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On Sunday, February 7, the Dominican Sisters of Houston hosted a presentation on “Islamophobia.” The presentation by Mustafaa Carroll, Executive Director of CAIR Texas (Council for American –Islamic Relations) was sponsored by Pax Christi Houston, Center for the Healing of Racism, Houston Peace and Justice Center and the Dominican Sisters.
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Review by Fr. Tom Condon, O.P.
With the Oscars drawing near, I thought I should check out the movie that seems to be the front runner in the race: The Revenant.
There has been a lot of talk about how difficult The Revenant was to make. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu, last year’s Oscar winner for Birdman, took his actors and crew to remote locations in Canada and South America to film the movie. Iñárritu wanted to use locations that would best resemble the remote Western U.S. in 1820. Two time Oscar winning cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, used natural light for his stunning winter views. Star Leonardo DiCaprio did his own perilous stunts. I certainly appreciate the very difficult conditions everyone endured to make The Revenant. I only wish I liked the movie better. The Revenant would not get my vote as best picture of the year.
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Click here for a ten minute segment of “Religion and Ethics” from PBS which focuses on Wendell Berry’s life work, the Dominican Sisters of Peace, and the innovative and hopeful way in which the Berry Farming Program at St. Catharine College (St. Catharine, KY) incarnates their values. Included in the piece are Berry Farming Program students Winnie Cheuvront, Sie Tioye and Rachel Mendoza as well as Wendell Berry, Mary Berry, Dr. Leah Bayens, Dr. Shawn Lucas, Professor Matt Branstetter, and Sr. Claire McGowan.
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May 15-20, 2016
Maryknoll Mission Institute, Maryknoll, New York 10545-0311
This program will follow Pope Francis’ call in his encyclical, Laudato Si’, for the human family as stewards of the earth, to engage in dialogue and provoke action that will address the needs of our earth and how ecologically we might better protect and care for our common home. Through a careful reading of Laudato Si’ and the book Enough is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources, we will consider our place in a finite world and ourselves as a part of nature with which we must live in harmony. We will look at how economic policy and environmental sustainability are intertwined and consider how we can move from a philosophy of “more” to one of “enough,” wherein the goal for all is to have “sufficient for a good life” (Enough vii). As caregivers of creation, with Pope Francis, we will heed the call to build a culture that will face and address our ecological crisis, a culture that will “hear the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.” (Laudato Si’)
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When the Dominican Sisters of Houston met for their Chapter of Affairs and Elections in January, we were joined by Sr. Catherine Bertrand, SSND as facilitator, who consistently reminded us “to never speak least of what matters most” and Amy Mc Frederick, OP, as liturgist. We began with an overview of our June and September Chapter meetings where we listened to other voices by asking the question “What is being asked of the Dominican Sisters of Houston as they live into the future?”
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