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News & Updates
Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from Iran Nuclear Deal
The following statement is from the General Council of the Adrian Dominican Sisters in response to President Donald Trump’s decision on May 8, 2018, to withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Deal. The Adrian Dominican Sisters decry the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal. Despite its flaws, the multilateral deal […]
UN Update
Commission on Population and Development “This year the 51st Commission on Population and Development takes place from April 9th to the 13th at the United Nations Headquarters. The Commission functions as a way to advise the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on matters related to population issues and trends, integrating population and development strategies, […]
Response to Gun Violence
The Dominican Sisters of Peace have prepared a resource packet: Suggested Guidelines on Response to Gun Violence for any school, motherhouse or ministry who would like to participate in public prayer in solidarity with the students and staff that were killed in Parkland, FL. We have created this for our schools and other ministries and encourage anyone […]
Public Statement Opposing Offshore Drilling
The Dominican Sisters Conference is sharing the Public Statement of the Adrian Dominican Sisters Opposing Offshore Drilling. We hope that you can adapt and/or use it in your ministry. We are alarmed by the Trump Administration’s decision to open federal waters to new offshore oil and gas exploration in the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans, […]
DSC Annual Drawing
Enter DSC’s Annual Drawing It’s time again for DSC’s annual drawing, and we have some great PRIZES again this year!!! Each raffle ticket is $10 or $25 for 3 tickets. The drawing will be held on November 20, 2017—just in time for Christmas shopping! Click here for tickets and information
We Have Family in Iraq 2017 Delegation
Dominican Sisters Conference Announces Delegation to Iraq Plans for solidarity visit is contingent on outcome of Kurdish independence vote Three U.S. Dominican women planning to visit their counterparts in Iraq are awaiting word from the sisters in Iraq to determine whether the outcome of the non-binding referendum on Kurdish independence held on Monday (today, yesterday) […]
Public Statement on The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals – DACA
The following is a public statement by the Dominican Sisters Conference and the Dominican Justice Promoters speaking out against President Trump’s removal of protection for more than 800,000 young people through the rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. We, the Dominican Sisters Conference and the Dominican Justice Promoters in the U.S., […]
“Seeking Truth Together”
By Donna Ciango, OP (Caldwell). “For many years, I have had the privilege of working with people all over the world to form and sustain small Christian communities. Small Christian communities are groups of eight to 12” […]
Public Statement Denouncing White Supremacist Terrorist Actions in Charlottesville, Virginia
The following is a public statement by the Dominican Sisters Conference speaking out against the supremacist terrorism in Charlottesville and below there are links to additional public statements. We, the Dominican Sisters Conference, representing approximately 6,000 Catholic Sisters and their associates across the United States, join our voice with the many across the United States who […]
“Truth is in the details”
By Marie Sagués, OP (San Rafael). “God created the universe and called it ‘good.’ God continues to sustain creation, maintaining the relationship between what is made and God’s provident plan for it. Even if time before the Fall was a state of perfection, every era — imperfect or not — has been true to God’s creative plan.” […]
“Preach as one with a million voices”
By Susan Leslie, OP (Peace). “St. Catherine of Siena said, ‘Preach the truth as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world.’ After the onset of the Gulf Wars, a number of women and men religious from the U.S. had the opportunity to travel in delegations to Iraq to be […]
“Preaching truth in the Mississippi Delta”
By Joann Blomme, OP (Racine). “Processing my recent 29 years in the Mississippi Delta, I have come to believe that the truth found in the stories of people’s lives here, now, today, made my years there some of the best in my life.”
