaret (Connie) Kavanagh preached to a joyful crowd. Sisters from a number of Dominican congregations gathered at the Mariandale Center to bless the Benincasa Community, and to invite them to continue to live...
When Dominican Sister of Hope Marie DiCamillo passed away last month, her friend Dominican Sister of Hope Peggy Devlin wrote and read the eulogy for her funeral. In it, she depicts a life lived communally before the internet and without luxuries. Yet, far from dull,...
Common life is about the willingness to share our lives with one another. God is not found in isolation. The journey we are on is not meant to be walked alone. For Dominicans, the communal dimension of our religious life challenges to us to be of “one mind and one...
Flickr: Michael J Anyone who’s lived with a roommate knows that communal living can be tough. It’s no different for vowed religious. However, some groups manage to make community work and even find it fruitful: one group of Dominican Sisters of Hope has...
Bonus Audio: Listen in on an excerpt from an afternoon spent with the Guzman Community, or read the full interview below: What has been the most joyful part of being a sister? Sister Barbara Hamilton: Should this be holy? No, it doesn’t have to be holy! Sister...
