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May 5, 2017, Washington, D.C. – A number of Adrian Dominican Sisters, Associates, and friends braved the heat and crowds of Washington, D.C., to express their commitment and concern for Earth and her inhabitants. The group – along with students from Siena Heights University in Adrian – were participating in the People’s Climate March on April 29.
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Movie Review by Fr. Tom Condon, O.P.
The Lost City of Z is the engrossing true story of British adventurer Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam) who lived in the early 20th Century. When the film opens, Percy, who has experience with mapmaking, is offered the opportunity to travel to South America, to chart the disputed boundary between Brazil and Bolivia. The journey would be long and dangerous, deep in the jungle. Percy discusses this with his wife Nina (Sienna Miller) who is pregnant with their first child. They both decide that Percy should go on this expedition, even though he would miss the birth of their child.
Percy loves the adventure and the jungle. Along with his small group of fellow travelers, they travel far into the Amazon region, navigating both the dangerous rapids and the arrows of the native tribesmen. Percy gains an admiration for the indigenous people, and defends them on his return to England, where even educated members of the Royal Geographic Society consider them to be “savages.” Percy also hears rumors of a fabulous lost city of Z, which he is determined to find.
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“We recognize, with Pope Francis and people of faith everywhere, that climate change is a moral issue that threatens creation, places added burdens on poor people, and compromises the common good of all. As Earth Day quickly approaches, as does the Climate March and the Feast of our Dominican St. Catherine of Siena, the Paris 2015 and Beyond Committee of the DSC has prepared a Climate Novena that will take us from the Eve of Earth Day to April 29th, which is both St. Catherine’s feast, and the day of the Climate March. We know that Catherine our sister would approve . . . We invite you to participate as you are able, and to share this freely with others.”
A new page will be posted every day until April 29th. Please click here for the Climate Novena.
On Palm Sunday, Dominicans of OPSCC, Benincasa and friends gathered for the Liberty Unity Walk and Prayer for Immigrant Justice on Liberty Island in New York.
The Dominican Institute for the Arts (DIA) 2017 Summer Gathering will be from July 26-29 at the Weber Center in Adrian, Michigan. Please click here for the registration form. If you cannot attend the gathering, members can still participate in the virtual gallery. Anyone participating in the gallery is asked to email in digital form no more than 5 current works or those DIA have not used before along with a photo of yourself. Please send with titles to Barbara Schwarz, OP at diartsop@gmail.com by June 15. Also, there are limited scholarship funds for members only. Please click here for the scholarship form.
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