News and Events

Medellín (Colombie), 09/27/2023, Sr. Liliana Carmona.- In the schools of the Presentation of the Province of Medellín, 2023 was declared the YEAR OF THE PRESENTATION STUDENT, for this reason our Institutions came together to carry out different activities

Bagdad (Iraq), 09/27/2023, Sr. María Ángeles Flores.- The dear sisters María Escayola and Ana Patricia arrived at the Baghdad airport, accompanied by Sr. Bernadette Youssef, Vice-Provincial Superior, on September 20 at 8:30 pm, coming from Amman Jordan. Sr. Thérèse Hélène was waiting for them, full of affection. Upon arriving at the Vice-Provincial house, the sisters from the communities of Sainville and Christ Roi (accompanied by the girls from Casa Famiglia) welcomed them with applause, music and the traditional Arab shout.

Bagdad (Iraq), 09/19/2023, Sr. María Ángeles Flores.- Dear Sisters, with joy we share that Sr. María Escayola, Superior General and Sister. Ana Patricia Londoño, counselor, arrived in Amman, Jordan, afternoon September 16, in order to begin the Canonical Visit to the Vice-Province of the Middle East.

Caracas (Venezuela), 09/11/2023, Sr. Nícida Díaz Leal.- This year and next year, we will celebrate Chapters and Assemblies, events which mark a before and an after in our Congregation. In this reflection, I want to do like the scribe who becomes a disciple of the Kingdom of God, and who draws from his ark the old and the new (Cf. Mt 13:52); reflect aloud on these events which offer a synodal outlet for each sister of our Congregation who, with her limits, her gifts and her possibilities, contributes to the common good (Cf. C4).

Lac An (Vietnam), Community under the General Government 09/08/2023: Sr. Mariamma Paul, General Councilor.- The establishment of a community in Vietnam is a dream nurtured for a long time, come true in Lac An in Phu Cuong Diocese on September 8, 2023. Many years of search and discernment made the Congregation reach this new land and erect a community of Marie Poussepin to live the Gospel here among the people in her spirit and Charism.

Bucaramanga (Colombia), 08/21/2023, Sr. Sonia Stella Muñoz Ulloa.- Within the background of the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Congregation in Colombia and of the 25th anniversary of the Association of Lay Dominicans of the Province of Bucaramanga, took place in La Turena from August 18 to 20, the XVIII Annual Meeting met under the theme: “Baptized and sent to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world.” 

Manizales (Colombia), 08/18/2023, MCS University.- The Chamber of Representatives of the Republic of Colombia, delivered this important recognition to the Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin, in a significant ceremony held at the Catholic University of Manizales, with the presence of the Representative, Dr. Santiago Osorio Marín, Dominican Sisters of the Presentation of Manizales and Bogotá and the accompaniment of the lay community that are part of the work in Manizales.

Roma (Italy), 09/08/2023, Justice and peace.- One of the options contained in our project for Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation is "the option of listening to the cry of the poor". How can we understand this option so that it transcends our service to Charity in the manner of Marie Poussepin? What are the expressions of this option in the Congregation today?

Amman (Jordan), 09/07/2023, Sr. Aliya Hikmat Korkees, Viceprovince Delegate JPIC.- Amman Italian Hospital, where we have been working since 2007, has developed medical services provided to patients by introducing medical developments that did not exist before. As the management of the hospital, we have contracted with the Jordanian Association Operation Smile, which carried out its free medical campaign to treat cases of cleft lip, cleft palate and burns, which was held in March 2023..