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The New Year, 2018 began. My first trip in the new year involved heading for Dominican Sisters Europe Gathering in Gjørstads, Oslo. One new year’s resolution was, be positive! The thoughts of going needed to be banished from my mind and the attitude was set to being upbeat! Name... Read More

Below is the link to the Order of Preachers website in which they give a report on an Attack on the Dominican Church in Kinshasa, DR Congo. Please keep our Brothers and their parishioners in your prayers. https://shar.es/1NJAkw   Read More

For a long time, Justice and Peace has been a priority of the Dominican Order. Yet, despite this, mention of justice and peace so often evokes ambiguous reactions and even resistance!  Read below full article from Order of Preachers website. Why do we need Dominican Commissions... Read More

Today’s gospel is situated in a garden. There are many gardens in our lives: sometimes they are places of pleasure for our leisure hours, when we drink in sunshine and beauty, at other times, places for physical activity and closeness to the earth, places where we cry out our... Read More

Solemn Evening Prayer 23 November  2017 to celebrate the anniversary of  the arrival of six Dominican Sisters sent from Sion Hill, Dublin  in 1867 to Port ELizabeth, SA                                                                                                              ... Read More

300 years conclusion: Previous instalments reviewed the settlement and growth of a group of Galway Dominican nuns in Dublin from 1717. The story described the trials, tribulations, and challenges they faced in Penal days, with decreasing numbers and increasing debts owed to them.... Read More

As we read in the Gospel of John, Jesus was a gift from God, who “so loved the world.” (John 3:16) During the season of Advent, we have the opportunity to deepen our own sense of love for the world. Protecting creation and vulnerable people is an important way to love. GCCM... Read More

Advent Centering Prayer Day, 16th December with Fionnuala Quinn O.P. Saturday, 16 December  2017 | 10.00am – 4.00pm | Cost €30.00 Venue :  Margaret Aylward Centre for Faith and Dialogue Holy Faith Sisters, Glasnevin, D11 TC21 Tel : (01) 797 9364 Mob: 087 6649862 Theme: The... Read More

Read below an article in The Southern Cross (Southern Africa’s Catholic Weekly) by Erin Carelse. Cabra Dominican Sisters: Celebrate 150 Years with them! Read More

Click below to read the article from The Irish Times of 8th November, 2017 where Joe Humphreys interviews Sr.Geraldine Marie Smyth OP   Is it ever really okay to forgive terrorist atrocities? Read More