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Our mission magazine "kontinente" - (in German) - is a good and contemporary way to support our work, our values and our projects. It appears every two months.

The corona crisis connects us to all people worldwide in different ways.

Dear Sisters,

In preparation for the feast of St. Catherine of Siena, we will post a series of 8  brief videos - one each day, leaving up to April 29th, Catherine's feast.
We hope that you will view them and be inspired!

Here is the link of the first one: …

The last few months have been a sad time for the Sisters and all who have been associated with Koinonia in Johannesburg over many years. The Oakford Congregation has sold the property, its last in Johannesburg.

We may not be able to participate in the usual celebrations commemorating the Death and Resurrection of Jesus because of Covid 19. But our faith calls us beyond the known and to a new way of being Christian amidst a global pandemic.

The corona virus didn't stop us from baking delicious Easter bunnies again this year.

The Leadership of the Oakford Dominican Sister convened a “Younger Sisters Gathering” at St. Dominic’s Retreat Centre at the Bluff, Durban, South Africa from 1 – 14 August 2019.

Sr. Reinhilde always remained open to people's needs, cultivated contacts and took people's concerns with her in prayer. She had a special relationship with God and Our Lady.

As a result of the proposed closing of Dießen, she moved to the “Caritas-Seniorenzentrum St. Martin”, in Lohr, in December…

Gratefully, but not without sadness and the sorrow of leave-taking, the Dominican Sisters look back at their 170 years of life and work in Dießen. On 8 March, the parish bade them farewell with a Mass of Thanksgiving.

Vor über 100 Jahren gegründet, ist das Kloster St. Josef in Neustadt am Main das Zentrum für alle Missionsdominikanerinnen in Deutschland. Gegründet wurde es, um Nachwuchs für die Dominikanerinnen der Hl. Katharina von Siena von Oakford (in Südafrika) für den Missionseinsatz vorzubereiten. Neustadt…