Catherine's Cafe Vocation Blog

One of the gifts of community life within the context of a congregation of Sisters, is that many voices become one.  The Dominicans Sisters of Sinsinawa have done this in a particular way known as:  Corporate Stance. At this link is an explanation of what is a Corporate Stance and our process toward taking such a stand: http://www.sinsinawa.org/07_Peace_Justice/Corporate_Stances.htm Also on our website is the record of our stances:  http://www.sinsinawa.org/07_Peace_Justice/Sinsinawa_Corporate_Stances.htm Ok. . .This is all just nice to know but “So What?” Behind these stances are ways in which not only the Congregation works to change society but individual sisters may be giving particular energy to projects around these issue. One area that I am becoming more involved in is with the deeply sad issue of human trafficking – or – as one public official said to me recently:  “Let’s call it was it is: slavery.” In a future posting to this blog, I will share...

Relationship is at the heart of our lives and ministry!!   I know that and yet there are moments when I’m struck by just how very important it is to us as Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa.    We make choices because our relationships are so important to us.   My experience this past weekend is a good example.   I was visiting our four sisters in San Antonio, Texas.   On Saturday, three of us gathered with four more of our sisters for a farewell lunch in Gruene, Texas for our sisters, Priscilla and Yvonne, who'll be leaving Texas soon.   Sisters drove from as far as San Angelo which is a little more than a four hour drive each way……for lunch.    Yes, we had a delicious lunch sitting along the Guadalupe River.   Yet, that wasn’t what made it worth the time and effort it took for each person to get there.   What made it more than worthwhile was that we were with our sisters.   We shared many stories about what was happening ...