News & Events

Each year on the 8th November, the Dominican Family, worldwide, remember our Sisters and Brothers who have died. The Melbourne community gathered at Box Hill cemetery on Saturday to pray at the graves of the sisters and brothers who are buried…

The sisters in the Solomons have identified the need to reduce the use of plastic bags which impact landfill. As a Dominican justice and peace initiative, a  scheme has been developed to make their own calico bags for  marketing. The initiative is…

One hundred and twenty seven Dominican laity, religious women and friars gathered in Goa  for the bi-annual conference for the Asia-Pacific region. The theme was Hopes and Challenges concerning Dominican preaching in the Asia-Pacific Region. Presenters were Sisters Cecilia Espenilla and Bernadette Kiley.…

Most Dominicans have heard at some point in their lives that the Dominican Order is not only a good Order to live in, but also a great Order to die in. From its beginnings the Order has had a strong…

 

WE NEED CLIMATE ACTION NOW On Thursday 25 October Mr Anote Tong, former president of Kiribas and a leading advocate on climate change, addressed a meeting hosted byPacific Calling Partners (PCP) at Glebe. PCP, consisting of representatives of Australian religious congregations who…

Days for Girls (DfG) began in 2008 when Founder and CEO Celeste Mergens was working with a family foundation in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. It is a global movement that prepares and distributes sustainable menstrual health solutions to girls. Today,…

The 2018 JRD gathering of the sisters and brothers of the Order involved in Christian-Muslim relations took place at the Angelicum between 26 and 30 September. This year, it was held in commemoration of the beatification of Pierre Claverie, Dominican Bishop…

The focus this year will be on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The people of this country have been living through decades of devastating wars with ongoing massacres and human rights violations perpetrated by government forces and scores of…