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Save the Date – ‘Living our Legacy: a Dominican Family Conference in Celebration of 800 Years of Preaching”
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Father Timothy Radcliffe, O.P. to Speak at Sinsinawa
SINSINAWA, Wis.—The Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters will host Father Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., for a lecture, “Acting and Reflecting: A Dominican Pattern for the 21st Century,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, February 4, at Sinsinawa Mound. Radcliffe, a friar of the Dominican English province, is an internationally renowned author, lecturer and preacher, as well as former Master of the Order. He was recently appointed by Pope Francis to be a consultor to the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. The lecture is part of the ongoing celebration of the 800th Jubilee of the Order of Preachers. All are welcome to this free event.
For more information, contact Sister Priscilla Wood, OP, at 608-748-4411 or visit our website at www.sinsinawa.org. Sinsinawa Mound, the Motherhouse for the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, is located in southwest Wisconsin on County Road Z, off Highway 11, about five miles northeast of Dubuque.
The Sinsinawa Dominicans invite you to learn more about our worldwide Dominican family, the Order of Preachers. For over 800 years, Dominicans have continued to preach the Gospel in word and deed. Today, thousands of sisters, nuns, priests, brothers, associates, and laity minister in more than 100 countries around the world. Visit our website at www.sinsinawa.org.
Four Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia in Nashville help Save Dominican Church in Limerick
Due to falling numbers, the Dominican Friars were planning to withdraw from Limerick, Ireland. However, with the help of four Dominican Sisters from Nashville, Tennessee, the Dominican Church will remain open. In August, 2016, the four Nashville sisters will leave Tennessee to go to Limerick where they will begin their ministry. Read article
Southern Dominican Friar’s Documentary Wins — Urges Dominicans to Become Filmmakers
Source: Armando P. Ibañez
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The International Independent Film Awards awarded three awards to a feature documentary, written, produced and directed by Armando P. Ibanez, O.P., a friar of the Southern Dominican Province and who also serves as Assistant Professor, Director of Radio-Television-Film at Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
The film—dedicated in commemoration of the Order’s 800th anniversary—received three Gold Awards in Directing, Documentary Feature and Animated Visuals categories.
In addition, Los Angeles CineFest selected the documentary as an Official Selection, and is now in competition with seven other selected films in the feature documentary category, which will be decided later this month.
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Dominicans and Associates attend annual SOA vigil at Fort Benning
Saturday morning found the vigilers driving the 40 miles to Lumpkin, GA, for the rally and 1.7 mile march to
the Stewart Detention Center, one of the largest for-profit immigrant prisons in the country (1,752 beds). There are more people inside the prison than in the small, remote rural town. The march was led by those whose lives are
directly impacted by our country’s unjust, inhumane and racist 
immigration policies. More than 1,000 marchers joined in to raise their voices. They couldn’t see what the site looked like as large buses were parked to block any view of the building.
The Sunday morning f
uneral procession continues to be a powerful remembrance of those who have died at the hands of military violence. Crosses with the
names of those who have been killed or disappeared due to state violence are raised as the crowd responds with Presente.
After the procession, SOAWatch leaders announced that SOAW is planning to change its focus from Ft. Benning to the U.S.-Mexican border to address the plight of Latin Americans refugees who are fleeing increasingly dangerous conditions, especially those escaping violence in the “northern triangle” of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
One of the workshops on Saturday afternoon was about the Las 17 (the 17). In El Salvador, abortion is illegal even in cases of rape, incest, and maternal danger. Because of the strictness of the law, women who miscarry are arrested and tried for aggravated homicide, receiving up to a 30-or-40-year prison sentence. Activist groups have identified at least 17 women who have been jailed after losing their babies to medical emergencies. As one would expect, these are poor, rural women.
We carried you with us in prayer and spirit throughout the weekend.
