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The Air We Breathe As I walk into my house after work, I pull off my mask and with relief I breathe- a long deep breath. I can breathe.  On May 25 George Floyd was handcuffed by a white police officer who pinned him to the ground. The officer kept his knee on George’s neck... Read More

On Thursday 10th May, 2018, in St. Mary’s Dominican Convent, Dún Laoghaire, Sr Maureen celebrated her 100th birthday with her community, family and friends. She also celebrates 80 years of professed Dominican life and 82 years as a Dominican Sister this year! Deo gratias! The... 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

Clontarf By 1798 there were only three Sisters in Channel Row. After the landlord did not renew the lease, the account books note: “received for old furniture sold on leaving Brunswick St £14.10.9d.” Thus, in the spring 1808, the Sisters, with some parlour boarders, moved to a... Read More

Sisters Ana and Nancy share experiences of their first few days of our new mission in Bariloche, in the Provenance. of Rio Negro in the South of Argentina. They arrived in Bariloche, on 24th October 2017 as the founding members of our new mission accompanied by Sr. Brigida during... Read More

Channel Row expenses: basic provisions were vegetables, meat, butter, eggs. Although tea and coffee were sometimes bought, the regular drink was beer! Snuff also was customary. As well as rent and legal fees, payments were made to the smith, the ‘hucster’ woman, the basket woman,... Read More

The chapel in Channel Row merits attention for several reasons. At times, events that occurred there were known to the “authorities”. A 1727 document refers to a famous convent in Channel Row, “where the most celebrated Italian musicians help to make the voices of the Holy... Read More

Mrs Bellew’s “family”, in Channel Row, consisted of three groups of women- the nuns, girl boarders and parlour boarders. The latter were widows or single women who needed accommodation and who could afford to pay rent or, as they called it, a ‘pension. Some of the lady boarders... Read More

Bl John of Fiesole OP (Fra Angelico) Feast Day: 18th February Dominican friar and artist extraordinaire! He is the Patron Saint of Artists He was born around 1400 in a village overlooking Florence. He took up painting as a young boy and studied under the watchful eye of a local... Read More

After forty years in religious life I ask how did I get to this day?  I feel joy and I am blessed that I am able to spend time in personal prayer before Morning Prayer with my community of nine after which I attend Mass in a local church. I recently prepared for the annual... Read More