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Dominican Sister of Peace Annette Winter, OP Honored for Service

Sister Annette Winter, OP, (center) accepts the Volunteer of the Year award, shown here with (left to right) Arlen Schroeder, President of the RSVP Advisory Council, Rebecca Ford and Lori Titsworth and Rebecca Ford, Catholic Charities.

Great Bend, KS – “I never considered anything that I do ‘volunteer work.’ I see that something needs to be done, and I do it. It’s just the way that I am.”

That’s how Sr. Annette Winter, OP, a Dominican Sister of Peace in Great Bend, KS, responded to being named “Volunteer of the Year” by RSVP/VIA of Central Kansas. And it really is exactly how she lives her life – every day.

“Sr. Annette is NOT the volunteer that you see on the stage taking a bow at an event,” said Rebecca Ford, Communications and Development Director at Catholic Charities. Ford and Lori Titsworth, the agency’s Adoption Social Worker, nominated Sr. Annette for the award.
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Dominican Sisters of Caldwell Send Forth Gina Scaringella to Novitiate

Gina Scaringella, with (L) Sister Eileen Ivory, OP, and (R) Sister Patrice Werner, OP, Prioress. (Photo by Pushparaj Aitwal)

On Sunday, August 6th, the Dominican Sisters of Caldwell held the Rite of Reception into the Novitiate for Gina Scaringella. A native of Fairfield, New Jersey, Gina was welcomed last fall for a period of candidacy during which she prepared herself by further developing spiritual, intellectual and relational gifts under the direction of Sister Marie Mueller, OP, Candidate Director, and the rest of the Formation Team.
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Photo of the Week: Dominican Sisters Gathered for Maryknoll Mission Institute Program

From June 25-30, 2017, 41 Dominican sisters attended the Maryknoll Mission Institute Program “Companionship of Empowerment: Religious Life in the 21st Century” presented by Fr. D Diarmuid O’Murchu, MSC. The Dominican sisters in attendance were:  Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt; Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa; Dominican Sisters of Sparkill with their 4 Pakistani sisters attending; Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic.

Dominican Sisters of Peace: ‘Girls for Peace Camp Teaches Preteens About Dominican Life’

Columbus, OH – Girls from all around Columbus, OH, joined together at the Martin de Porres Center from July 17 – 20 for a week of exploration at the Girls for Peace summer camp. The Martin de Porres Center is a community outreach ministry of the Dominican Sisters of Peace.

The 25 girls, ages 8-12, spent the week interacting with each other and various Sisters from Congregation. Through crafts, games, technology and field trips, the campers practiced teamwork and conflict resolution, expanded their own creativity, and learned presentation and public speaking skills. As important, the camp provided an environment for the girls to meet and interact with Catholic Sisters in a way that explored and encouraged religious life.
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Dominican ‘Fanjeaux Seminar’

Submitted by Patricia Dougherty, OP

For twenty-one years, the “Fanjeaux Seminar” has introduced American faculty members, staff, and students from different Dominican institutions of higher education to medieval history and the heritage of St. Dominic and the Dominican Order. In 2017, there were 36 participants from eleven institutions. The 17-day pilgrimage includes separate morning classes for students and for faculty/staff (this year led by Priscilla Woods, OP and Brian Walker, OP) and afternoon excursions for all to heritage sites (such as the cities of Toulouse and Albi, the monastery of Lagrasse, and the mountain of Monsegur and, of course, the village of Fanjeaux and the monastery of the nuns at Prouille).
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