‘Aquinas Literacy Center Kicks Off its 20th Anniversary School Year’

Aquinas Literacy Center (ALC) is celebrating its 20^th Anniversary during the 2016-2017 academic year. ALC was founded in 1996 by the Adrian Dominican Sisters in response to the needs of immigrants in the McKinley Park neighborhood and surrounding areas to learn English. ALC continues to offer free, individualized tutoring in the English language to adult immigrants.
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September 12, 2016

St. Mary’s Dominican High School – ‘Preaching Conference a Glorifying Faith Experience’

By Kate Alexander, ’17

Participating in this summer’s National Dominican High School Preaching Conference was a glorifying faith experience for everyone who attended. Located at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan, the conference introduced the way of Dominican preaching to Catholic youth through seminars, group discussion, presentations, and hands-on work in the community.
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August 8, 2016

Dominican Young Adults Gather in Toulouse for Meeting of International Dominican Youth Movement

Submitted by Gina Fleming, O.P.
(July 16-21, Toulouse, France) They came on pilgrimage to the place where St. Dominic lived and ministered. They wanted to walk along the same paths that Dominic walked.

From as far away as Korea, The Philippines, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Trinidad and Tobago, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Ivory Coast, Guatemala, Paraguay, Venezuela, Italy, Brazil, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Columbia and the United States, Dominican Young Adults, friars, sisters and laity gathered for the 12th International Meeting. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Young Dominicans sent to preach the Gospel.”
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July 25, 2016

Mount Saint Mary Community Presents Research at Dominican Colloquium

Mount Saint Mary College professors and staff recently presented their papers at the 14th Biennial Colloquium of Dominican Colleges and Universities. Left to right, Charles Zola, director of the Mount’s Catholic and Dominican Institute, philosophy division chair, and associate professor of philosophy; Barbara Petruzzelli, director of the Kaplan Family Library and Learning Center; Megan Morrissey, academic coach; Sr. Janet Marchesani, OP, former Mount adjunct for American Sign Language; Gina Evers, director of the Mount’s Writing Center; Ilona McGuiness, vice president for Academic Affairs; and Patrick Duffy, academic coach.

NEWBURGH, N.Y. – July 2016 – Faculty and staff from Mount Saint Mary College recently presented at the 14th Biennial Colloquium of Dominican Colleges and Universities.

Hosted at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Mich., the colloquium provided faculty, students, and professionals of Dominican colleges and universities the opportunity to reflect on the rich heritage of the Dominican Order – which is currently celebrating 800 years of faith and fellowship – and discuss important issues presented in Catholic Dominican higher education.
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July 22, 2016

Dominican High Schools Preaching Conference

“The Dominican Story is only kept alive by live Dominicans,” words from Dominican scholar, Edward Schillebeeckx that can be heard echoing from Adrian, Michigan, the gathering site for the 18th Annual Dominican High Schools Preaching Conference. Students from 23 high schools, including two from Australia, gathered at Siena Heights University, June 24-29, 2016, to discover and deepen the preacher within.
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