DOMINICAN SISTERS OF PEACE INC

The Dominican Sisters of Peace have a mission in Nigeria.

Sr. Rita Schwarzenberger has been a long-time missionary in Nigeria and currently manages Hope for the Village Child. This program works with the villages in an area south of Kaduna to improve the lives of rural residents, especially women and children. The organization advances education, healthcare, and women’s development in myriad ways. They build classrooms, mobile clinics, and clean water wells; train teachers and health workers, and help women learn to sew, knit, and make soap for income; establish programs for immunizations, health education, antenatal care, and corrective surgery for children with rickets, and more.

The Dominican Learning Center (DLC), Siena Learning Center and Springs Learning Center serve adult learners seeking to improve reading, pass the GED examinations or learn English as a Second Language (ESL). With dedicated volunteer tutors, our learning centers assist adult learners to master learning skills and increase self-esteem. They provide one-to-one or small group (two-three learners) tutoring to help adults improve their skills in reading, writing, spelling, speaking, listening, mathematics and basic computer use.

Individual and small group instruction enables tutors to address individual learning needs. We provide the instruction that builds success.

Shepherd’s Corner, founded in 1992 in Columbus, OH, is a 160-acre ecological ministry. The property’s diverse habitats offer a haven for wildlife and native flora, plus a place of peace, natural beauty, and spiritual refreshment. We focus on three areas: environmental education, care of creation, and partnering with local farmers to donate naturally grown produce to local food pantries.

In 1986, the Kansas Dominican Sisters began a new ministry committed to the care of Earth and to modeling sustainability. The 80-acre Heartland Farm had originally been settled under the Homestead Act in the 1870s. Both the farmhouse and the barn are well over 100 years old and still in use. The Farm provides welcoming space for visitors and retreatants as well as volunteers.

St. Catharine Farm traces its beginnings to 1822, when the first American Dominican Sisters began a religious community on 160 acres of land in Central Kentucky. In the 1960s, beef production became the focus of the farm.

The Dominican Sisters of Peace operate retreat centers in four US locations.

The Dominican Retreat and Conference Center, Niskayuna, NY, offers retreats for women and men, workshops, and presentations to enhance spiritual life and growth. Retreats are offered for those in 12-step programs on topics of alcoholism, abuse, and eating issues.

Heartland Center for Spirituality, Great Bend, KS, provides meals, overnight accommodations, and meeting space for individuals, church organizations, and nonprofit groups who are interested in spiritual enrichment, educational programs, staff development, and retreats.

Martin de Porres Center, Columbus, OH, offers a contemplative and affordable meeting space for spiritual, artistic, and educational program, as well as spiritual direction and adult literacy tutoring.

Vivian’s Via Rosa, Waterford, MI, is a homey retreat house on Scott Lake that offers individuals and small groups a place of quiet beauty for private, guided and directed retreats.

The Dominican Sisters of Peace operate Mohun Health Care Center, Columbus, OH. Mohun is an award winning licensed health center for vowed and ordained religious.

Sansbury Care Center, St. Catharine, KY, is a skilled and personal care facility serving religious and laity. Sansbury provides high quality, personalized and compassionate care services.

The Dominican Sisters of Peace have also founded Clausen Manor, Waterford, MI, an Alzheimer’s special care center. Lourdes Senior Community, Waterford, MI, a licensed health center for individuals needing skilled care or rehabilitation. Assisted/Senior Living is offered by Mendelson Assisted Living Home, Waterford, MI; and Fox Manor, Waterford, MI.

Cedar Park Place, Great Bend, KS, offers affordable, program-enriched housing for families, seniors, and people with special needs who lack the economic resources to access quality, safe housing opportunities.

The Peace Center, New Orleans, LA, is sign of Dominican Sisters of Peace’s commitment to New Orleans. The Peace Center provides outreach and a place of peace and caring for residents surrounding the center. The Peace Center provides enrichment programs for persons of all ages in the neighborhood.

Homework help is offered for youth and there are a variety of youth programs.

Adult programming is offered and there are programs for senior citizens as well as computer education, mental health counseling, spiritual direction and job readiness training.

Our Ministry of Presence, Garden City, KS, is a direct ministry with the poor serving as liaison with existing community resources.

The Dominican Sisters of Peace have founded and serve on the faculty and/or staff and on the board of trustees for the higher education Institutions of Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT and Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH.

In Secondary and Primary Education, the Dominican Sisters of Peace founded and serve on faculty/staff and the Board of Directors at: St. Agnes Academy & St. Dominic School, Memphis, TN; Our Lady of the Elms, Akron, OH; Dominican Academy, New York, NY; and, St. Mary’s Dominican High School, New Orleans, LA.