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Dominican Institute for the Arts Winter 2017 Newsletter
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Monthly Archives: March 2017
Dominican Sisters of Springfield – ‘Brown Bag Seminars: A Successful, Constructive Approach to Community Engagement’
Springfield, Ill.—The Dominican Sisters of Springfield hosted a successful series of lunch-time seminars as an antidote to the divisive tone of civic discourse that has occupied much of our public space since the 2016 presidential election.
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Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa: ‘Dubuque’s Got Sisters!’
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DUBUQUE, Ia.—Join Catholic Sisters for an inside look at religious life. “Dubuque’s Got Sisters!” is a unique experience for those interested in exploring a call to become a religious Sister. Dubuque-area Sisters will accompany participants and share experiences through praying, dining, and storytelling. There is no fee to attend.
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‘Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt Stand with Muslims, Refugees, and Immigrants’
In February 2017 the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt “closed their weekend Chapter meeting with a demonstration of solidarity by the sisters and associates with our Muslim, Immigrant, and Refugee sisters and brothers.” Since 2011 the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, in collaboration with the Dominican Sisters of Amityville, Caldwell, Hope and Sparkill, have been “committed to support a comprehensive and compassionate immigration law that recognizes the human situation of separated families and the oppressive living conditions that force people to migrate.”
Dominican Sisters of Caldwell: Water Protectors Unite
An 80-mile walk, started on the morning of March 4th at Carteret, New Jersey, will end on March 11th at the Indian Point Nuclear Plant in New York. The purpose of the walk is to publicize opposition to the Pilgrim Pipelines and the Spectra-Aim Pipeline and to pray for water in solidarity with the Ramapough Lenape Nation and Standing Rock and to commemorate the March 11th anniversary of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster.
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