Vocations Blog
In this blog from the Vocations Team, Sr. Mai-dung Nguyen, OP tells us how our imagination can sometimes get in the way of taking advantage of experiences. Please go here to read her blog.
Prayer Requests from Vocations
The Vocations group was recently at an event with almost 1,000 young girls from the Columbus Catholic Diocese in attendance.
Some of the young people, who had gathered to learn about religious life, submitted their requests for your prayer.
Please click here to view.
Peace and Justice Updates
Call to Action: Time to Vote
Election Day is fast approaching!
We have the option to vote early, vote in-person on Election Day - Tuesday, November 3, or vote absentee with a mail-in ballot.
As we mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, we are reminded of the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Catholic Social Teaching calls us to community and participation as active citizens.
Pope Francis has said: “…we are called to direct society to the pursuit of the common good and with this purpose in mind, to persevere in consolidating its political and social order, its fabric of relations, its human goals.”
Voting is a right. It also our duty as citizens to participate in choosing leaders and selecting public policy.
Please assist friends and family to get out and VOTE.
Congregational News
Rosary for Peace
Our Sisters joined with other Sisters around the world yesterday to pray the Rosary for Peace.
The International Union of Superiors General (UISG) sent out the invitation to pray the rosary with each other in response to Pope Leo's call to pray for an end to war.
Please go here for a few pictures from our Sisters at St. Catharine and Sansbury Care Center praying with fellow Sisters virtually.
From Our Founded Ministries
Ministry Leaders Wrap Up Meeting
Our ministry leaders are on their way home after sharing ideas, prayer, Mass, meals and networking time together this week at the Martin de Porres Center.
Members of the group learned a lot from each other and from presentations about moral leadership, interdependence in a tech-paced time, and other topics.
Thank you to all our ministry leaders for all you do to serve others every day!
Report from Dominican Veritas Ministries
The latest DVM annual Dicastery Report is now available.
Please click here to view the 2026 report's details.
Events
Thank you, Sister Rosemary!
Friday has been a memorable day for Sr. Rosemary Loomis, OP, who officially "retired" after ministering for "18 years plus" at the congregation's Springs Press.
Today, she passes the torch to Sr. Mary Deane, OP.
She told the well-wishers that the aim of her ministry at the Press through the years was to try to make everyone else's life easier.
Thank you for serving at the Press, Sr. Rosemary, and for your words of inspiration that you always share!
Please see a few highlights from today's retirement party by clicking here.
Death in Our Family
Sister Mary Hope Sieron (Columbus, OH, maryhope.sieron@oppeace.org) requests prayer for the repose of the soul of Mary Linstomberg and consolation for her family. Mary is the mother of Sister Mary Hope’s brother-in-law, Terry Peterson.
Prayer Requests
Sr. Pat Twohill (Columbus, OH, pat.twohill@oppeace.org) requests prayers for the close family members of three of our Founded Ministry leaders who are facing serious medical issues.
Sr. Margaret Mary Kennedy (New Haven, CT, margaret.kennedy@oppeace.org) asks for prayer for Kathleen Sullivan Brian, a classmate from 1963 SMHS- New Haven. She experienced a severe stroke this week and is now on Hospice care.