Dominican Sisters of Peace: ‘School Visit an Education for Sisters and St. Mary’s Dominican High School’

New Orleans, LA – Zimbabwe and Zambia are two neighboring states in South Africa. Despite the distance of more than 400 miles between them, two Dominican sisters are connected through their work in education. Both Sisters are members of the Dominican Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and are sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Peace as they earn advanced degrees in Education at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, OH.

Next January, Sr. Hilda Chanyau, O.P. will become principal at Emerald School for the Deaf in Harare, Zimbabwe. In that role she will be responsible for supervising staff, building relationships with students, monitoring the school, enforcing disciplinary codes, and performing administrative duties.

Sr. Florence Kapongolo, O.P. has similar responsibilities as principal at Trinity Girls’ Secondary School, formerly Kabunda Girls. The school is located in a district called Mansa, one of the rural provinces of Zambia.

December 15, 2019

‘Dominican Sisters of Peace Associate Yahaira Rose Honored as a Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan’

Dominican Sisters of Peace Associate and Director of the Martin de Porres Center Yahaira Rose, left, honored as a Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan. Shown with Annette Reyes of the Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs, right.

Columbus, OH – Dominican Sisters of Peace Associate and Staff Member Yahaira Rose was honored as a Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan at a gala dinner on October 26, 2019. The Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan award is presented by the Ohio Latino Affairs Commission, whose goal is to advise the state government on matters affecting Hispanic Ohioans, to connect Latinx communities across the state, and to build the capacity of Latino community organizations across the state of Ohio.

December 15, 2019

Dominican Sisters of Peace: ‘Dominicans Open a New Hospital in Rural Nigeria’

The hospital includes wards for women, men, and expectant mothers.

Columbus, OH – The Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena of Gusau were founded by the Dominican Sisters of Great Bend, KS, now the Dominican Sisters of Peace, in 1956 at the request of the Apostolic Delegate to West Africa, Archbishop Matthew.

The Dominicans were the first congregation of religious women to come to Northwest Nigeria. Their main tasks were to provide health care and education, and to promote a Catholic presence in Nigeria.

Unlike many religious, the Dominican Sisters remained in Nigeria during the Biafran Civil war. They continued their established ministries, but also made the establishment of a congregation of indigenous Sisters a priority. They welcomed their first Postulate in 1973, and in 1977, the first two novices, Sisters Anne Ekennia and Josephine Ottah, made First Profession.

December 15, 2019

Adrian Associate Recognized for 44 Years In Refugee Resettlement Ministry

November 22, 2019, Oakland, California – Sister Elisabeth Lang, OP, a Dominican Sister of Vietnam and an Adrian Dominican Associate, received a service award from Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Oakland, California, for her 44 years of ministry in the diocese’s refugee resettlement program. The award presentation took place during a tribute luncheon hosted by Catholic Charities East Bay, where Adrian Dominican Sister Marian Castelluccio, OP, also ministers. Read the article on Sister Elisabeth’s award, written by Michele Jurich and published in The Catholic Voice, newspaper of the Diocese of Oakland.

December 15, 2019

‘Adrian Dominican Sisters Join Hundreds In Speaking out against Military Training at SOA’

Adrian Dominican Sisters, as well as Sinsinawa and Springfield Dominican Sisters, “were among hundreds of activists who gathered at the gates of Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, November 15-17, 2019, to remember the Jesuits and the two women who were slain on November 16, 1989.” Read article