Become a Partner
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 for 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.
Today we number 345 members, with a median age of 74. Additionally we have 46 lay associates. Our Sisters are predominately located in New York, metropolitan St. Louis, MO, ministering among Native Americans in Montana, in several other states throughout our country and in Pakistan. 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 ministry for justice with reverence for all creation.”
Counting Our Blessings
As we reflect on the past (fiscal) year (September 2010 – August 2011), the Dominican Sisters are 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 (continuing) economically challenging times. You have helped us to support:
- our Sisters’ ministry in Loreto, Pakistan:
~ Human Development & Christian Community Formation programs
~ Scholarships for students attending the Ibn-E-Mariam School
- the Steps Toward the Future: re-building a library
at the Mission Grade School,
Hays, MT
- the Our Father’s Kitchen: Food Pantry, an outreach program
at Sacred Heart Parish, Monroe, NY
You have provided continuing support of:
~ the Make Every Day Count program at Dowling Gardens, Sparkill, NY
(Dowling Gardens is a sponsored ministry of the Dominican Sisters)
~ the Respite Care for Mothers program at St. Rita’s Center, Bronx, NY.
~ the Building Fund for the Dominican Study Center & Hostel in Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
And especially you have enabled us to continue offering quality holistic health care for our retired and infirm members – a responsibility we take very seriously!
For your help, your generous support, your being a friend and most in particular for your prayers –
Thank You!
Looking Ahead
Via our newsletters (WEAVINGS) and appeal letters we will continue to ‘share our story’. They will present our varying ministry and retirement needs while extending an invitation to you to Continue Your Partnership with us. The stories will talk about:
~ Enrichment Activities for children at the Family Center, East St. Louis, IL
~ Education and Human Development program at the Dominican Convent School in Bahawalpur, Pakistan
~ Building Peaceful Communities (anti-bullying) program at St. John Chrysostom School, Bronx, NY
~ Lifeway Network/A Safe House – for women surviving Human Trafficking in New York City
~ Formation Education of Women in Multan, Pakistan
~ Ongoing Support of Our Father’s Kitchen
~ Ongoing Care of our Retired/Infirm Members
For further information about any of the above programs
please contact our
Development Office @ 845-359-4173.
For suggestions regarding gift types click: Giving Something Special
During the coming months we will unfold our story and pray that you will continue to be a part of our extended family through your support of our ministries throughout the world and of our retired/infirm members who reside at Dominican Convent. 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.
