Faith and Film: Inside Out

The new animated film from the Disney/Pixar studio is certainly one of the most original movies I’ve seen in a long time. Rather than deal with sequels and remakes, “Inside Out” examines the emotional world of Riley, an 11-year old girl. As the title implies, the point of view of the movie is inside Riley, looking out at the world from a place called Headquarters, where her emotions live.

Riley’s emotions are personified. Each of her four major emotions is its own animated character. Joy and Sadness, Riley’s dominant emotions, are female characters. Headquarters is also home to Fear (male), Disgust (female) and Anger (male). Early in the movie, Joy and Sadness become separated from Headquarters, and try to make their way back from Riley’s inner world.
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July 15, 2015

Voices for Earth Justice’s Hope House in the news

Adrian Dominicans

A recent article by Dennis Sadowski of Catholic News Service featured Hope House Educational Center, an interfaith program connecting residents with nature in Detroit’s Brightmoor neighborhood. The ministry is sponsored by Voices for Earth Justice in partnership with the Adrian Dominican Sisters (Adrian, Michigan), whose motherhouse is 70 miles southwest of the city. Sister Janet Stankowski, OP, is president of the board of Voices for Earth. Read CNS article

July 15, 2015

Sister nurse finds herself at home in Appalachia

Hope Dominicans

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dominican Sister of Hope Beth Jaspers entered the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor (now Dominican Sisters of Hope) in 1964. Since 1977, she has lived in Norton, Virginia, and has helped to start a number of social services in the Appalachian community. Among them is Remote Area Medical (RAM), a free clinic for those in need, which opens this month. Read article by Gina Ciliberto

July 15, 2015

Turn up the volume, turn down the noise

High Schools Preaching Conference

Turn up the Volume, Turn down the Noise” was created by Michael Petro for the 17th Annual Dominican High Schools Preaching Conference that took place June 26–July 1 at Siena Heights University, Adrian, Michigan. Mr. Petro told the students that in order to “have a deeper relationship with our God, we need to turn down the noise of our lives.” This year’s conference hosted a total of 97 students, and 24 mentors, with an additional 25 presenters. Read article by Gina Fleming, OP

July 15, 2015

UN Briefing: A simple call to love

“Within two weeks, the world seemed to turn upside down. Tragedies, challenges, and controversies in the news and in communities around the country have filled our TV screens and our lives with both sadness and hope, and ultimately, with a call to love.”

Read article by Dominican Volunteer Kelly Litt