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206th Lincoln Birthday Dominican Connection

By Website Administrator | February 12, 2015

“All through life, be sure and put your feet in the right place, and then stand firm.”~ Abraham Lincoln, March 1862 Sister Philip Neri Crawford, OP delivered the invocation at the re-dedication of the Third Street gateway entrance to Oak Ridge Cemetery on December 3, 2014. Two of our foundresses, Sister Josephine Meagher and Sr. Rachel Conway, were called upon to unveil the statue at Lincoln’s Tomb on October 14, 1874. The gate has now been recreated to […]

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World Day of the Sick

By Website Administrator | February 11, 2015

Pray for those in poor health and healthcare workers today, WorldDayoftheSick 2015. Prayer link: http://www.chausa.org/prayers/prayer-library/liturgical-prayers-and-reflections/solemnities-feast-days-and-memorials/world-day-of-the-sick/2014-world-day-of-the-sick

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Iraqi Dominican Sisters Update August 30th 2014

By Website Administrator | September 1, 2014

Again our Iraqi Dominican Sisters call us to know their reality and raise our voices in solidarity. In the words of Catherine of Siena, patroness of the Dominican sisters in Iraq: “Cry out with a million voices for it is silence that kills the world.” August 30th 2014 Weakened and Impoverished We entered the fourth week of displacement. Yet, there is nothing promising at all. The Iraqi government has not done anything to regain the Christian towns back […]

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