Srs. Fabiola and Lucía (DVI) are travelling together to meet the Dominican Sisters in Thailand, Cambodia and to participate the Asia Pacific Leaders Conference in Vietnam, where they will meet Sr Cecielle Espenilla, OP, DSI coordinator for Asia Pacific. They have visited this Orphanage in the North of Thailand.

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The Joy of our Jubilee. Marie Joannes OP, teacher and dean of the Institute from 1968 to 2009. On June 23, 24 and 25, 2011, the Institut Saint Dominique in Rome celebrated its 50 year anniversary. This jubilee celebration was marked by a totally Dominican simplicity and joy.  Over 350 former students from all over the world brought to our present students the testimony of what they received in the past, for some more remote than others,  They shared with warmth and spontaneity their experiences, joys and struggles along their different walks of life, and they pointed out how the sound values acquired during their school education helped them to keep sight of the right direction. Not without humour, they offered some brief stories about their lives as students, which goes to show how our young people remain “young” regardless of their generation!

The Dominican Sister,  Gerarldinha  received the Human Rights Award from the President of Brazil  - On the 12th of December, Geralda Magela da Fonceca, a Dominican Sister, popularly known as Sister Geraldinha, received from the President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, the prize of Human Rights in the category,  “Sr. Dorothy Stang”.

Sr. Pat Siemen, OP writes about Climate Change Conference in Durban: Last week I returned from the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, where I participated with other international NGO representatives dedicated to creating global climate justice. In addition to attending the actual climate negotiations, I attended sessions addressing the various financial and mitigation mechanisms being considered to absorb carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions.

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Sr. Rutendo Madhlanhongo OP writes from Zimbabwe: We are four Dominican sisters who are nurses at this mission, working at a diocesan hospital. This hospital is the hub of our activity and the love of our lives. From the hospital we are able to reach out to the patients, staff, the families of the patients, the local primary and high schools and the parish.