Catching Fire From Dominic's Vision
Annual Report Fiscal Year 2006-2007
Celebrating 800 Years of Dominican Life
The Order of Preachers—one of the few religious movements known by its mission rather than by its founder. That is so like Dominic, always about the mission. Read more . . .
From the Prioress
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2006–07 [July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007] was a year of tremendous generosity on the part of our supporters. Donors belonging to our Sinsinawa Circle and to our Partners of Hope, Justice, Compassion, Truth, Peace, Ministry, and Hospitality continue to enable us to work in the many ministries through which we live our Dominican commitment to preach the Gospel. Read more . . .
One Year Out of 800
The theme of what will be a 10-year celebration, “Catching the Fire from Dominic’s Vision,” provides a rich, metaphorical framework for reviewing in this annual report the significant events of FY 2006–07. Read more . . .
Remaining Faithful to the Mission
How does a Catholic health system remain faithful to the mission of the founding Sisters when those Sisters are no longer present? That is my ministry as a Sinsinawa Dominican. The new leaders of Catholic healthcare today are mostly lay men and women from many faith traditions. These highly skilled leaders are called to run multi-million dollar organizations AS WELL AS lead an important MINISTRY of the Catholic Church. Read more . . .
The Great Gift in Teaching
For me, that “public” has been a great gift these past 50 years (give or take a few). It is in the Sinsinawa Congregation that I learned that teaching was a vocation and to be a teacher was a gift. Read more . . .
Every Day a Blessing with Mound Community
Have you ever been engaged in a ministry where you hopped out of bed in the morning and went happily off to greet the day and whatever that day had in store for you? If so, you can appreciate why I love my ministry at the Mound. Read more . . .
International Community School Offers New Start
Imagine yourself in the midst of war, running for safety with just the clothes on your back and your dear, precious children to shelter from harm. This is what more than half of our families at International Community School have done. Read more . . .
Proclaiming Good News
Embedded in our Dominican charism is the fire that Dominic kindled in founding the Order of Preachers 800-plus years ago. His vision for the Order was rooted in Gospel living and the experience of communities of nuns, lay men and women, clerical and non-clerical, which gave impetus to the Spirit in the Holy Preaching. In every age since then, and so today, we are called to proclaim the Gospel. Read more . . .
Ministering to Women in Need
For Dominic, the Church that preaches is the whole Church, in all its members and all its gifts. “Holy Preaching” is the whole being of the community. Our work at Transitions’ Women’s Hearth in Spokane is a daily experience of being the “Holy Preaching” with all the participants, volunteers, and staff who make up this community. Read more . . .
Spreading the Fire to Students
Eight hundred years ago, the preaching of the first Dominican Sisters in Prouilhe was done behind cloister walls through prayer that sought to support the spread of the Gospel. Today, as a follower of Dominic and the early Sisters, I spend my life behind “walls of ivy,” and I, too, pray that my work will aid the spread of the Gospel in our time, especially within the Church itself. Read more . . .
Wonderful Spirit of Community
As evidenced for over 155 years, Sinsinawa Mound continues to be a place where the blessings of God can be both seen and felt. The wonderful spirit of community blends together Sisters and employees into a dynamic and harmonious family, dedicated to providing a beautiful and joyful home base for the Sinsinawa Dominicans. Read more . . .
Proclaiming Good News
Embedded in our Dominican charism is the fire that Dominic kindled in founding the Order of Preachers 800-plus years ago. Read more . . .
Catching the Fire from Dominic’s Vision: 800 Years of Proclaiming the Gospel
Imagine yourself in the midst of war, running for safety with just the clothes on your back and your dear, precious children to shelter from harm. This is what more than half of our families at International Community School have done. Read more . . .
Congregation Sponsorship
Three Sponsored Institutions
Queen of Peace High School, Burbank, IL, Bethlehem Academy, Faribault, MN, Trinity High School, River Forest, IL. Read more . . .
Three More Sponsored Institutions
Dominican University, River Forest, IL, Dominican High School, Whitefish Bay, WI, Camp WeHaKee, Winter, WI Read more . . .
Shared Sponsorship
Transitions
Transitions, Spokane, WA, Miryam’s House, Women’s Hearth, Transitional Living Center, and EduCare. Read more . . .
St. Augustine Restoration Update
During fiscal year ’06-’07, restoration work began on St. Augustine Church in New Diggings, WI. Built by Sinsinawa Dominican founder Father Samuel Mazzuchelli in 1844, this structure has withstood the test of time and is his only church that remains as he originally designed it. Read more . . .
© Sinsinawa Dominicans 2008
