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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
By Sister Gina Fleming, OP
“I have been to Disney Land many many times and it is surely Magical, but it doesn’t compare to the Magic I felt this past week.” -Conference participant from Barry University
During the week of May 23rd, thirty five students from Dominican Universities/ Colleges or colleges with a Dominican presence gathered at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY for the 15th National “Preaching in Action” Conference. The participating universities/colleges included Albertus Magnus College, CT; Aquinas College, MI; Barry University, FL; Caldwell University, NJ; Dominican College, NY; Dominican University, CA; Dominican University, IL; Edgewood College, WI; Molloy College, NY; Ohio Dominican University, OH; Siena Heights University, MI; St. Thomas Aquinas College, NY, and Xavier University, LA.
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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.
The Maryknoll Mission Institute has two upcoming programs. The program “Structures of Sin and Personal Conversion Towards Social Transformation” will be held June 18-23, and the program “ECOWOMANIST WISDOM: Embracing Spiritual Rest & Active Contemplation” will be held July 9-14. For more information please see the flyers below:
Theology Institute
Integral Ecology, by Linda Gibler, OP
July 21-25, 2017
Heartland Center for Spirituality
Great Bend, KS
Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’ calls for a renewed exploration of what it means to be human in relationship to a suffering planet. In this Theological Institute, we will explore what the Earth, Laudato Si’, and our Dominican tradition might be asking of us. In our days together, we will take an ecological look at key passages in the Bible, explore cosmocentric perspectives on Sacraments, Prayer, and Preaching, and ask ourselves how our Dominican charisms (personal and communal) call us to respond to an “Integral Ecology.”
Linda, a Dominican Sister of Houston, is the Associate Academic Dean of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio. She also lectures and gives workshops on the significance of recent scientific discoveries for Catholic theology and spirituality. Her book, From the Beginning to Baptism: Scientific and Sacred Stories of Water, Oil, and Fire was published in 2010 by Liturgical Press.
Cost: $295, includes registration, room and board.
Registration: http://tinyurl.com/lw5ha9y
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