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Explosions in Mosul Reach Dominican Friars
MOSUL, IRAQ – May 7, 2007--- Last week,
we reported that three sisters and several others were injured
after a car bomb attack next to the Dominican
convent and kindergarten in Telskouf. Several others including
two children were killed. More violence has come to our Family
in Iraq.
Early last week, several violent fights took place near
where the Dominican friars reside here. An armed group attacked
the police station about three km away from the friars’ house.
A series of explosions erupted on the street where the friars
live, a police car was torched, rockets and small
arms fire exploded. No one was reported injured among the Dominicans,
but they believe some of their neighbors were killed.
The battle reportedly lasted over two hours. Sources
indicate that the attack was made on the police in Mosul in
an effort to give control of the city to the Mujahideens. But
the police prevailed and continue to control the city. Some
of the chapel windows were damaged and a large mural, a mosaic
of Dominicans, was badly damaged by bullets and explosions.
Four friars lilve in the house. They were
badly shaken but were unharmed. Please continue your
prayers and advocacy for peace.
Anne Lythgoe, OP, editor
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There's
only a revolution if you show up
Dominicans Mark Earth Day
 April
22, 2007-- This year marks the 37th anniversary of a day that changed
the way people understand their home planet. Earth Day has become an
international time of focus on issues that threaten our survival and
the survival of our home planet. Dominicans in the US have strong commitments
to this effort. Here is a summary of just some of the activities that
took place. READ
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Dominican Alliance: All Justice is Eco-justice
New Programs Promote Understanding of Water and
Food Issues
April 23, 2007--- As the nation marks Earth Day and
long before Al Gore’s
academy award winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, the care of
creation has been the framework on which Dominicans do the work of justice
as expressed in the document; Dominican Call to Justice. Using
this perspective, issues of peace and justice in the world are matters that affect
planet Earth itself. Thus all work for justice is really a matter for eco-justice. READ
MORE
We
Have Family in the Solomon Islands
Dominicans on Solomon Islands Begin to Assess Damage
and Recovery
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GIZO, SI - April 23, 2007--In spite of widespread
devastation and destruction from a tsunami that hit the western Solomon
Islands April 2nd, the people of Gizo came together to celebrate
Easter Sunday. Over 50 people are reported dead, and recovery is
slow.
Asked what he told the people on that morning, Bishop Bernard
O’Grady
of the Gizo diocese said that he opened the Mass sharing a reading
from Hosea, “In their affliction, they shall look for me:
Come, let us return to the Lord. For it is he who has rent, but he
will heal us; he has struck us, but he will bind our wounds. He will
revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, to
live in his presence.”
READ MORE
UN Representatives Deplore the Humanitarian
Crisis of Iraqi Refugees and Displaced Persons
 GENEVA,
April 23, 2007-- During an International Conference on the refugee
crisis in Iraq, called for by the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees on held on April 17-18th, Dominicans for
Justice and Peace and the Dominican Leadership
Conference called for immediate and strong humanitarian
action on the part of the international community and the United
Nations refugee services to avert a greater humanitarian crisis that
will have worldwide consequences. READ
MORE
Great
Bend Dominicans Offer
800th Anniversary Prayer Series
GREAT BEND, KS - April 26, 2007 -- The Fifteen
Tuesdays of St. Dominic is an 800th Anniversary prayer booklet
offered by the Dominicans of Great Bend. (PDF format) The series
booklet begins May 1 and
can be downloaded from their website (lower left column). Link
Here.
Dominican Sisters of Amityville Motherhouse
Complex
Added to NY State Register of Historic Sites
 AMITYVILLE,
NY April 9, 2007 – As part of a larger vision to foster the
continuation of mission and be attentive to sustainability, the Motherhouse
complex of the Dominican Sisters of Amityville has been listed on
the New York State Register of Historic Places. The Motherhouse Complex
includes five buildings and two sites – the 130 year old Rosary
Hall building, the root cellar or potato house, Seraphina Cottage,
the boiler house, St. Dominic's Chapel, the grotto area and the cemetery. READ
MORE
Grand Rapids Dominicans Offer New Statement
on Disarmament and Creation
 Grand
Rapids, MI - April 23, 2007--- Internationally recognized peace activists,
Carol Gilbert, OP, Jackie Hudson, OP and Ardeth Platt, OP, offer disturbing
information on US military plans for the future and a reflection on
disarmament and creation in a recent statement. READ
MORE
Sparkill Dominican Honored in St. Louis
 ST.
LOUIS, MO. -April 23, 2007-- Sister Paulette Patritti, O.P. received
the prestigious Clare of Assisi, Spiritual Guide Award from
the Archdiocese of Saint Louis Human Rights Office. Her award is given to the
person who “has strong faith that has been learned through
the days and years of opening her heart and hands to God. She
guides others in prayer and accompanies others along their faith
journeys.” READ MORE
New Books: Dominican Authors' Recent Work
 A
number of new books have come to our attention, recently published
by Dominican authors: a new book by Carol
Dempsey,OP,
a tribute
to Benedict Ashley, from Aquinas Institute's faculty. The essays
offer reflections on biblical studies, Catholic spirituality, Dominican
history, liturgical studies, and inter-religious dialogue. A book
on the Cabra
Dominicans in New Orleans
and Henri-Dominique
Lacordaire. Check out the book section
and we will continue to add more titles. MORE.
North Country Mission of Hope
Dominican Sister brings images, stories
of
Nicaragua’s suffering to local students
 SARASOTA
FL — Aprile 23, 2007--Pictures of skinny Nicaraguan
children, their bellies bloated with parasites, standing barefoot
in the red dirt and with little to no clothing, were projected
on the whiteboard in the Incarnation School classroom. The students
stared at the children in the pictures, not so different from themselves,
as Debbie Blow, OP, Dominican Sister of Hope, asked them
what it was they had done to be born here in America into this
lifestyle. READ MORE
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In 1984, German film-maker Philip Gröning wrote to the
Carthusian order for permission to make a documentary about
them. They said they would get back to him. Sixteen years later,
they were ready. Read a review by guest criiic Dominic DeLay,
OP.
Tom
Condon weighs in with his latest review of a film about family,
culture, fitting in and finding your way.