Ana Gonzalez

Ana González

Ana González is a Dominican Sister of Peace, and as a proud Fronteriza, she calls El Paso, Texas, her home. González currently serves as vocation minister for the Dominican Sisters of Peace. In 2014, she embarked on a remarkable adventure and journey with the Dominican Sisters of Peace, ultimately becoming a full Dominican Sister and member of the Order of Preachers in 2018, and making her perpetual profession of vows with the Dominican Sisters of Peace in 2021. 

Ana González, OP, pertenece a laas Hermanas Dominicas De La Paz. La nativa de El Paso, Texas, conoció a lsu congregación mientras estudiaba en Nueva Orleans, Estados Unidos. La religiosa confiesa que el día más feliz de su vida ha sido el de sus votos perpetuos, en 2021. Actualmente estudia una maestría en Teología y Ministerio en Boston College, con una concentración en Ministerio Latinoamericano. Como buena romántica empedernida, la Hna. González sueña que en el Día del Amor y la Amistad y en el Miércoles de Ceniza, que en 2024 coinciden, le regalen tacos de pescado. 
 

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Woman stands with pinatas.

Advent lessons from my mother

Like my birth mother, Mother Mary reminds me to fully trust in God and hold steadfast in prayer. 

Drilling rigs park in the Permian Basin outside Odessa, Texas. (Wikimedia Commons/CC Share Alike 4.0/Lazarus1255)

With smell of gas in the air, she targets Latina leaders on Laudato Si'

Moved by the Holy Spirit, Maria Treviño uses a grassroots approach with the archdioceses of San Antonio, Austin and El Paso, Texas, to embrace the Laudato Si Action Platform. 

Marker along the road leading to Santiago de Compostela, Spain (Courtesy of Ana González)

This Jubilee Year, let us be pilgrims open to a journey with God

Horizons - In 2021, I walked the Camino de Santiago as a pilgrim. This Jubilee Year, I embrace the call to be a "Pilgrim of Hope"; my hope is that we remain open to the wild and exciting journey where the Holy Spirit leads.

Sr. Mary Jo Sobieck, a Dominican Sister of Springfield, Illinois,, at a White Sox game in Chicago on Aug. 18, 2018. (Mary Jo Sobieck)

Yes, sisters do play sports

Our religious communities have countless examples of sisters who play sports, move and connect beautifully with the spiritual and physical, writes Sr. Ana González. 

Volunteers provide nourishment and care to residents in need at Jamaica Mustard Seed in Kingston, Jamaica. (Ana González)

Encountering the Jesus of Good Friday and glimpsing the kingdom of God

Horizons - At Jamaica Mustard Seed, the residents and their caregivers can laugh, dance and sing with the hope of God's love. And we, on our Good Friday journey through Jerusalem, can find joy as well.

Bronze relief of Juan Diego at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. (Molly Brockwell)

Guadalupe and the hope within 'Now what?'

During Advent, Our Lady of Guadalupe points to our limitless God who does not fit within our human limitations. As we ask "Now what?" during hard days or even disaster, we are invited to hold on to Our Lady's message of hope.

A Day of the Dead altar at Boston College, November 2023 (Ana Gonzalez)

Día de Muertos and the altares: Opportunity for reverent remembrance

Horizons - Each altar de muertos honors and rejoices in the lives of the ancestors and our loved ones gone before us. It's a way to remember that each of us living today is the legacy and dream of our ancestors.

Dominican Sr. Ana Gonzalez with one of her nephews

Hey, sisters: Don’t forget our youth

I'm worried about the future my nephews will experience. But lots of religious sisters are empowering young people like them and showing them God's love, so they can face the challenges ahead. 

A man runs in front of the sun rising over the lower Manhattan skyline in Jersey City, N.J., on June 8. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S.

Wildfires and smoke alerts highlight interconnectedness of global community

Canada's destructive wildfires remind me I must continue to be in a relationship with my neighbors and God's creation. I can continue my accountability to the care of God's creation by taking small steps. 

A Central American woman, who was recently released from U.S. custody, holds her child July 1, 2018, as they watch other immigrant children play at a Catholic Charities-run respite center in McAllen, Texas. (CNS/Chaz Muth)

Wanted: Prayer and action for immigrant children now!

Horizons - Those who walk with and witness the challenges faced by vulnerable immigrant children must speak on their behalf, encouraging legislative leaders to pass laws protecting them.