Kindness Counts: Why Good Deeds Aren’t Only for World Kindness Day

Kindness Counts: Why Good Deeds Aren’t Only for World Kindness Day

For Dominican Sister of Hope Connie Kelly, OP, living intentionally, communally, and kindly are all connected. Although she grew up in a big family that had quiet dinners (“There was a rule that, at the dinner table, you didn’t speak unless you were called on,” Sister...
Dance of Hope

Dance of Hope

It starts as a feeling, the movement from inside Taking me to a place far and wide As it spirals upward my heart sees it in a glance The feeling that is building is the beginning of my dance It is a gift I have come to accept Guiding me through my life as I reflect...
5 Ways to Do Good Now, According to Sister Connie

5 Ways to Do Good Now, According to Sister Connie

Flickr: Pennsylvania National Guard “In our call as Christians, as Catholics, as people, we should be able to help one another without being asked to do it,” says Sister Connie Kelly, a Dominican Sister of Hope. She’s not all talk. Sister Connie was the Campus...

One Sister’s Prayer through Poetry

Dominican Sister of Hope Connie Kelly, OP is a published poet who’s written over 250 poems and is currently working on publishing an anthology. Today, Sister Connie shares with us the history behind her creative genius, the inspiration behind her writing, and one of...