News & Events

On Sunday August 27th, sisters,  ex-students, current staff, students and parents gathered at San Clemente to celebrate 100 years since the school was opened. The day began with Mass, presided by Father Burston and was followed by the blessing of the Four…

St Columban’s Primary School Mayfield, a school founded by Dominican Sisters and proud of its Dominican heritage, celebrates one hundred years. Bishop William Wright celebrated Mass at 11am on Saturday, then the Centenary Reflective Garden was blessed followed by a picnic in the…

Sister Luma Khudher, OP, a member of the Dominican Sister of St. Catherine of Sienna’s leadership team in Iraq, taught this summer at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. During a visit to the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Ill., she sat down…

The commission for an art work to fill the stairwell space in the new St Catherine Building was initiated by the Principal, Mrs Robson-Garth earlier in the year. Creative work on this commission was begun in May 2017 by engaging Siena…

Congratulations to Sisters Elizabeth and Frances on the occasion of their seventy years of Profession. "Well done good and faithful servants." (Matthew 25:23) "A blessing of these years is that we find ourselves at a time of life when we can finally …

A house of formation is currently being built for the novices and those sisters in temporary profession. It will  also provide a gathering space for all the sisters as well as provide space  for conferences.     Main entrance                                                  Internal view …

250 participants from thirty schools and Colleges with a Dominican heritage from all Australian States and New Zealand, gathered together at Siena College Camberwell, for the inaugural Dominican Education Australia Conference. Dominican Education Network Conferences have been held for many years…

Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP is a Dominican friar of the English Province, and former Master of the Order of Preachers from 1992-2001. Fr Timothy taught Scripture at Oxford University at Blackfriars, and was elected provincial of England in 1988. In 1992…

The new church is located where the Sister's house is on top of the hill. The building of the Church began in 2014 and was blessed on 19th March 2017. It was a great blessing and joyful day for the…