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Sister testifies before House Committee
We have family in Iraq
Sister Diana Momeka, OP (Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, Iraq) testified today, May 13, in a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the ongoing displacement and persecution of Christians in Iraq. The hearing was titled “Ancient Communities Under Attack: ISIS’s War on Religious Minorities.” The full text of her statement is available on the committee’s web site. The video of the hearing is also available via C-SPAN.
Sister Adele Rowland, OP (San Rafael), died May 7 at the age of 99. Sister Adele was named Artist in Residence at Dominican College (Dominican University of California) in 1974. She studied photography with Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, and Jerry Uelsmann. She received national and international recognition for her work, and was the first recipient of the Fra Angelico Award from the Dominican Institute of the Arts. 
Founded by the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters more than 90 years ago, WeHaKee Camp for Girls was voted “One of the 50 Most Amazing Summer Camps in the United States.” The camp, located on a historic logging camp site in Winter, Wisconsin, is named after Mary WeHaKee La Batte, a young girl raised by the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin. Learn more by visiting the camp’s 
Sister Sharon Zayac, OP (Springfield) will lead a retreat, “Evolutionary Consciousness: An Emerging Worldview,” May 15–17 at 
