together

living out the Dominican charism

Who We Are

Dominican Sisters Europe (DSE) is a branch of the Dominican Sisters International (DSI) movement.

DSI was founded in May 1995 to faciliate worldwide collaborations among the Dominican sisters of apostolic life in their preaching mission. At the ninth triennial general assembly of DSI in 2019, the Dominican Sisters International Confederation (DSIC) was established as a natural progression of DSI. The international network is grouped geographically by continents: Europe, Africa, Asia & the Pacific, North & South America and the Caribbean. Each group is further organised by region.

The Dominican sisters in Europe are organised into seven regional groups by language and include 79 congregations in 29 countries and cover more than 20 languages.

AG OP – Austria, Germany and Switzerland
DSE-CE – Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Poland, Latvia, Ukraine and Albany
English Speaking Zone – Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands
Groupement Fraternel – France and Belgium South
Middle-East – Jerusalem, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, United Arab Emirates
SEDEP – Spain and Portugal
USMID – Italy and Malta

Our mission

To Promote formation in the Dominican spirituality
To Support collaboration across countries and regions
To Bring together sisters involved in the same fields
To Strengthen the networking, especially among the young Dominican sisters in Europe
To Encourage the work of J&P