Join sisters at Sinsinawa for prayer, celebration

SINSINAWA, Wis.—The Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, Wis., invite all to join them in an Opening Ritual and Vesper Service to begin the celebration of the 800th jubilee year of the Order of Preachers at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, in Queen of the Rosary Chapel at Sinsinawa Mound. The prayer service will include music by the Tri-State Choral Society and guest preaching by Sister Megan McElroy, a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Mich. A reception for all guests will be held in the foyer following the service.

For more information, contact Sister Priscilla Wood at 608-748-4411 or visit www.sinsinawa.org. Sinsinawa Mound, the Motherhouse for the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, is located in southwest Wisconsin on County Road Z, off Highway 11, about five miles northeast of Dubuque, Iowa.

If you are unable to attend in person, join us via livestream at www.sinsinawa.org/live.

Dominicans worldwide will observe the Nov. 7 opening of the 800th jubilee year. For 800 years, Dominicans have continued to preach the Gospel in word and deed. Today, thousands of sisters, nuns, priests, brothers, associates, and laity minister in more than 100 countries around the world.

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Read article in Global Sisters Report

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