Dominican Sisters of Peace Associate Receives Martin de Porres Award

Dr. Cynthia Thomas, OPA, accepts the Martin de Porres award from the Southern Dominican Province, USA. Shown left to right: Fr. Juan Torres, OP, Director of Development, Southern Dominican Province; Mrs. Michie Bissel, Adv. Brd. Pres.; Dr. Cynthia Thomas, OPA; Fr. Tom Condon, OP, Provincial. (Photos by Michael Maples, Southern Dominican Province, USA)

New Orleans, LA – Dr. Cynthia Thomas, an Associate of the Dominican Sisters of Peace and President of St. Mary’s Dominican High School, a sponsored school of the Congregation, was awarded the 2018 St. Martin de Porres Award at the Southern Dominican Province Gala on November 8, 2018.

The Martin de Porres award recognizes individuals who are dedicated to the mission of the Dominican Order and who emulate St. Martin’s spirit of compassion, mercy and the search for truth.

Thomas was introduced to the Dominican life at a young age. Growing up in Independence, Louisiana, she worshipped at a parish church staffed by the Dominican Friars and was taught by St. Mary Dominican Sisters at Mater Dolorosa Elementary.
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August 28, 2018

‘National Congress of the Dominican Youth Movement in East Timor’

In this article, written by Fr. Rubén Martínez Ortega, OP, he shares the Dominican Family of East Timor’s celebration of the Feast of St. Dominic, as well as their second National Congress of the Dominican Youth Movement. “At least 120 youth people from almost all the places where the Order is present in Timor form 5 groups.” Read article

August 27, 2018

Dominican Institute of the Arts Summer 2018 Newsletter

Read the latest news from the Dominican Institute for the Arts (DIA) about their gathering at the Weber Center in Adrian, Michigan from July 25-28, 2018. Please click here to read the DIA summer newsletter.

August 27, 2018

Dominican Sisters of Adrian: ‘Dominican Artists Gather in Adrian’

Sister Nancy Murray, OP, with the Fra Angelico Award, the highest award that the Dominican Institute for the Arts bestows on its members.

August 13, 2018, Adrian, Michigan – Sister Nancy Murray, OP (Adrian) – a theatrical performer who has portrayed St. Catherine of Siena in a one-woman performance throughout the world – received the Fra Angelico Award July 27 from the Dominican Institute for the Arts (DIA). The Fra Angelico Award – named after the great 15th-century Dominican artist – is the highest honor that the DIA bestows on its members.

The Fra Angelico Award presentation was one of the highlights of the 2018 DIA Gathering, which brought Dominican artists – visual artists, musicians, poets, photographers, film-makers, and others – to Weber Center in Adrian July 25-29.
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August 13, 2018

‘We Have Family In Iraq 2018 Delegation’

“[A] delegation of U.S. Dominicans will travel to Iraq in late September, almost a year after having had postponed their trip because of instability in Iraqi Kurdistan.” Please click here to read more about the delegation and “about an opportunity for you to observe the fourth anniversary of the displacement of thousands of Christians and other religious minorities at the time of the ISIS invasion of Iraq.”