CHARISMA AND CULTURE Our history, that of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, began in the heart of a young French woman, Catherine Gérine Fabre. Throughout her life, Mother Gérine never tired of responding to God's call and sending her sisters wherever there was a need, to announce to every man and woman the Truth of God who frees and saves. Her charism continues to live on through her daughters, in the religious family she founded, which is now present in 10 countries around the w