here
are approximately 1500 sisters in Africa and about
one third are Africans. There are about 40 different
congregations in about 200 houses in 25 different
countries. The sisters are involved in all types
of apostolates answering the needs of the continent
- parochial activities, education, health care,
youth ministry, promotion of women, catechetics,
social work, retreat work, refugee work, justice
and peace work, …etc. .
In
September of 1998 some 40 Dominican sisters from
14 African countries belonging to 24 congregations
met in Nairobi for the first Dominican Sisters
Assembly. This historic assembly was the birthing
of DSA.
Goals
of DSA :
