Recently, a copy of the Handwritten and hand-illustrated St. John’s Bible visited the Amityville Motherhouse and brought back memories of when one of our sisters saw it before it was sent off to print. 

In 1998, Saint John’s Abbey and University in Minnesota commissioned renowned calligrapher Donald Jackson to produce a hand-written, hand-illuminated Bible. This work of art unites an ancient Benedictine tradition of art with the technology and vision of today, illuminating the Word of God for a new millennium.

On Tuesday, December 17, 2019, Molloy College in Rockville Centre, NY, brought two volumes of reproductions of the St. John’s Bible to the motherhouse. When open, the books are two feet tall by three feet wide!

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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.

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