Gather @ Grand Film Studies: Whose Streets?

Join us for our next discussion on Zoom on May 15. REGISTER Whose Streets? is a film told by the activists and leaders who lived and breathed a movement for justice. Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising that occurred when unarmed teenager Michael Brown was killed by police and left lying

Jubilee 2023

Dominican Sisters Gathering Space 1520 Grand Avenue, San Rafael, CA

Please join us for a Jubilee Eucharistic Celebration streaming live from our Gathering Space at 10:00 am (online) **Live broadcast info here (starting at 9:45 am on Sat. July 22.)** Read about our Jubilarians here. Sr. Bernice Garcia (70) Sr. Joan King (70) Sr. Rosanne Van Housen (70) Sr. Judith Kay Campbell (60) Sr. Sally

G@G Guided Discussion #2 (Option B)

Dominican Sisters Gathering Space 1520 Grand Avenue, San Rafael, CA

Guided Discussion via Zoom/in-person (Option B) REGISTER Option B will be different than in past iterations. The group assembling will be guided by a new study of Martin Luther King: To Shape A New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr., edited by Tommie Shelby and Brandon M. Terry. Terry was

G@G Guided Discussion #3 (Option B)

Dominican Sisters Gathering Space 1520 Grand Avenue, San Rafael, CA

Guided Discussion via Zoom/in-person (Option B) REGISTER Option B will be different than in past iterations. The group assembling will be guided by a new study of Martin Luther King: To Shape A New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr., edited by Tommie Shelby and Brandon M. Terry. Terry was

G@G Guided Discussion #4 (Option B)

Dominican Sisters Gathering Space 1520 Grand Avenue, San Rafael, CA

Guided Discussion via Zoom/in-person (Option B) REGISTER Option B will be different than in past iterations. The group assembling will be guided by a new study of Martin Luther King: To Shape A New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr., edited by Tommie Shelby and Brandon M. Terry. Terry was

Synod Prayer Service

Dominican Sisters Gathering Space 1520 Grand Avenue, San Rafael, CA

  REGISTER All are welcome to join the Sisters in a special prayer service in solidarity with people from around the world on the same day that Pope Francis is holding “Together—Gathering of the People of God,” an ecumenical prayer vigil—in Rome.

G@G Lincoln Lectures: The Fiery Trial”—The Evolution of Lincoln’s Thoughts on Race and Democracy

Dominican Sisters Gathering Space 1520 Grand Avenue, San Rafael, CA

REGISTER 10:30-noon The Gathering Space Mick Chantler, Instructor The Fiery Trial”—The Evolution of Lincoln’s Thoughts on Race and Democracy Lincoln came of age at a time when Americans’ attitudes on race and slavery were hardening. In the early days of the Republic, there was hope that these social and economic issues could be solved in

Gather @ Grand: Complexities of Color

Dominican Sisters Gathering Space 1520 Grand Avenue, San Rafael, CA

REGISTER In-Person or via Zoom! A special presentation on how whiteness has shaped the humanity of white people and distorted the national promise of liberty, freedom, and equal opportunity. In this Gather@Grand learn-in/teach-in, participants and presenters will come to clarity on what it means that whiteness is constructed (rather than natural); that the ascendancy of

Friends of the Sisters—Be a Voice for Synodality

Dominican Sisters Gathering Space 1520 Grand Avenue, San Rafael, CA

REGISTER http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=xe47qp4ab&oeidk=a07eka9weldef49b420 The Synod on Synodality is a three-year process of listening and dialogue that began on October 9, 2021, and will continue into October 2024 and beyond. Pope Francis challenges us to pursue “ this path of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium.” This journey, which follows in the

Exploration of the Parables

Please join us if you are interested in learning about this series to explore Jesus’ parables more closely and freshly than before. REGISTER We offer an orientation session (with refreshments) and then five Mondays (all 4-5:30) for this adventure. The kickoff is on June 2; the next sessions are on June 16, 30; July 14,

Gather@Grand—Befriending Trees

Dominican Sisters Gathering Space 1520 Grand Avenue, San Rafael, CA

REGISTER Join us for a set of six mid-morning sessions beginning Friday, September 12, 2025. We will learn more about trees and ways to engage with them more intimately, guided by Pope Francis's insights about integral ecology. When/Where Fridays beginning September 12, 2025 September 12, 26; October 10, 24; November 7, 21 10 am —

Gather@Grand: Befriending Trees 9.26.25

Dominican Sisters Gathering Space 1520 Grand Avenue, San Rafael, CA

Session 2 (need not attend all) REGISTER We will learn more about trees and ways to engage with them more intimately, guided by Pope Francis’s insights about integral ecology. When/Where September 12, 26; October 10, 24; November 7, 21 10 am — 12 pm The Gathering Space at 1520 Grand Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901