Dominicans

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  Notes from the Order of Preachers in Ukraine

  March 9, 2022

  Kyiv, March 8, 2022, 4:45pm Dear sisters and dear brothers, Let me start with Fastiv today. The House of Saint Martin de Porres run by the Dominicans and lay volunteers has been a place of escape and rest for people affected by the hostilities, ever since the beginning of the war. One of the ladies […]

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  Music as Prayer

  May 29, 2019

  “We are healed by our songs before the vibrations ever leave our bodies.  We are blessed first and then we send out the blessing,” says Kate Munger, Founder of Threshold Choirs. I first encountered the Threshold Choir two years ago on a Sunday afternoon as I took part in the Peace Walk at the St. […]

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  Democratic Republic of Congo — Historical Perspective and Today

  December 4, 2018

  The first Dominicans came to the area of DRC in 1912 from Belgium. There is little available/accessible information of the early development of their ministry. Over the years, the friars were joined by the Dominican Missionaries of the Rosary and the Dominicans of Santo Domingo. During the period of African colonization by Europe, King Leopold […]

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  Her Story: Sister Inspiration – Sister Sue Tracy with Friend Sue Schroder

  June 30, 2017

  “Coping with hope is an acquired skill — especially when it comes to cancer,” says journalist Sue Schroder. That indomitable cope with hope spirit is the legacy of Dominican Sister Sue Tracy, OP, who shared a friendship and camaraderie with Sue Schroder, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2009 and is now in remission. “Sister […]