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I always have a happy feeling when I come into Wicklow Town, maybe because its setting is so beautiful with the sea the hills and the Murrough. I remember being happy here because Wicklow was a good place to live and Holy Rosary a happy school. Close your eyes for a moment and... Read More

Celebrating 150 Years of Dominican presence in Wicklow “Celebrating the past…inspiring the future”.  The Eucharist to celebrate the 150 years of Dominican presence in Wicklow will be streamed live  through the Parish webcam on the parish website which... Read More

The 2020 theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity has been selected. “They Showed Us Unusual Kindness” (cf. Acts 28:2). This year the theme finds its origins in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 27:18 – 28:10).  The Inaugural Service for the Week of Prayer for Christian... Read More

If it is true that since the late 19th century the Baltic States have represented the outpost of freedom on the frontier between East and West and that in 1990 they were the first states to proclaim their independence from the USSR, there could have hardly been a better place for... Read More

Click below to access Sr. Máire Kealy’s OP,  (known as Sr. Cynthia),  story of Dominican Education in Ballyfermot. Sr. Máire was actively involved in teaching and administration in both primary and secondary schools on the Dominican Campus, Ballyfermot, Dublin.... Read More

I would like to congratulate Sr Máire on her wonderful documentation of the social history of Ballyfermot and the impact that Dominican Education had on the lives of the young women with the provision of educational facilities.  She certainly captures life in the early 1950s... Read More

Explore the heritage and magnificent artwork of our Sister M. Concepta Lynch OP at the Dominican Oratory of the Sacred Heart, Library Road, Dún Laoghaire. The Oratory was built during 1919  to mark the end of WWI and to commemorate the many local Irishmen who had fought and... Read More

Dominican Associates are like-minded lay men and women from across our Mission Areas who are drawn to and live out the charism and continue the mission of the Dominican Order which is to praise, to bless, and to preach. Our Associates do not take vows, but rather make a... Read More

On Sunday 11 August 2019, Sr Rose McLarnon and Sr Eileen McCarthy celebrated their 70th anniversary of Religious Profession at St Dominic’s Priory. They celebrated their day with a Jubilee Eucharist celebration in the Convent Chapel at the Priory, Port Elizabeth,... Read More

    May you be blessed by the God of Dreams on this special feast. May you see as God sees and dream as God dreams for the world around you. With the eyes of God, may you look upon those who are hurting and be compassion. Wishing you every blessing on this the feast of... Read More