Stepping Forward

Stepping Forward Together
DLC, Federation collaborate to form new entity

With the theme of “Stepping Forward Together,” the leader and member representatives of the Federation of Dominican Sisters USA had their annual gathering at the Felician Motherhouse in Chicago, March 19-21, 2010. Mary Ellen Green, OP (Sinsinawa) presented some “golden threaded” memories of the history of the Federation.

With this as their springboard, the Federation Representatives, representing 17 congregations, gave affirmation to moving forward into a new entity in conjunction with the Dominican Leadership Conference. Memories were cherished by laughter, silence, and ritual. To the future they commend this collaborative effort of Dominican Sisters believing that Members and Leaders without distinction will together forward our dreams with care.

More will be forthcoming as this new collaboration develops.

Search for Executive Director
of Dominican Sisters Conference

The Dominican Leadership Conference and Federation of Dominican Sisters USA are coming together to form a new entity at the service of both elected leaders and vowed members. An Implementation Committee is actively involved in the creation of this new entity. At this time the new entity remains unnamed; for purposes of the search for the initial Executive Director it will be referred to below as “Dominican Sisters Conference.”

The “Dominican Sisters Conference” seeks a full-time Executive Director to provide the creativity and professional skills needed to support the inauguration and mission of this new organization of Dominican Sisters. The successful candidate for this position will have proven organizational skills and possess:

The ability to create and lead a new conference dedicated to the life and mission of Dominican sisters in North America, and
Demonstrated experience with collaboration in order to work with other Dominican organizations and projects and build relationships.

Requirements:

Vowed membership in a Dominican congregation of apostolic sisters.
Understanding and appreciation of the Dominican charism and its gift to the Roman Catholic Church.
Education and experience related to leadership of a collaborative non-profit entity.
Ability to successfully fulfill the responsibilities outlined in the job description.

Interested persons should contact the DLC Office for application information and a position description, dlc@domlife.org or 708-482-5033. Deadline for submissions is May 18, 2010.