On May 17, 2023, the Dominican Sisters of Hope were inducted into the inaugural Gloucester Catholic High School Hall of Fame in Gloucester City, NJ. The event was one of three celebrations in 2023: 300 years since the founding of the City, 175 since the foundation of...
When Sister Lorelle Elcock talks about Iraqi refugees, she tears up. The prioress of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, Sister Lorelle is normally even-keeled, but she concedes that talking about the people who have left everything they knew to flee from ISIS really gets...
For the past week, news sources have been abuzz about Pope Francis’s announcement to create a commission to study women deacons. It’s an initiative worthy of talk, but there’s more to the story. Sister Lorelle Elcock, OP, Prioress of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, was...