The Latest: Women Bearing Gifts 2022

The Latest: Women Bearing Gifts 2022

A team of three Associates and three Dominican Sisters of Hope hosted the annual Women Bearing Gifts retreat via Zoom from 3 to 5 June. The theme, Holding onto Hope, Moving toward Peace, was presented in four two-hour sessions and resonated with women across America....
Spirit Prompts: Willing Prophets

Spirit Prompts: Willing Prophets

Video Fr Timothy Radcliffe O.P. | What is church when people cannot be together physically? Music I Am Willing – Holly Near   Currently Reading Joan Chittister’s The Time is Now: A Call to Uncommon Courage Excerpt from Joan: “Our world waits for you and me,...
Hope is: Acknowledging the Gifts of Each Woman

Hope is: Acknowledging the Gifts of Each Woman

In the mid-1980s, Martha LaVallee decided to attend a Women Bearing Gifts retreat. Facilitated by the then Dominican Sisters of Newburgh (now Dominican Sisters of Hope), the weekend retreat was a chance for women to take a break from their daily lives and families to...