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A Message and Invitation from the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill

Being Grateful For and Benefiting From Your Generosity

Since our founding on May 6, 1876 the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill have lived and worked in rural, suburban and urban areas caring about the everyday needs of people. Among our members are professionally trained educators, child-care workers, parish ministers, social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, chaplains, artists, spiritual directors, housing managers, researchers, campus ministers and counselors. Our senior (retired and infirmed) Sisters, along with all of our members, pray daily for the needs of our friends and benefactors, our community, and for the needs of our sisters and brothers throughout the world.

Today we number 365 and are predominately located in New York, metropolitan St. Louis, MO, ministering among the Native Americans in Montana, and are in several other states throughout our country as well as in Pakistan and Peru. As a congregation of women religious we strive to bring to life our goal and mission as:

“joyful women of prayer and compassion, proclaiming the reign of God
through a ministry for justice with reverence for all creation.”

Counting Our Blessings

As we reflect on the past (fiscal) year (Sept. ’08 – August ‘09), the Dominican Sisters are once again ever-so-grateful for the generosity of our friends and benefactors. We extend a THANK YOU! for your support of our varying ministries and in helping us care for our retired and infirm members.   You have enabled us to ‘hear the cry of the poor, the homeless, those less fortunate’ – most especially during these economically difficult times.   You have helped us:

provide a myriad of services for the families who live at Park Avenue Thorpe, Bronx, NY

partially fund the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Educational Center – a religious formation program for children ages 3-12 at three parishes: St. Mary’s Rocky Boy, MT; St. Anthony, Box Elder, MT; and St. Margaret Mary, Big Sandy, MT.

support One to One Learning – an outreach program that responds to the needs of arriving and settled immigrants in Rockland County, NY

promote an Education and Human Development program in Loreto, Pakistan

allow for the purchase of playground equipment, sanitary water coolers, and library materials at the Ibn-e-Mariam School and Hostel in Loreto, Pakistan

support the Food Pantry at Thorpe Family Residence, Bronx, NY

advance a Building Sustainable Communities Program, in St. Louis, MO

establish a Building Fund for the Dominican Study Center, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

update a Roam Alert System in Siena Hall Infirmary and install handicapped accessible (electric controlled) doors at the front entrance of Dominican Convent, Sparkill, NY

For your help, your generous support, for being a friend and most especially for your prayers – Thank You!

Looking Ahead

Via our newsletters and appeal letters we will continue to ‘share our story’ which will present our varying ministry and retirement needs while extending an invitation to you to Continue Your Partnership with us.   Our shared stories will include:

New Beginnings Project at
St. John Chrysostom School,
Bronx, NY
– upgrades to the playground area
for the PreK, Kindergarten
and 1st Grade students.
Several of our Sisters are
part of the staff at St. John’s.

offering opportunities for students from
St. Mary Student Parish, Ann Arbor, MI
to attend a Retreat
on the Dominican Tradition.
One of our Sisters works in the
Campus Ministry program at the University of Michigan,
connected to St. Mary’s.

Make Every Day Count
– a series of programs that will incorporate cultural, spiritual, educational, and physical training directed towards enriching the day-to-day life of the frail elderly residents who live at
Dowling Gardens, Sparkill, NY
(Dowling Gardens is a sponsored ministry of the Dominican Sisters)

Respite Care for Mothers
– at St. Rita’s Center, Bronx, NY.   This service provides child-care while Moms attend classes to learn English and prepare for their citizenship exam. Additionally the first time students coming for English and life-skill classes will benefit from additional ‘learning’ hours.

On-going support for the Pastoral Outreach at St. Mary’s, Rocky Boy, St. Anthony, Box Elder, and St. Margaret Mary, Big Sandy, Montana via the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Educational Center.

Child-Care and After School Program Enrichment for the staff at Thorpe Family Residence, Bronx, NY. At a given time, TFR serves 16 families with an average of 35 children and is a sponsored ministry of the Dominican Sisters.

Peaceful Homes/Hogares en Paz
– an additional component to the parenting and education workshops that integrate a holistic approach to family violence prevention and intervention within the
Infant Toddler/Parents Program at Dominican Sisters Family Health Service, Bronx, NY.

Continuing to help with the Building Fund for the Dominican Study Center in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Due to many safety issues, the school building needs to be replaced. This is one of the original buildings located on the property when our Sisters arrived in 1958.

On-going support of the Clinic
of Our Lady of the Angels, Pamplona, Alta, Peru
a medical facility that offers a myriad of health-care services.

Assist the Dominican Sisters
as we continue to offer
quality holistic health care
for our retired and infirm members
– a responsibility we take very seriously!

During the coming months we will unfold our story and pray that you will continue to be a part of our ministries throughout the world. We know that it is through Your Help and Support that we are “Women Making a Difference”
and for this we are very grateful! We do count our blessings and consider you one of them.
Be assured of our prayers – please keep us in yours.

For further information about any of the above programs
please contact our Development Office.
To make a donation please click here
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Sr. Peggy Scarano, OP
Development Director
175 Route 340
Sparkill, NY 10976
845-359-4173
Fax: 845-359-4208
peggy.scarano@sparkill.org

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