Since their arrival in 1853, the Sisters of St. Dominic have cared for the most vulnerable in our society. The first sisters taught immigrant children and started many parish schools. The sisters built St. Catherine Hospital and Nursing School in Brooklyn (1869-1965) and Mary Immaculate Hospital in Jamaica (1902-2009), as well as St. Joseph Sanatorium in Monticello (1896-1970) for patients with tuberculosis. The congregation also founded Nazareth Trade School for Boys (1900-1942) and St. Rose Industrial School for Girls in Melville (1906-1942) for orphans. Many young people were educated in schools the sisters founded including Molloy University in Rockville Centre (1955), St. Agnes Academic High School in College Point (1908-2021), Dominican Commercial High School in Jamaica, Queens (1936-1988), and Queen of the Rosary Academy in Amityville (1876 -1986) as well as many parish schools.  The sisters sponsored a community-supported organic farm called Homecoming Farm/Sophia Garden (1996-2023) on these grounds which nourished the farm members as well as those in need.  Sisters ministered as religious education leaders, parish outreach coordinators, nurses, youth leaders, preachers, artists, spiritual directors, protesters, campus ministers, retreat leaders, parish administrators, RENEW coordinators, Scripture-group leaders, missionaries, and counselors. Through their ministries, they have advocated for immigrants, seniors, young people, Latin American communities, refugees, survivors of human trafficking, the developmentally disabled, the homeless, the addicted, the incarcerated, and for Mother Earth herself. The congregation also founded The Opening Word Program to teach English to immigrant women and The Villas at Dominican Village to provide a retirement community for senior citizens.