Dominican Sister of Hope Mary Alice Hannan, OP was volunteering at a homeless shelter for runaway women under twenty-one-years-old when she first met Desda, a homeless woman in Manhattan who she would soon befriend. In 2000, Sister Mary Alice opened Desda’s Grate, a...
When Dominican Sister of Hope Mary Alice Hannan, OP heard about a congregation of Dominican Sisters who devoted their lives to serving the homeless, she knew she wanted to meet them. There was just one caveat: the group was located in France, and they adhered to the...
Last night, Dominican Sister of Hope Mary Alice Hannan, OP appeared on “Inside Amy Schumer” (no, this isn’t a joke). During the “Amy Goes Deep” segment, Amy Schumer asked Sister important questions about what it means to be a Catholic Sister....
Dominican Sister of Hope Mary Alice Hannan’s vocation began when she was around ten years old. Her father had died, she was ill, her mother was soon to be remarried, and the Dominican Sisters of Newburgh were helpful with all of it. They visited her in the hospital....
Dominican Sister of Hope Mary Alice Hannan was volunteering at a homeless shelter for runaways under twenty-one-years-old when she first met Desda. The year was 1982; Sister had a daily routine of walking to her home convent from the Times Square shelter every...
