Catherine's Cafe Vocation Blog

On March 7th, I promised that I'd tell you more about myself at another time. Now is the time. It is with great joy and gratitude that I call myself a Dominican Sister artist. I've been carrying on the charism of the arts for our congregation and for the Dominican order. For more than forty years I've been involved in the arts in some way. I've studied art, directed art galleries, and have made art and shown my art through galleries in various parts of this country and in Europe. I'm currently working as a full time artist at my studio, Studio San Domenico at Dominican High School in White Fish Bay, Wisconsin. I'd love for you to visit me at my studio. Sr. Joeann Daley, OP

As a Dominican Sister, study is important to me. Study is not to be hoarded for personal esteem or prestige. Its fruits are meant to be shared with others. I am a student at the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, TX. I love my studies and I find they are providing me the knowledge and understanding to be able to minister and share the Truth more fully. Studying Theology has been a blessing for me. Many times, I feel like a child, learning new things for the first time. I have grown in new awareness of the Old Testament, the early Theologians, Church history and Faith and Revelation. Currently I am in awe of Proclamation of the Word and the Theology of the Church. My days consist of reading, reading and more reading with writing as well. I am slow reader and struggle with writing, so I’m pretty busy with my studies. I enjoy my faith community at Oblate consisting of students, faculty and staff. The majority of my student peers are seminarians with a few men religious and few lay ...