“Our school just received a wonderful prize,” wrote Dominican Sister of Hope John Christian McCabe, OP, in a letter to the Dominican Sisters earlier this week. Sister John Christian is the principal at La Academia San José in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, where she has...
The bees have found a home at Mariandale Retreat and Conference Center. On Friday, April 24, 2015, the sisters along with staff and co-creators welcomed two hives of bees onto campus. The bees are part of a long-standing effort on behalf of the sisters to protect and...
While the Dominican Sisters of Hope united to approve a corporate stance on climate change (and committed to working on climate change impacts), they celebrated Earth Day 2015 across the country. Above, Dominican Sister of Hope Rosemarie Wdzieczkowski, OP, and...
Many Dominican Sisters of Hope don’t doubt climate change. Talking to the sisters individually yields stories of climate marches, bee-keeping, monarch butterflies, and various other initiatives to honor and preserve the Earth. Now they have made their commitment to...
“Concerned about man-made climate change and united by our Catholic faith, we have come together to care for God’s creation, for the poor, who are the most vulnerable to climate disruption, and for our children, who will face the worst impacts in the coming years. We...
