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...
“And Jesus took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.” (Mk 10:16) June 12, 2018 The following is a statement issued by the Justice Office of the Dominican Sisters in Committed Collaboration in response to the practice by...
You already konw about the Executive Orders on deportation that were issued by the U.S. President in January and are now being implemented. When the Executive Order came out, we voiced our opposition to the ban on immigrants. Throughout our Dominican history, we have...
