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Dominican Sisters of Houston: “Remember their Legacy, Building Pillars of Peace”

img_9362On Friday evening, December 2, 2016, the Dominican Sisters of Houston partnered with Campaign Nonviolence to host a prayer service commemorating the anniversary of the assassinations of Sisters Ita Ford, Dorothy Kazal, Maura Clarke and Maryknoll lay missionary Jean Donovan. The concept to partner with Campaign Nonviolence surfaced when the Justice, Peace and Care of Creation Commission discussed the Nonviolence and Just Peace Conference held in Rome April 11-13, 2016 which was co-sponsored by Pax Christi International and by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Pax Christi International, and other international bodies. Campaign Nonviolence also participated in the International Day of Peace prayer in September.
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Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Toolkit

Dominican NGO Representative to the UN, Margaret Mayce, OP, shares a message regarding a new project that “was a collaborative effort between water justice activists and human rights lawyers from around the world”—the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Toolkit. This toolkit is a good educational tool to encourage others to “respond to our global water crisis […]” Read more

Faith and Film: Loving

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

Loving tells the true story of Richard (Joel Edgerton) and Mildred (Ruth Negga) Loving. When the movie opens in 1959, Mildred tells Richard she is pregnant. Knowing that it was illegal for two people of different races to marry in their home state of Virginia, Richard and Mildred drive to Washington, D.C., to marry. After their marriage, they return to live in Virginia. They are soon arrested and jailed for breaking the law. A judge tells them that they can either leave the state or face a long prison sentence if they remain in Virginia.
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