Photo of the Week: Dominican Sisters International with Dominican Sisters from the U.S. Gathered in New York for the 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the UN
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“By now I suspect that many of you have read the article in the March 20th New York Times Sunday Review entitled I Love the UN, but It Is Failing, by Anthony Banbury, a former assistant secretary general for field support. He poignantly begins by saying “I care deeply for the principles the United Nations is designed to uphold. And that is why I have decided to leave.” He goes on to cite a number of significant deficits in the UN system, including the dysfunctional and inefficient personnel system, which is unable to attract and deploy the best talent to those parts of the world where it is needed the most – the Ebola crisis in Western Africa being a case in point; the incompetency of a number of international field staff members; the overall lack of accountability; and the fact that too many decisions are driven by political expediency, rather than by the principles upon which the UN was established and the facts on the ground.”
Read article by Sister Margaret Mayce, OP
Sinsinawa Art Gallery, Sinsinawa, Wisconsin, presents “Nativities of the World” Dec. 3, 2015–Jan. 3, 2016. This exhibit features handcrafted nativities from lands near and far including the United States, Germany, Tanzania, India, Venezuela, Ecuador, Jerusalem, Peru, Russia, Ireland, Kenya, and many more countries.
The art gallery is open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. daily. More art, gifts, and books are available in the Sinsinawa Book & Gift Gallery, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For more information, contact Michelle Till at (608) 748-4411, ext. 849, or visit 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, Iowa.
Read the full article from Catholic Relief Services: “European Refugee Crisis: 7 things you can do to help”
“Within two weeks, the world seemed to turn upside down. Tragedies, challenges, and controversies in the news and in communities around the country have filled our TV screens and our lives with both sadness and hope, and ultimately, with a call to love.”
Read article by Dominican Volunteer Kelly Litt
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