Observances of 10th anniversary; prayers for peace

The Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters (Wisconsin) invite the public to join them in praying for peace at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 9. Dominican congregations around the world are participating by joining together in prayer for peace. Sister Joan McGuire, OP (Peace), director of the Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs for the Archdiocese of Chicago, has written a blog with information about events in the Chicago, Illinois, area that will commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The Dominican Sisters of Caldwell (New Jersey) have announced that there will be a 24-hour vigil of remembrance on Sunday, Sept. 11 at Notre Dame Church (beginning at midnight Sept. 10), sponsored by the West Essex Ministerial Association.