Central America

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  Sister Inspiration: A Bridge of Love & Hope in Chimbote

  January 29, 2021

  Dominican Sisters Margaret Mary Birchmeier and Lillian Bockheim serve as part of the “bridge of love and hope” in one of the poorest communities in South America. They have lived in the community of Chimbote since the 1960s building a ministry that today includes a maternity hospital, pre-natal education, and well-baby clinics. From very humble […]

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  Editorial Response to Writer Lily Moore-Eissenberg’s January 27 Time Magazine Article

  January 27, 2020

  I was deeply moved by Time Magazine writer Lily Moore-Eissenberg’s January 27, 2020 article ‘Our Work Is Helping People Find Happiness.’ Meet the Leftist Nuns Helping Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border’. The article highlights the depth of response to “…a `call to the border,’ as many sisters describe it. Since then, more than 700 nuns […]

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  A Blessed Birth of a Baby in Chimbote Peru at Maternidad de Maria

  October 23, 2019

  We are delighted to announce the 100,000th baby was delivered with the compassionate assistance and care from the professional midwives and nurses at Maternidad de Maria in Chimbote Peru! According to Sr. Margaret Mary Birchmeier, the baby boy was born on Sunday at 6:35 pm, weighing 7 lbs. 7 oz. Mother Sumiko and father Lazaro […]

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  Going Where Help is Needed: Support at the U.S. Border and Beyond

  June 27, 2019

  For the past five months, Ada Dominguez, OP has been volunteering one day a week to help with the steady flow of people arriving in the United States. She volunteers in Albuquerque at a location coordinated by Albuquerque Interfaith. She is joined in effort and prayer by Sister Eva Silva and Dolorita Martinez, as well […]

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  Central American People Face Extreme Hardship in 21st Century World

  March 11, 2019

  Events to Raise Awareness about Honduras and El Salvador “The people of Central America (including El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) face extreme hardship in our 21st Century world,” says Joan Williams, OP. “It’s up to us, those who have a voice, to speak out against systemic political, economic, and social injustice.” In March, the Dominican Sisters~Grand […]