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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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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.”
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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On Valentine’s Day, the Adrian Dominican Sisters, Associates, co-workers, and friends celebrated the 100th birthday of Sister Charles Christine Uhnavy, O.P. Sister Charles Christine has been an Adrian Dominican Sister for nearly 80 years. Read more
During May, Dominicans from diverse parts of the country will facilitate retreats at Siena Retreat Center in Racine, WI. Margaret Mayce, OP, a Dominican sister of Amityville and a representative of the Dominican sisters to the United Nations, will consider The Things That Make for Peace: Contemplation and Peacemaking. This will be a careful, contemplative reflection of those places where our wounds intersect with the wounds of our broken world. Our capacity to take this inner journey is what will ultimately enable us and others to be peace.
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