The Dominican Sisters of Peace are a multicultural and multi-generational Congregation of vowed Catholic Sisters. The Congregation is blessed by the presence of nine Sisters of Vietnamese heritage.
During the Vietnam War, Dominican Sisters in Kentucky welcomed Vietnamese candidates, novices, and Sisters seeking refuge from the unrest in their home country. Some, like Sr. Maria Rose Huong, chose to return to Vietnam. Others remained at the St. Catharine Motherhouse in Kentucky, transferring their membership in the Order to the Kentucky Dominicans, now the Dominican Sisters of Peace.
Of that first group, Sisters Binh Thanh Nguyen, OP, and Marcellino Dung Nguyen, OP, celebrated their Golden Jubilees in 2023.
Sr. Tram Bui, OP, made her First Profession in 2023. Sr. Hoa Nguyen, OP, entered the Order in 1999 and made Final Profession in 2004. The images of the Stations of the Cross used in this prayer can be found in the chapel at the St. Catharine Motherhouse in St. Catharine, KY. The Sisters are praying the Stations of the Cross with Our Sister Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.
Sr. Tram and Sr. Hoa are both shown in this photo. From left, Sr. Mary Phuc Nguyen, OP, Sr. Thanh Nguyen, OP, Sr. Mai Dung Nguyen, OP, Sr. Phuong Vu, OP, Sr. Tram Bui, OP, Sr. Mary Vuong, OP, Sr. Hoa Nguyen, OP, and Sr. Marcellino Dung Nguyen, OP.
The Dominican Sisters of Peace have ministered in many nations and across continents. Our Sisters in Kansas were particularly active serving the Church and her people on the continent of Africa, where they founded an indigenous congregation of religious women, The Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, Gusau, in 1973.
Today, in 2024, Sr. Margaret Uche, OP, a native of Nigeria, is a Professed Sister.
Sr. Shingai Chigwedere, a native of Zimbabwe, is currently in her Canonical Novice year at the Collaborative Dominican Novitiate in Chicago, where she serves with the Illinois Community for Displaced Immigrants.
Sr. Shingai brings us this beautiful version of the Stations of the Cross in Shona, a Bantu language of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. The images featured are located on the grounds of the Dominican Sisters of Peace Motherhouse in Great Bend, Kansas.
Sr. Shingai is shown here with her mentor, Sr. Virginia Bruen, OP, at her Novitiate Ceremony.
The Dominican Sisters of Peace are blessed to have a vibrant and active vocations and formation program. We currently have seven women in formation from three countries and all walks of life. We have also welcomed five women as Perpetually Professed Sisters in the past five years.
As we celebrate Catholic Sisters Week and Women’s History Month, Sister June Fitzgerald, OP, and Sr. Annette Lucero, OP, both members of our Vocations Team, pray a special Stations of the Cross to thank God for religious vocations, and reflect on their importance to the Church and the world.
The striking art used to illustrate the Stations of the Cross was created by Dominican Sister of Peace Mary Hugh Dorr, OP, 1913 – 2006.
The Dominican Sisters of Peace are a multicultural congregation, with vowed Sisters and women in formation from 8 countries worldwide. More than 100 of our Sisters have ministered in South America and Mexico, including Sr. Mary Ann Connelly and Sr. Manuela Crisologo, a native of Peru.
Sr. Mary Ann and Sr. Manuela pray the Way of the Cross in Spanish, using reflections from the @CatholicDioceseofLittleRock. This prayer took place at the Columbus, Ohio, Motherhouse chapel.
The Dominican Sisters of Peace have motherhouses in Kansas, Kentucky and Ohio.
The beautiful artwork that illustrates this reflection on the Stations of the Cross was created by Fr. Marie-Alain Couturier, OP. Couturier painted these pieces in 1940, while in residence on the grounds of the retreat house of the Dominican Sisters of Peace, formerly the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine de’Ricci. The retreat house was in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
Today, the Dominican Sisters of Peace operate retreat centers in New York, Kansas, and Ohio.