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On June 3, 2017, Blauvelt Dominican Sister Beryl Herdt, OP, was awarded the Pietas Medal from St. John’s University. Sister Beryl graduated from St. John’s University in 1967 with her PhD. Read article
Please click here to read the Dominican Sisters Conference public statement, and links to the Dominican Sisters of Adrian and Peace’s statements, on the recent decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement.
May 23, 2017, Adrian, Michigan – “In the Beginning was the Word” is the theme for a Dominican Retreat aimed to deepen participants’ rootedness in the Word of God while renewing a passion for preaching.
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On May 25, 2017, Sparkill’s Haiti Mission Team (two Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, one Dominican Sister of Caldwell, and a friend) departed for their 2017 trip to Haiti. During this trip, the team will be “checking the status of [their] building projects and water wells, training local community leaders who will run this summer’s kids’ camp in the town of Cuvier, delivering medicine and hygienic supplies, and assessing hurricane relief progress.” Read article
Dominican Sister of San Rafael Gloria Montanez, OP (author name: Gloria St. Joy), has written a children’s book called Addie’s One Wish to The Brightest Star. It is a fun and entertaining book about family and friends with family values of respect, love, and kindness woven through it which is suitable for children ages 5-9 years of age. It is available at Amazon.com.
To learn more about the book, please see Catholic San Francisco’s article, “Dominican Sister Turns Late-life Literary Calling into Book.”
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