St. Catharine Farm

12/31/2025

Your generosity helps our sisters continue to follow God’s call—wherever it leads.

For Srs. Ana Gonzalez and June Fitzgerald, that call includes walking with young women as they discern their vocation, like Sr. Annie Killian, who made her Perpetual Vows this year. For Sr. Jane Belanger, it means tending the farm, even in retirement. For Sr. Gemma Doll, it’s daily advocacy for justice. And for 96-year-old Sr. Josetta Mayer, it’s knitting hundreds of hats to keep neighbors warm.

Our sisters are able to do all of this, and so much more, because of supporters like you.

Will you make a gift to the Dominican Sisters of Peace before midnight tonight? Click here to Be Peace: https://oppeace.org/year-end-giving/

Wishing you an early Happy New Year, filled with peace and blessings.

12/31/2025

We wish you a very Happy New Year and thank you for your continued support of
St. Catharine Farm.

12/27/2025

In Laudato Si’, Pope Francis reminds us of our call to care for God’s creation, writing: “We were not meant to be inundated by cement, asphalt, glass and metal, and deprived of physical contact with nature.”

At our ecology centers in Ohio and our farms in Kansas and Kentucky, the sisters live this call every day—tending the land, welcoming neighbors to help care for sacred spaces, and inviting young people to learn and connect with nature through camps and hands-on experiences with our animals.

Your year-end gift helps the Dominican Sisters of Peace continue this vital ministry of caring for creation and sharing its abundance with others. 💚

Thank you for your support, we are deeply grateful: https://oppeace.org/year-end-giving/

Shepherd's Corner Ecology Center Heartland Farm

12/23/2025

🎄 St. Catharine Farm’s Giving Spirit 🎄

St. Catharine Farm Manager Danny Ray Spalding, along with several volunteer elves, embraced the joy of the season by shopping for Christmas gifts for families in need.

Thanks to the generosity shown at the 2025 St. Catharine Farm Appreciation Day, we were able to provide gifts for almost 100 families.

From everyone at the Farm, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

12/18/2025

St. Catharine Farm Manager, Danny Ray Spalding and several volunteer elves went shopping for Christmas presents for Santa's Kids. The 2025 St. Catharine Farm Appreciation Day received donations totaling $12,678.00. This outpouring of multi-county community support will provide a special Christmas for 97 families.
Thanks to everyone for your support. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

12/10/2025

Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

The staff and Sisters at St. Catharine Farm are so grateful for the support of our neighbors and friends. Your purchases of our delicious, ASH-free beef help St. Catharine Farm continue to be a source for fresh healthy beef and agricultural training in Washington County.

In fact, our beef products are so popular that we are currently unable to fulfill orders. While we wait for our beef to mature for processing, we will be glad to take your order.

We appreciate your patience as we continue to raise healthy, ASH-free beef for all of our client families to enjoy.

Please click here to place a wait list order or call 1-859-805-1278.
Please note that orders for pork products and chicken breasts are being taken and filled.

12/10/2025

God’s creation is a gift — and a responsibility. 🌍
The Dominican Sisters of Peace are committed to the preservation of God’s precious creation, Earth.

This Advent, may we choose peace through care for our planet. 💜🕯️🌱

10/16/2025

Domestic cows are one of the most common farm animals around the world, and the English language has several words to describe these animals at various ages. A baby cow is called a calf. A female calf is sometimes called a heifer calf and a male a bull calf. A heifer is a female that has not had any offspring. The term usually refers to immature females; after giving birth to her first calf, however, a heifer becomes a cow. An adult male is known as a bull. Many male cattle are castrated to reduce their aggressive tendencies and make them more tractable. Young neutered males, which are primarily raised for beef, are called steers or bullocks, whereas adult neutered males, which are usually used for draft purposes, are known as oxen. A group of cows, cattle, or kine (an archaic term for more than one cow) constitutes a herd. English lacks a gender-neutral singular form, and so “cow” is used for both female individuals and all domestic bovines.

09/25/2025

09/18/2025

Some of the Motherhouse Sisters enjoyed a Monday morning hayride down on the farm. It was a beautiful day.

09/13/2025

🌿 Rain didn’t stop the fun at St. Catharine Farm Appreciation Day on September 6! ☔💜

Neighbors and friends came together to enjoy delicious food hot off the grill, sweet treats like cotton candy, fudge, and slushies, plus handmade goods, pumpkins, and mums. 🌸🍂

Kids loved the inflatables, farm animals, and mobile science center, while hayrides and health checks added to the day. 🎉🐐

A huge THANK YOU to all the volunteers and sponsors who made this celebration possible—and congrats to our lucky door prize winners! 🙌

09/06/2025

Lots of smiles at Farm Day!