2007
Meeting of CODALC
Dominicans In Latin America Converge to "Preach
with a New Consciousness"
 LIMA,
PERU – February 12, 2007. Over 70 Dominicans representing
federations and congregations from all over Latin America and the
Caribbean gathered here to hold the triennial meeting of CODALC
(Confederation of Dominicans in Latin America and the Caribbean). DomLife
editor Anne Lythgoe attended and addressed the group.
Every three years, CODALC delegates assemble to report on the projects
they engage in and reflect on their place in the preaching mission
of the Order. The meeting took place January 26-February 1st, including
two days of retreat with Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, OP (Oxford) and
Gabriela Zengarini, OP (Argentina). READ
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Adrian Dominicans Host Dominican
Volunteers Midyear Retreat
 ADRIAN,
MI February 12, 2007--The Adrian Dominican Sisters had an opportunity to connect
with their volunteer partners in mission when they hosted the Dominican
Volunteers USA (DVUSA) midyear retreat on February 8-11. DVUSA
is a lay mission program sponsored by 18 congregations of Dominican sisters
and friars in the United States, including the Adrian Dominicans. READ
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Sparkill Dominican Honored for Work on
Addiction and Recovery
 SAN
DIEGO, CA - February 12, 2007-- Dominican Sr Maurice Doody, OP,MA,
CAC (Sparkill) has been awarded the prestigious Sister Ignatia
Gavin Award. The Sister Ignatia Award—which
was instituted in 2006 by the National
Catholic Council on Alcoholism and Related Drug Problems (NCCA)—is
presented annually to a religious sister, in recognition of her
outstanding dedication and commitment to the field of addiction
treatment and recovery. READ
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International Co-Promoters of Justice
and Peace Invite
Reflection on Populorum Progressio
 SANTA
SABINA, February 12, 2007--- International Co-Promoters of Justice
and Peace, Toni Harris, OP (Sinsinawa) and Prakash Lohale, OP
(Pakistan) have published a letter reflecting on the 40th anniversary
of Populorum Progressio (Progress of Peoples) on (March
26,196. They invite study and celebration of this important document
, drafted by our brother Louis Joseph Lebret (1897-1966). READ
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FAITH AND FILM: Babel
 It's
Oscar season and our film critic Tom Condon, is back in the
aisle seat offering his take on Babel, a
film being compared to last year's best picture: Crash. Dominican preachers should pay attention to this one. Two Moroccan
boys set out to look after their family's herd of goats, but
when one of them tests his stolen rifle, the bullet finds an
unintended target. In an instant, the lives of four separate
groups of strangers on three different continents collide. READ
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FAITH and FILM: Letters from Iwo Jima
 Clint
Eastwood's follow-up to Flags of Our Fathers details
another story from Iwo Jima, but this time, the tale is told
from the Japanese side of the battle. Read Tom Condon's review
of this film, which could not have been made 25 years ago. Tom
said, " It’s amazing to me that Clint Eastwood, who
made several films as the macho Dirty Harry, now can show us
the way to loving our enemies." READ
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 Special:
Weekly Lenten Prayers for Iraq
We invite you to use these prayers each week
for peace in Iraq. Prepared for the Iraq Coordinating Committee
by Rene Weeks, OP (Great Bend) and Ann Marie Rimmer, OP (Caldwell) READ MORE
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