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Photo of the Week: Three Dominican Sisters of Sparkill Make First Vows
The Dominican Sisters of Sparkill had three new Sisters recently make their First Vows in their community in Pakistan. Read article
Monthly Archives: April 2018
Dominican Institute for the Arts 2018 Summer Gathering
The Dominican Institute for the Arts (DIA) 2018 Summer gathering will be from July 25-28 at the Weber Center in Adrian, Michigan. Please click here for the registration form.
McGreal 10th Anniversary Series: “Team McGreal” Part 2
“For to be Dominican means to say WE…To be Dominican means to be a Family…!” (Mary Nona McGreal, OP, Dominicans at Home in a Young Nation: 1786-1865, 4)
Team McGreal is a vibrant Dominican family! This article highlights our current volunteers. You can learn about the staff on our Facebook page – thanks to Jenny Begich! For the past eight years, Jenny volunteers at the McGreal Center during her lunch break! She manages our Facebook page and created the “Humans of the McGreal” post series. Jenny earned a Masters in Library Information Science, and serves as an operational specialist in Dominican University’s Enrollment Department. She is an expert in data management and a wizard at technology. Why does Jenny spend that precious lunch working in the McGreal Center? Her Facebook entry explains: “. . . it seems that as soon as you walk into the McGreal Center all of the cares and stresses of the world disappear. And of course the parties!”
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Dominican Sisters of Peace: ‘Marching for our Lives Across the USA’
Columbus, OH – It was cool and cloudy in Columbus, OH. Watertown, MA was a little sunny, but still cool. It was raining cats and dogs in Louisville, KY, but warm enough for short sleeves in the Big Easy.
What did these cities have in common on Saturday, March 24? In each of these cities, as well as in Hartford and Guilford, CT, Great Bend, KS, Harrodsburg, KY, Oxford, MI, and Akron, OH, Dominican Sisters of Peace stood in solidarity with the young people of the “March for our Lives” demanding sensible gun control and an end to gun violence.
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UN Update: Commission on Population and Development
“This year the 51st Commission on Population and Development takes place from April 9th to the 13th at the United Nations Headquarters. The Commission functions as a way to advise the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on matters related to population issues and trends, integrating population and development strategies, […]” Read article by Viviana Garcia-Blanco, Dominican Volunteer
