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On March 22, 2022, the Town Board of Orangetown, NY, honored the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill and the Sisters of Saint Dominic of Blauvelt for the contributions they have made and continue to make to society. The event was part of the Town’s celebration of Catholic Sisters Week 2022. In the Proclamation, the Sisters were […]
This February seems much like last winter. The snow, cold, and the coronavirus pandemic has confined our Sisters to our Motherhouse, convents, and homes. Also, like last year, we decided our isolation will not deter our commitment to help the hungry in Rockland County. Feeding America, a national nonprofit, estimates that nearly 30% of people […]
Christmas Day may have come and gone, but the Christmas spirit of giving can live within us throughout the year. This past autumn, our Sisters donated furniture to the Habitat ReStore of Ulster County, NY. Habitat ReStores are discount furniture and home improvement stores operated by local Habitat for Humanity nonprofit organizations. The stores […]
Pope Francis has said that everyone has a divine spark within them. The Veritas Award is presented to individuals whose divine spark lights the world in a special way. This year’s award recipients were Louis Shapiro and Boniface and Alison Zaino. Dr. Mary Ann Quaranta was honored posthumously. Each of these remarkable individuals has demonstrated […]
Dominican Sisters of Sparkill continue to mark the observance of the Dominican Month of Peace, which focuses this year on Venezuela Many of us remember the dictatorship of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and now the political and social turmoil between President Maduro and opposition leaders. Our Dominican Family continues to serve in regions of the […]
We are greatly humbled and blessed by the wonderful participation in this year’s 2021 November Calendar. Every Monday in the month of November the Sisters (seen above) spun the raffle drum and pulled winners for the week. Whether participants live in Dominican Convent of Our Lady of the Rosary in Sparkill or across […]
On Saturday, November 20, Sister Jeanne Shary, OP, Class of 1981, was inducted into the Albertus Magnus High School Hall of Fame. Sister Jeanne was an active member of her class, playing varsity volleyball for four years, serving as captain of the team in her senior year, as well as junior varsity soccer. At the […]
On Friday, November 19, St. Thomas Aquinas College honored Sister Nancy Richter, OP, with the 2021 Founders Award at the Rockleigh Country Club in Rockleigh, NJ. In 1970, Sister Nancy began her ministry in elementary education, a journey that would last for 26 years. Elected to the Leadership Team of the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill […]
On Sunday, November 14, Pope Francis launched the Laudato Sí Action Platform, based on his second encyclical subtitled “On Care of Our Common Home.” We, the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, are committed to protecting the environment, as we clearly state in our Mission Statement and our land ethic. On Monday, November 15, we held a […]
Our Sparkill Dominican Associates collaborated with the Pajama Program and held our third annual Pajama & Book Drive. We thank all in the community who donated pairs of pajamas with books for bedtime to children in area shelters. Some of the donations came in the form of checks, and gift cards, too. Under the […]