Fifty-two weeks a year, women religious stand with the poor and immigrants, teach children, fight injustice, heal the sick, share spirituality, empower women, defend the planet, promote peace, create community, offer hope. But for one week, beginning on International...
This past weekend, in honor of International Women’s Day and National Catholic Sisters Week, we were joined by Dominican Sisters International from Australia, the Solomon Islands, Paraguay, Tanzania, South Africa, Norway, Mexico, and the United States to join in...
As I interview each Dominican Sister of Hope, almost every one of my interviews has a recurring theme: sisters are shocked at where their lives lead after they decide to enter the convent. Some Catholic Sisters took awhileto respond to the call to religious life,...
“I went all through public school so I didn’t really know sisters at all. When I graduated from high school, I worked in the city at House Beautiful magazine for a few years. I dated and I had lots of fun. My mother, who was a very holy woman, used to encourage...
