Dominican Sisters from Australia and the Solomon Islands joined School Leaders and staffs from Dominican Education Australia (DEA) and Dominican heritage schools across Australia and New Zealand for the biannual Dominican Education Conference held in Invercargill, New Zealand from the…
This month Sr Margaret OP, moves to Rome from America, to take up the position of International Coordinator for Dominican Sisters International.
DSI was founded in 1995 and gathers 150 Congregations from more than a hundred countries, with the goal of…
Sr Laurie Brink OP, (Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa USA), is a Professor of New Testament Studies at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. She has taught courses on the Gospels, Letters of Paul, Acts of the Apostles, and Early Christian…
Ten sisters travelled from Sydney, Newcastle and Adelaide to Queenscliff in Victoria to participate in the Come and Rest Awhile Program held at Santa Casa, (a ministry of the Sisters of Mercy) from the 22-26 September.
The days provided a wonderful…
The Dominican Sisters founded St John’s Primary and Holy Name schools in Glenorchy as well as Holy Rosary school, Claremont. Years later they co-founded Dominic College and then Guilford Young College. Throughout they were, and continue to be, an integral…
By Marilyn Rodrigues
THE CATHOLIC WEEKLY
September 11, 2019
Printed with permission
When Sister Doreen joined the Dominican Sisters in 1948 at the ripe age of 21 she groaned when she met fellow newcomers Srs Shirley King and Patricia Nichols, then 17 and 18 respectively.
“I…
The Catholic Church in Australia observes Child Protection Sunday on September 8, in conjunction with National Child Protection Week. I am not sure that Child Protection Sunday was a designated Sunday in the Church’s calendar ten years ago. It is…
We are indeed privileged to be part contributors to the writing of two new icons.These beautiful images of Dominic and Catherine were installed in Santa Sabina Chapel on 29 August, feast of St Sabina, during a solemn ceremony attended by…
A Sewing Project is held on Wednesday afternoons, facilitated by Susan, a lady from Australia. Susan works with the sisters to sew different types of bags in order to reduce the using of plastic bags.
The sisters are currently sewing …