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The Sisters of Saint Dominic of Caldwell honored Dr. James P. Morgan of Montclair, New Jersey, during a Vesper Prayer Service on June 3rd, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, in the Motherhouse Chapel, Caldwell, New Jersey. Dr. Morgan is the recipient of the 2016 Dominican Sisters of Caldwell Peace Award, recognizing his charitable commitment to the poorest of the poor over the span of his professional career as a medical physician.
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South Texas Gentle Men of Steel – Los Padres, a feature documentary, won the 2016 Silver Palm Award at the Mexico International Film Festival. The film was selected from among hundreds of entries from over 30 countries around the world as the competition’s very best.
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“The Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt congratulate Sr. Thobile Gumede who was awarded the MA in Counseling Psychology by Felician University at their Commencement Exercises on May 14th. Several of our sisters were present at the ceremony and at the Baccalaureate Mass on May 13th. Sr. Thobile, a Dominican sister from Montebello, South Africa, received her baccalaureate degree from Dominican College in 2015 while living with us at our motherhouse in Blauvelt. This year she lived with the Felician Sisters in Lodi, NJ. Sr. Thobile will return to her congregation in South Africa next month.”
The Maryknoll Sisters in Zimbabwe are proud and happy to announce that a community library in Mabvuku, an urban township on the outskirts of Harare, has been named after Maryknoll Sister, Sr. Kathleen Barbee M.M. This honor is due to Sister Kathleen’s amazing mission work, she is a teacher and the majority of her students are HIV/AIDS orphans. She not only teaches this group of kids, but motivates them to remain in school after their parents have died.
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The Sisters of St. Dominic of Caldwell were awarded first prize in the adult category of the Caldwell Environmental Commission’s “Partners for the Planet” contest. Sr. Jeanne Goyette accepted the award at the May 3rd Town Council meeting in the name of the Congregation and gave an explanation of the sisters’ efforts to be eco-friendly at Sacred Heart Convent. “We tried to make it as sustainable as possible, within our financial budget,” Sr. Jeanne said, adding that the convent has items such as solar panels, rainwater collection, a garden, a green roof, a monitoring system for the solar panels, a beehive, and an electric car outlet. The $50 prize money will be used for garden expenses.
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