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Dominican Sister of Sparkill Mary Elizabeth Mooney, OP, principal of St. John Chrysostom School in the South Bronx, is the 2018 recipient of the Founders Award at St. Thomas Aquinas College. And, Dominican Sister of Sparkill Cecilia La Pietra, OP, Executive Director of One-to-One Learning, was presented with this year’s Rockland County Outstanding Non-Profit Professional Award. Read below for more information.
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The Sparkill Dominican Associates in New York provided an ice cream social for the Sisters to celebrate the end of their monthlong project to collect pajamas and books for children who go to bed each night having to wear the clothing they wore all day because they are either living in shelters or their families lack the resources to provide them with sleepwear. Having collected 730 pairs of pajamas and accompanying books, the Associates and Sisters wrapped each pair of pajamas, along with an age-appropriate book for bedtime reading, which will be donated to children in area shelters in collaboration with Pajama Game.
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November 7, 2018, Chicago – Sherrie Ashley, a retired special education teacher and current teacher’s aide living in Manteno, Illinois, became the newest Adrian Dominican Associate during the annual Fall Chapter Assembly of the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ Dominican Midwest Mission Chapter, based in Chicago. The assembly was held October 27 at the Mercy Center.
The ritual included a brief introduction by Sister Norine Burns, OP, Sherrie’s mentor; Sherrie’s formal acceptance of the call to be known as an Adrian Dominican Associate; the signing of the formal documents of commitment; and Sherrie’s reception of the Adrian Dominican Associates logo.
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The National Dominican Associate Directors met at Dominican Convent in Sparkill, October 26-28, 2018. Twenty-seven Associate Directors, Co-directors, and congregational leadership liaisons for Associates spent time to discuss issues and share ideas. As part of the weekend, Sr. Margaret Mayce, OP (Amityville) gave an inspiring and challenging presentation to the NDAD members and a number of Associates from the New York/New Jersey congregations. Sr. Margaret, who is the NGO representative for the Dominican Family at the United Nations in New York, spoke on: “The Dominican Call to Justice: Think Globally, Act Locally.” Her presentation was livestreamed to hundreds of Associates and Sisters throughout the United States. (It is available for viewing. Please click here to view the presentation.)
“Members of the International Dominican Commission for Justice and Peace gathered from around the world in Rome October 11-15.” Read more
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