News and Events

Rome (Italy), 10/08/2023, Sr. Victoria Bălteanu.- We were in a very deep and great moment of prayer during the ecumenical vigil on the eve of the Synod. We are all invited in this synodal time to accompany Pope Francis and all the members of the Synod, of every race, color, culture, religion, in the discovery of unity and peace throughout the world. Pope Francis told us: “in the comforting confidence that we have the Holy Spirit as master, he is the protagonist, the interior master of each one and the master of walking together. He creates variety and unity; He is harmony itself. »

Bagdad (Iraq), 10/04/2023, Sr. María Ángeles Flores.- The canonical visit to the Vice-Province of the Middle East continues: from September 25 to October 3, sisters María Escayola and Ana Patricia Londoño, accompanied by Sr. Bernadette Youssef, made another stage of the visit.

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.