What was once the home of the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids has taken on a new life: senior housing. Among the first ...

The Dominican Sisters fall into the second, more active category. In 1853, centuries after their founding, four sisters from Germany saw a need for teachers in New York and filled it — the ...

The Dominican Sisters of Amityville had about 1,200 nuns in 1975, said Sister Peggy McVetty, who entered the order that year and also has worked at St. Martin of Tours. Now it has 381.

Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena minister in Gusau in Zamfara state, Nigeria. Amid growing attacks in the region from armed gangs, the sisters live in fear. But they take precautions ...

San José de Ocoa is a mountainous province in the southern region of the Dominican Republic filled with rich, fertile land. It's also where sisters Nicol and Cory Varona's mother is from. The ...

“Of course, the sisters will continue to offer counsel as requested and our prayer for the school and the students,” explained Kate McAndrews, spokesperson for the Dominican Sisters of Peace.

The Adrian-based order had 1,500 sisters when it established Dominican Literacy Center, the first of the three Detroit centers, in 1989, she said. Today, its has just 377. The declines are ...

Nuns have lived at Our Lady of the Elms for a century. That will end this year. The Dominican Sisters of Peace will close the Akron motherhouse in 2024. Deborah Farquhar Jones, president of Our ...

The Dominican Sisters of San Rafael founded Dominican University of California in 1890, but they have no current financial ties with the institution. As for the sisters, Kovack said, “We don’t ...

RACINE — Twelve Racine Dominican sisters who live at Siena Retreat Center recently celebrated milestone anniversaries in ministry. On June 26, the Dominican community honored these women who ...

On July 8, Sisters Elizabeth Anne Allen and Jean Marie Warner of the Congregation of Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia didn’t just celebrate 50 years of religious profession, they also celebrated ...

What was once the home of the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids has taken on a new life: senior housing. Among the first residents of Academy Manor is a sister who has known the building for decades.