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High School Preaching Conference 2018
Submitted by the Dominican Sisters of Adrian
August 30, 2018, Adrian, Michigan – When students begin the academic year at Dominican high schools, some will have much to say about the Dominican heritage. More than 100 students representing 19 schools left the 20th Annual Dominican High Schools Preaching Conference in Adrian with a greater understanding of the Order of Preachers – and with specific action plans for expanding their classmates’ awareness of the Dominican family and spirituality.
Faculty, staff, and students from eight Dominican colleges met at the Toulouse airport the end of May for the Twenty-second annual Fanjeaux seminar. The community of 30 studied, reflected, dined, discussed, and walked together during the 12-day experience in Carcassonne (and 4 days in Paris). Faculty and staff explored issues concerning Dominican colleges today (e.g., St. Dominic’s life, Dominican values, justice and diversity issues, Dominican spirituality) with Renaud Silly, O.P. (Ecole biblique, Jerusalem) and Colleen Mallon,O.P. (Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Louis). Students studied the Middle Ages under the guidance of Mary Haymann. All participated in the nearly daily field trips to places associated with the Middle Ages or with Dominican history (e.g., the small town of Fanjeaux). The coordinating team was led by Trudi Goggin of Dominican University, River Forest, IL, and included Francois Haymann, Sue Kaszynski, and Patricia Dougherty, O.P. Next year, Catherine Muscente (Molloy College) will take the lead for this Fanjeaux seminar to be held from May 28 to June 13, 2019.
