Century, such as St. John Bosco. Cistercians Honor Father Usera in their Ninth Centenary - The II International Cistercian Congress in Galicia, Spain and Portugal, which concluded at the Monastery of Oseira in Orense, included a work entitled Rev. Jeronimo Usera , a vanguard apostle with Cistercian roots. In addition, last August the influence of the Cistercian order in the region of Sanabria, Spain, was the topic of a series of conferences sponsored by the municipal government of Galende. Among the talks was one focusing on the paradoxes in the life of Rev. Jeronimo Usera, the monk whose spirituality was profoundly based in the Cistercian tradition, who went on to develop an intense apostolic and social mission after the monasteries were suppressed, without ever renouncing his contemplative vocation which he lived intensely during his long life. The Sisters of the Love of God minister to that country, with schools in Santo Domingo, Villa Altagracia and San Pedro de Macoris.
Funds go for food, medical and dental care, basic clothing and instruction.
Although the headlines and the news reports on last summer's Hurricane Georges' devastation in the Dominican Republic have died down, the suffering and lingering effects have not. The Sisters of the Love of God serve one of the poorest sectors of the capital, Santo Domingo, known as el Palmar, where they have a school and minister to the poor. The needs of these poor have been exacerbated by the natural catastrophe. In San Pedro de Macoris. In Villa Altagracia, the sisters have a school and medical dispensary, and they serve many rural areas and villages affected by the hurricane.