On Sunday, February 23, Sister Mary Pellegrino, CSJ spoke in the chapel at Mariandale to the Dominican Sisters of Hope, challenging us to shift the narrative of our current experience of religious life from one of scarcity to one of abundance. Drawing on the work of...
On Sunday, January 12th, Teresa Maya, CCVI graced a group of sisters, staff, associates, and co-creators with her wisdom on the reality and future of religious life. Her talk, titled Hope is the Gift of Communion, challenged those present to consider how living our...
This month, I volunteered at the Catholic Charities of Laredo Humanitarian Respite Center in Texas, working with migrants who were given temporary asylum. As I spent time there, my being part of a congregation named Hope became even more meaningful. The connection...
HOPE is who we are as Dominicans! A desire to pray for each morning and to examine how we have lived it each evening is our tradition. When we observe our institutional church, country, and world, there are not too many signs for “optimism” (which is obviously...
When Sister Monica McGloin, OP started nursing school, she learned that treatment of an illness is three-pronged. The first step is prevention. The second is treatment. And the third step is restoration and rehabilitation. The approach is solid, and Sister Monica...
