By Lois Staas
NEWS Correspondent
Who are the Dominican Sisters of Hope, and what is the vision of their mission in the 21st century?
The order originally named the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Rosary were the religious women who answered God’s call at the request of Father Egbert Kars to come and live in Gloucester City and to teach the children of St. Mary’s Parish in 1873.
On July 20, 1995, the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Rosary of Newburgh, NY, merged with the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor of the Immaculate Conception of Ossining, NY, and the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine Siena of Fall River, MA, becoming the Dominican Sisters of Hope.
Today, five sisters from the newly merged congregation continue to reside in Gloucester City and to serve St. Mary’s Parish.
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