Faith and Film: Marshall

Movie Review by Fr. Tom Condon, O.P.

The Marshall of the title is Thurgood Marshall, the esteemed civil rights lawyer for the NAACP who tried the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education case in 1954, and in 1966 was appointed the first African American judge on the Supreme Court.

Rather than a traditional biographical movie, Marshall focuses on the early career of Thurgood Marshall, when he was the NAACP’s only attorney. Marshall traveled around the country trying cases defending people of color. As the movie opens, Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) is finishing a case in Oklahoma in 1941 when the NAACP calls, and he is soon on a train to Greenwich, Connecticut. The case on hand involves Joseph Spell (Sterling K. Brown), a Black man who works as a chauffeur and butler for a wealthy couple. Spell is accused of the sexual assault and attempted murder of the woman he works for, Eleanor Strubing (Kate Hudson).
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October 24, 2017

Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose: ‘Dominicans Together’ on Laudato Si

S. Mary Mark Shoenstein and Kieu Dung Tran.

October 14, 2017, provided an opportunity for collaboration and mission driven conversation among Dominican sisters and lay guests at Mission San Jose motherhouse on Laudato Si: A story of Right Relationships. Key presenter, Pat Siemen, OP, Adrian Dominican and civil attorney, gave an overview of Pope Francis’ encyclical which focuses on the long term ecological and spiritual health of all humans and all members of Earth community. Sister Pat was joined by two lay women, Andra Yeghoian and Erica Kudyba, who spoke on ways to educate via academic curriculum and to initiate parish ‘Green Teams.’ Pat Siemen was joined by a number of Adrian Dominicans, along with Oakford and Mission San Jose Dominicans.
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October 24, 2017

Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids Megan McElroy, OP Earns Doctor of Ministry in Preaching

GRAND RAPIDS, MI, October 12, 2017 – The Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids are pleased to announce that Megan McElroy, OP has successfully completed her studies and admirably defended, completed, and presented her thesis at Aquinas Institute, St. Louis, MO.

Over the past five years, while being the Co-Director of the Collaborative Dominican Novitiate, Sr. Megan has been taking classes, pondering the call to praise, to bless and to preach, interviewing Dominican nuns, and writing about the Holy Preaching happening in our world.
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October 10, 2017

Photo of the Week: North American Delegation for the International Dominican Commission for Justice & Peace

North American delegation to the Commission – From left to right: Sr. Marcelline Koch, O.P. (North American Co-Promoter); Sr. Margaret Mayce, O.P. (Dominican UN Representative, New York); Fr. Brendan Curran, O.P. ( North American Co-Promoter)

“The International Dominican Commission for Justice & Peace (IDCJP) met in Geneva and Estavayer-le-Lac in Switzerland September 28 – October 3. In the past three years, the Commission has been meeting annually to animate the work of justice and peace. This was the first meeting of the Commission to include the full complement of representatives of the Dominican Family.” Read more

October 10, 2017

Dominican Sister of Caldwell Pat Daly, OP Receives Legacy Award

Sr. Pat Daly, OP, receives the Legacy Award at the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility Annual Event last night! Also honored was Michael Crosby, OFM Cap., who passed away in August.

In photo: Reg McKillip, OP (Sinsinawa); Mary Brigid Clingman, OP (Grand Rapids); Eileen Ivory, OP (Caldwell); Eileen Gannon, OP (Sparkill); Pat Daly, OP (Caldwell); Didi Madden, OP (Blauvelt); Ann Monica Seemann, OP (Caldwell); Deborah Lynch, OP (Caldwell); Catherine Waters, OP (Caldwell). Celebrating but not in photo: Linda Hincken, OPA (Amityville) and Judy Byron, OP (Adrian). Read more