Sister Pat Twohill, OP, was installed for her second six-year term as prioress as The Dominican Sisters of Peace on Sunday, Aug. 7 at the Martin de Porres Center in Columbus.
Also installed as members of the congregation’s leadership team were Sister Anne Lythgoe, OP, first councilor; Sister Carol Davis, OP, second councilor; Sister Cathy Arnold, OP, third councilor; and Sister Susan Leslie, fourth councilor. Sister Anne was electedto a second six-year term in her position; the others will be in their first terms. They were elected at the congregation’s general meeting this past April.
Before becoming prioress in 2015, Sister Pat was in vocation and formation ministry, parish ministry and campus ministry and was as an educator. Sister Anne also is president of the Dominican Sisters Conference and served six years as president of the Dominican Leadership Conference. She also has worked in retreat ministry and as a communicator. Sister Carol has extensive experience in spiritual direction and counseling, has ministered as a credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselor and has been in a leadership position with U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking.
Sister Cathy has ministered in vocations and formation for many years, most recently as co-director of the Collaborative Dominican Novitiate. She also has been an educator and as a program coordinator for persons with developmental disabilities. Sister Susan served most recently as mission group coordinator of Sansbury Care Center, the congregation’s licensed long-term care facility in St. Catharine, Kentucky. In addition, she has been a physical therapist, a hospital vice president of a mission in Peru, and in parish, prison and retreat ministry.
The Dominican Sisters of Peace have been part of the Columbus community since 1868, when they were known as the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs. They joined with seven other Dominican congregations in 2009. The combined congregation has more than 350 sisters in 29 dioceses in 22 states, along with a presence in Nigeria. They serve in areas including education, health care, spirituality, pastoral care, prison ministry and care of creation.
The congregation has a motherhouse, an arts and community center, a home for senior religious, a learning center, and an ecology center in Columbus, as well as many sisters in active ministry. The Dominican Sisters of Peace are also the founders of Ohio Dominican University.