News and Events

Roma (Italy), 04/02/2019, Fr. Jean-Ariel Bauza-Salinas, OP, general secretary.- Dear brothers and sisters of the Dominican Family, you will find attached a message from the Master of the Order inviting you to pray for and reflect on Europe on the occasion of the feast of our sister Saint Catherine of Siena, Co-Patroness of Europe, on 29 April.

Santafé de Bogotá (Colombia), 03/25/2019, Sr. Luz Marina Socha Gómez.- On the solemnity of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Provincial House was adorned for the feast and for the joy of the first profession of Marierka Milagros Santana Trinidad, of Dominican nationality.

Paris (France), 03/05/2019, Sr. Véronique Margron, president of the Corref; F. Marc Botzung and F. Daniel Federspiel, Vice presidents.- On March 5, the channel ARTE broadcast a documentary on the sexual abuse of which nuns were and are victims. This report is chilling and what it portrays hardly bearable. 

Burkina Faso, 02/05/2019, Srs. d'Africa.- On February 15, 2019. Father Antonio César Fernández lost his life at the age of 73, by the murderous bullets of terrorists in Burkina Faso. He served the Church of Togo, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso.

Medellín (Colombia), 02/27/2019, Srs. participants.- Delegates of the MCS of the Provinces of Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Manizales, Medellín and Santafé de Bogotá met at Santa Inés Pastoral Center, Province of Medellin on February 23rd and 24th. Sr. Gloria Eugenia Piedrahita Tamayo, coordinator of the commission of MCS of the Congregation was present at this meeting.

(Paris) France, 02/26/2019, editorial staff.- Sr. Veronique Margron, Dominican Sister of the Presentation and first woman president of the Corref (Conference of religious men and women in France) has recently participated in numerous interviews as a result of the cases of abuse of minors by members of the Church and of all the efforts that Pope Francis is making to uncover this scourge, to ask for forgiveness and to seek ways of reparation and devices so that it never happens again.

Philippines, 02/22/2018, The sisters in Philippines Mission.- It was around 2.30pm, Philippines time that we welcomed the Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Bishop Socrates B Villegas for the celebration. Our event of the day took place in three steps: - The inauguration of the community by the ribbon cutting, - The blessing of the convent, - The celebration of the Holy Eucharist.

Roma (Italy), 02/20/2019, UISG / USG.- Due to the interest of the UISG / USG note on “The abuse of children is wrong anywhere and anytime: this point is not negotiable” we need to publish it in its entirety.

Medellin (Colombia), 02/12/19, Sr. Zabrina Llanos Bolaños.- With the joy and hope of living the dream of WYD 2019, sisters from different provinces of Colombia arrived in Panama with a group of young people from the cities of Rionegro, Medellín, Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Barranquilla and Santa Marta to make this experience cultural encounter of faith.