The Dominican Sisters of Peace number nearly 325 vowed Sisters and 200 Associates (volunteer lay people in mission) and are part of the worldwide Order of Preachers, sometimes known as the Dominican Order. We serve God’s people in many ways, including education, health care, spirituality, pastoral care, prison ministry, the arts, and care of creation, among others. The Gospel message of love and compassion lead us to be concerned about peace and justice issues, including comprehensive immigration reform, sensible gun control, alternatives to the death penalty, and advocacy against human trafficking among others.
Dominican Sisters of Peace preach by building peace – preventing physical, economic and environmental violence for the marginalized, including women, children and immigrants.
How do we empower immigrants to integrate into a new culture and to find opportunities for success? The Brookings Institute has found a direct correlation between poverty and violence. How do we bring families out of long-term poverty caused by unequal educational opportunities or systemic racism?
Wildfires have destroyed 164,889 acres in 2020. Twelve named storms, including a record-tying six hurricanes, have pounded the United State this year. What can we do to prevent environmental violence and repair the damage done to God’s creation?
Our nation is divided into factions, and emotions are driving violence across the country. In an age of alternative facts, how do we teach our young people how to discern and act on truth?
The founding congregations of the Dominican Sisters of Peace established more than 33 institutions that continue to operate today. Some are financially independent and others continue to be supported by the Dominican Sisters of Peace. Many Dominican Sisters of Peace and numerous Associates of the congregation serve in these institutions. Other serve in parish or other diocesan ministries, other nonprofit organizations, in education, and even in the private sector. Almost 130 Sisters volunteer with our own institutions and countless others. Contributions to the Sisters’ Ministry Fund enable the continued ministry of our Sisters in all these areas.
Our Sisters in Great Bend, KS, were instrumental in founding the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, Gusau, a now indigenous congregation of Catholic Sisters that serve more than 100,000 Nigerians annually with health care, education, and peacemaking. We continue to uphold our Nigerian Sisters with prayer, counsel and material support.
St. Francis of Assisi
