In 1956 the Dominican Sisters of Australia established a mission in the Solomon Islands in conjunction with the Dominican Friars. As at March 2010 there are twenty-nine Solomonese Sisters and four novices. 

The Sisters minister in the Western Solomons in Gizo, Loga, Nila, Sirovanga, and Moli; and in Guadalcanal in Honiara and Visale; and in Malaita at Auki. The Ministry of the Sisters is in the areas of nursing, teaching and pastoral care.

Dominican Sisters of the Vicariate     click to enlarge photo

• 26 August 2009 - Sr Veronica Benetito OP died suddenly at Wagina where she had been teaching in the Primary School. Veronica is the first of the Solomon Island Sisters to die. She was born 2 November 1954 and professed 15 November 1976.

• Solomon Islands Update - April 2010 -
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