“I feel that I was born with a crayon in my hand,” Dominican Sister of Hope Sylvia Bielen, O.P. says. This weekend, The Mariandale Center celebrated her lifelong commitment to art in many forms —including painting, calligraphy, and watercolor— at her art show,...
Dominican Sister of Hope Sylvia Bielen, OP often finds herself reflecting. Living independently at ninety years old, she has embraced a few important lessons: she treasures the advice of people her age and older. She relishes memories of her grandmother’s fresh baked...
