October 8, 2018

Dominican Volunteers USA: ‘Communities, Both Big and Small’

Our latest blog post comes from Dominican Volunteer Jake Moran. Jake serves at Sarah’s Inn, a support center for survivors of domestic violence in Chicago, Illinois. Jake reflects on his communities both near and far. This includes his House of Connections community, shared with fellow DV Lacey Green and Dominican Sisters Marilyn Derr and Bernadine Karge. Thank you, Jake, for being an integral part of our Dominican Volunteers USA community.
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October 7, 2018

‘The Dominican Sisters of Hope Celebrate the Preservation of 34 Acres in Ossining’

Members of the Westchester Community Gather to Proclaim a Day of Hope

A group of the Dominican Sisters of Hope stand outside on the preserved land

On Friday, September 28th, 2018, the Dominican Sisters of Hope announced the preservation of 34 acres of the 61-acre property known as Mariandale in the Village of Ossining. Mariandale is owned by the Dominican Sisters of Hope and is situated along a stretch of the historic Hudson River. The property will continue to be owned and managed by the Sisters as a retreat and conference center. Westchester Land Trust will hold the conservation easement, which prohibits further development and protects significant ecological resources, forever.
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September 25, 2018

Photo of the Week: Dominican Sister of Peace ‘Nadine Buchanan Recognized by Dispatch Media Group’

Dominican Sisters of Peace join Sr. Nadine Buchanan at the Everyday Heroes luncheon, from left: Sr. Carol Gaeke, OP; Sr. Mary Edmund Gibson, OP; Sr. Christine McManus, OP; STANDING, Sr. Nadine Buchanan, OP, Sr. Michelle Sherliza, OP; Sr. Melita Bearinger, OP; Sr. Barbara Kane, OP; Sr. Louis Mary Passeri, OP. ***Read article***

September 25, 2018

Faith and Film: The Wife

Movie Review by Fr. Tom Condon, O.P.

Glenn Close is certainly one of the best American actresses of the last 40 years. In her distinguished career, she has received six Oscar nominations, but has never won. Will her new movie, The Wife, be the movie for which she will win the Oscar? This seems to be the main interest in her new movie.

The Wife, based on a novel by Jane Anderson, tells the story of Joe and Joan Castleman (Jonathan Pryce and Glenn Close). Joe is a celebrated American fiction writer, and Joan is his wife. As the movie begins, Joe and Joan are awakened in the middle of the night by a phone call from Sweden. The caller informs Joe that he has just won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Of course, Joe and Joan are thrilled with the news. Parties are given in their honor as they prepare to travel to Stockholm to receive the honor.
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September 25, 2018

Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa: ‘Native Americans Join Voices’

SINSINAWA, Wis.—Native Voices will be held at Sinsinawa Mound Saturday, Oct. 27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. This conference offers an opportunity to listen and engage with regional American Indian leaders working to restore land, renew their cultural and spiritual traditions, and build just relationships with creation. Meskwaki, Ho Chunk, Navajo and Arapaho speakers and musicians will give voice to their contemporary lives and struggles and speak to their culture and history.
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