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Dear Readers,
The time has come for me to say farewell as Dominican Life | USA editor. Today is my last update, and my role as editor ends on May 31st.
Five years ago, when I was hired by the Dominican Sisters Conference (DSC) as administrative assistant, I did not know where this job would lead me. After a few months of working as the administrative assistant for the DSC, I took over the role of editor of DomLife (December, 2015); and I was happy to continue as DomLife editor part time when I finished my role as administrative assistant for the DSC in 2018 to start my new position as assistant archivist for the Sinsinawa Dominicans.
During these five years, I’m grateful to have had the pleasure and opportunity to work with and become acquainted with the various Dominican Catholic sisters, friars, associates, and lay employees in the United States. I look forward to continue working with the Dominican family in my position as assistant archivist for the Sinsinawa Dominicans.
In the meantime, an interim editor will take over Dominican Life | USA. Keep an eye out for announcements and content.
It has been wonderful to serve as Dominican Life | USA editor. Thank you!
Gratefully,
Cassie Vazquez |
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Siena Retreat Center to Offer Group Sessions to Process the Pandemic
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“Siena Retreat Center, a ministry of the Racine Dominican Sisters, is offering six online facilitated conversations for individuals to share their experiences of the pandemic.” |
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Dominican Sisters of Adrian: ‘St. Rose Dominican Hospitals and Local Community Strengthen Bonds during COVID-19 Crisis’
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St. Rose Dominican Hospitals (Henderson and Las Vegas, Nevada), were founded and supported by the Adrian Dominican Sisters over the years. “The signs in front of all three campuses of Dignity Health . . . say it all: ‘Heroes work here.’ The signs pay tribute to the staff members of the three campuses, who, like health care workers throughout the world, are risking their own lives to heal patients with the COVID-19 virus.” |
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Dominican Sister of Adrian Sharon Spanbauer, OP, Appointed Mission Prioress of Local Mission Chapter
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“Sister Sharon Spanbauer, OP, a nurse practitioner who served retired Sisters at the Adrian Dominican Congregation’s Dominican Life center (DLC) from 2001 to 2014, has been appointed Mission Prioress to work with the Sisters in the Holy Rosary Mission Chapter. Sister Patricia Siemen, OP, Prioress of the Congregation, made the announcement May 4, 2020.” |
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Dominican Sisters of Peace: ‘A Chapel is Reborn as a Gift to the Community it Served’
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“Rosary Manor was founded in 1888 as an outgrowth of Dominican Sisters of St. Catharine, KY. Mother Regina of the Kentucky Dominicans, now the Dominican Sisters of Peace, sent seven Sisters to Watertown, MA, to help manage the new schools in the parish . . . As the long history of Rosary Manor draws to a close, the Sisters made a final gift to the religious community in the diocese by donating their chapel furnishings to Sr. Mark’s Church in Dorchester, MA. Sr. Blaise Flynn has prepared a reflection about this special gift.” |
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