"Giving Up a Family?"
That's the question my uncle asked when I told him I was
going to become a Dominican. Little did
I or my family of origin know what a family we would gain in my being a
Dominican. Recently about 50 members of our
Dominican family gathered at the Catholic Multicultural Center in Madison WI
. Two sisters and two associates helped
all reflect on the Dominican flavor of living into the future. One suggested "living
our questions now." Another said,
"Run to the edges and get on with the preaching". It is so encouraging to gather with our
family and to experience how each one is courageously living out gifts of the
Spirit, searchers of truth and witnesses of God's justice/love.
In the afternoon Dominican Associates of the region
renewed their commitment to the family, and Michael Childers became an
associate (shown in the photo being welcomed by one of the sisters).
We also belong to the world wide Dominican Family. This month we are cosponsoring a webcast with
the Dominicans of Springfield, Dominicans Promote Racial Justice in the 21st
Century. Learn more about our rich
heritage. Join us from your computer on
November 12, 7-8:30pm, www.sinsinawa.org/live.
Who is your family? Are you called to be in ours?
Joan Duerst, OP
Monona, Wisconsin
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