Faith and Film: Ricki and The Flash

With every new Meryl Streep movie, I wonder what the most amazing actress of our generation will come up with next. So, there is great excitement with each new movie, wondering what character Meryl will bring to life. “Ricki and the Flash” looked like it would be great fun. Meryl Streep as a 60-year-old rocker! Unfortunately, “Ricki” is not much fun at all.

Indeed, Meryl rocks away, playing electric guitar as Ricki (born Linda) who plays with her band The Flash, with 80s rocker Rick Springfield as Greg, who also sings and plays guitar. Ricki works at a high-end grocery store during the day, and plays with her band at a Southern California bar at night. She lives in a small, dingy motel room.
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July 29, 2015

Fr. Mazzuchelli Memorial Mass is Aug. 23

The annual Father Samuel Mazzuchelli Memorial Mass and dinner will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, at St. Patrick Church in Benton, Wisconsin. Father Mazzuchelli is known in Iowa and Wisconsin for establishing at least 35 parish communities, designing and building at least 24 churches, and founding the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters. He was declared “Venerable” by Pope John Paul II, the first step to sainthood. The day’s events also include a tour of St. Augustine Church in New Diggings, Wisconsin, and Father Mazzuchelli’s home and grave site in Benton. The public is invited. For more information, call 608-965-4517.

July 29, 2015

Religious life from a volunteer perspective

Global Sisters Report

Dominican Volunteer Mary Clare Mazzocchi recently finished her one-year commission at Immaculate Conception Academy in San Francisco. The school is sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose. Her final article in GSR’s “Notes from the Field” summer blog project, she writes about her experience living with the sisters at Immaculate Conception Priory. Read article

July 29, 2015

Let us play: Reflections on holiness and humor

Global Sisters Report

Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Christin Tomy appreciates and embraces the lighter side of religious life. She writes about the “saving grace” of levity in a July 17 article in Global Sisters Report. Read article

July 29, 2015

Springfield, Grand Rapids sisters celebrate anniversaries

Jubilee 2015

Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, recently celebrated anniversaries of profession as vowed women religious. Stories and photos of this year’s Jubliarians are posted on the congregations’ web sites. Grand Rapids Jubilarians | Springfield Jubilarians