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On Saturday, December 9, 2017, members of the Caldwell Chapter of Dominican Young Adults USA, students, faculty and parents from Mount Saint Dominic Academy and Lacordaire Academy, and the Sisters of Saint Dominic of Caldwell gathered together for a ‘Stamp Out Despair’ packing party at Saint Catherine’s Healthcare Center and Convent located on the Motherhouse grounds in Caldwell, New Jersey.
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Sister Gloria Marie Jones, OP and Rachel K. Cheng, Ph.D. have launched a conversation about the call to greater love. These posts start an open dialogue around Dominican spirituality and how to “Journey Into Greater Love.” They aim to capture both Sister Gloria and Rachel’s reflections on modern challenges to finding meaning in love from both the sacred and secular experience. Initially, the dialogue reflects upon the season of Advent in our modern world, what gifts and love we may find in ourselves and in each other.
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“Five lay women made their commitments/recommitments to the Congregation as Associates last week, and this growth represents a wonderful extension of the Sisters’ mission.” Read article
“The fourth annual Policeman’s Ball recognized some members of the community who don’t put on the blue uniform, but nonetheless contribute to making the community a safer place . . . Racine Dominican Sister Rose Marie Anthony of the Siena Center was also given a Community Policing Award for her work to end human trafficking in the Racine area.” Read article
Movie Review by Fr. Tom Condon, O.P.
Based on a best-selling young adult novel by R. J. Palacio, Wonder tells the story of a boy named Auggie (Jacob Tremblay) with disfigured facial features. His loving parents Isabel (Julia Roberts) and Nate (Owen Wilson) have home schooled Auggie through the fourth grade to protect him from the stares and taunts of other children, and adults too. Auggie often wears a helmet with a plastic shield over the face to keep people from seeing his face. As the movie opens, it’s the beginning of the school year, and Nate and Isabel decide it’s time to send Auggie to a regular school. A kind principal, Mr. Tushman (Mandy Patinkin) greets Auggie and Isabel and arranges for three students to show him around the school the day before classes begin. The next day, Auggie, Nate, and Isabel, full of nerves and apprehensions, arrive for the first day of school.
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