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On May 11, 2018, Sr. Eileen Gannon was honored by St. Helena/Monsignor Scanlan High School with the St. Helena Award at their 2018 Hall of Fame Awards Dinner. The St. Helena Award recognizes distinguished service to the high school and its Alumni Association. A 1957 graduate of St. Helena High School, Sr. Eileen entered the […]
A life-restoring ministry at the New Jersey shore just celebrated a tremendous milestone. On April 7, 2018, a large group of friends and supporters, including many Sparkill Dominicans, gathered in Long Branch, NJ to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Emmaus House, a ministry the Sparkill congregation is very proud of. In 1983, Sr. Patricia Mary […]
The Sparkill Dominican community in St. Louis, MO gathered on May 6 as it does annually to celebrate the congregation’s Foundation Day. Sisters and Associates participated in a prayer service honoring the community’s history and impact and celebrated the commitment of three Associates: two who renewed their commitments for five years and one who made […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dominican Sisters of Sparkill and Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine Formally Enter Covenant Relationship SPARKILL, NY, June 7, 2018 – Two congregations of women religious based in Rockland County, NY, the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill and the Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine, formally entered into a Covenant Relationship […]
On Saturday June 30, 2018, rallies took place around the country to demand that our government leaders permanently end the separation of children from their parents, end family internment camps, end the “zero-humanity” policy that created this crisis, and reunify children with their parents. Several Dominican Sisters of Sparkill participated in a rally at the […]
Albertus Magnus High School (AMHS) in Bardonia, NY, is a long-held sponsored ministry of the Sparkill congregation. Since the school was established in 1960, the Sisters have focused on providing their students with a quality education dedicated to teaching Catholic doctrine and Gospel values and instilling in them an appreciation for the Dominican tradition of […]
By Sr. Mary E. Dunning In 1956, on behalf of the Sparkill Dominicans, Mother Kevin Sullivan accepted the invitation of the Dominican friars to work with them in their new mission in Pakistan. When Mother Kevin asked for volunteers, two hundred Sisters responded. Eight volunteers were assigned in 1957 to begin studying Urdu, the Pakistani […]
St. Agnes Alumnus declared Venerable by Pope Francis: Brother Norbert McAuliffe lived Christian virtues in a heroic way By Sr. Maureen Foy, OP On November 18, 1895, the two McAuliffe brothers, William (age 11) and John (age 9), arrived at St. Agnes Home for Children in Sparkill, NY after the death of their parents. The […]
SPARKILL, NY. (August 9, 2018) The Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, New York, the sponsors and trustees of Aquinas High School in the Bronx, announce that Mr. Mark Shultz has been appointed Principal of Aquinas High School. He succeeds Sister Catherine Rose Quigley who is retiring after a twenty-three-year tenure as Assistant Principal and Principal. As […]
On Saturday, September 15th, the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill honored both their past and their present while celebrating a Mass of Thanksgiving for the congregation’s sixty years of ministry in Pakistan. What began as an invitation from the Dominican Friars in New York to Mother Kevin Sullivan to participate in building the Church in Pakistan […]