Today, as various coalitions and organizations gather to participate in the Catholic Day of Action in Washington, D.C., sisters and staff gathered to pray in solidarity. Together, the group challenged the current administration’s abuse of immigrant children and...
On the eve of Friday, July 12th, we Dominican Sisters of Hope, along with associates and co-creators, participated in Lights for Liberty, a vigil to end the detention camps at the U.S. border. The issue of immigration is not new to us. Throughout years in ministry, we...
When Dominican Sister of Hope Lucy Povilonis, O.P. thinks of refugee camps, she thinks of crowded conditions, pockets of people speaking the same dialect, and a unanimous longing for a better life. Unlike many of us who are glued to the news of the crisis at the...
This past Sunday, a group gathered at Mariandale Retreat and Conference Center for a five-hour workshop on the leadership of community organizations and faith groups who want to play a key role in welcoming refugees to Westchester County. Together with Catholic...
It’s no secret that there is a refugee crisis happening right now. As we learn more about countries who are being persecuted by ISIS and whose citizens are forced to flee en masse, the information and images only become more disturbing. Dominican Sister of Hope...
