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SUMMARY:Gather@Grand: Bible Short Stories… Scriptured!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Gather@Grand Winter Quarter Series: Bible Short Stories… Scriptured! \nThe stories we will read are in every Bible\, the same words\, but how we understand them can continue to grow and deepen\, including the story of Adam and Eve (December session)\, the story of Jonah (January session)\, and the story of Ruth (February session). \nJonah: Suppose God gives us a life experience we really do not want and are not enjoying\, have even tried to avoid. How might pushback work (ours and God’s)\, and how might we learn even from adventures we would rather not have had (at least while in the midst of them)—while appreciating them more later? \nJanuary 5\, 12\, 26 Monday afternoons: 3 – 4:15 pm \nRuth: Suppose we find ourselves in the middle of a set of situations we would never have chosen but can see that there are silver linings to them\, if we can shift our mood or interpretive framework a bit? What’s available? How do these characters show us how a “quarter-turn” works? \nFebruary 2\, 9\, 23 Monday afternoons 3 – 4:15 pm \nRegistration \n\nPlease register online (links below).\nThere is a Zoom option available. Email Sr. Barbara Green (barbara.green@sanrafaelop.org) if you would like links to December recordings.\nFeel free to invite others—please register them or ask them to register.\n\nMonday\, Jan. 5:\nhttps://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/qhxrfm8 \nMonday\, Jan. 12:\nhttps://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/eeafm6v \nMonday\, Jan. 26:\nhttps://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/tdm8nca \nMonday\, Feb. 2:\nhttps://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/dqertjp \nMonday\, Feb. 9:\nhttps://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/mhdykjr \nMonday\, Feb. 23:\nhttps://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/d7kcstu
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gathergrand-bible-short-stories-scriptured/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251217T190000
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SUMMARY:Gather@Grand: Three Bible Short Stories… Scriptured!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Gather@Grand Winter Quarter Series: Three Bible Short Stories… Scriptured! \nThe Winter Quarter will be presented in three parts and explored over three sessions each. Our first session begins on December 3\, 2025. \nWhat stories? The stories we will read are in every Bible\, same words.\nBut here’s how we will customize them: \nAdam and Eve (Genesis 1-4): What seems to start well goes badly awry\, and we need to understand what is available to us from a careful\, creative\, and critical consideration of what is actually two stories of these ancestors of us (not just Adam and Eve but their children as well). What are the claims about the origins of all that exists? How to gain insight without needing to attribute shame or blame? \nDecember 3\, 10\, 17 \nWednesday evening: 7 – 8:15 p.m. \nREGISTRATION \n\nRegister for December 17\n\nSAVE THE DATE: \nJonah: Suppose God gives us a life experience we really do not want and are not enjoying\, even have tried to avoid. How might pushback work (ours and God’s)\, and how might we learn even from adventures we would rather not have had (at least while in the midst of them)—while appreciating them more later? \nJanuary 5\, 12\, 26 Monday afternoons: 3 – 4:15 p.m. \nRuth: Suppose we find ourselves in the middle of a set of situations we would never have chosen but can see that there are silver linings to them\, if we can shift our mood or interpretive framework a bit? What’s available? How do these characters show us how a “quarter-turn” works? \nFebruary 2\, 9\, 23 Monday afternoons 3 – 4:15 p.m. \nNOTE: \n\nThere is a Zoom option available.\nFeel free to invite others—please register them or ask them to register.
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gathergrand-three-bible-short-stories-scriptured-3/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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SUMMARY:Gather@Grand: Three Bible Short Stories… Scriptured
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Gather@Grand Winter Quarter Series: Three Bible Short Stories… Scriptured! \nThe Winter Quarter will be presented in three parts and explored over three sessions each. Our first session begins on December 3\, 2025. \nWhat stories? The stories we will read are in every Bible\, same words.\nBut here’s how we will customize them: \nAdam and Eve (Genesis 1-4): What seems to start well goes badly awry\, and we need to understand what is available to us from a careful\, creative\, and critical consideration of what is actually two stories of these ancestors of us (not just Adam and Eve but their children as well). What are the claims about the origins of all that exists? How to gain insight without needing to attribute shame or blame? \nDecember 3\, 10\, 17 \nWednesdays early evening: 7 – 8:15 p.m. \nREGISTRATION \n\nRegister for December 10\nRegister for December 17\n\nSAVE THE DATE: \nJonah: Suppose God gives us a life experience we really do not want and are not enjoying\, even have tried to avoid. How might pushback work (ours and God’s)\, and how might we learn even from adventures we would rather not have had (at least while in the midst of them)—while appreciating them more later? \nJanuary 5\, 12\, 26 Monday afternoons: 3 – 4:15 p.m. \nRuth: Suppose we find ourselves in the middle of a set of situations we would never have chosen but can see that there are silver linings to them\, if we can shift our mood or interpretive framework a bit? What’s available? How do these characters show us how a “quarter-turn” works? \nFebruary 2\, 9\, 23 Monday afternoons 3 – 4:15 p.m. \nNOTE: \n\nThere is a Zoom option available.\nFeel free to invite others—please register them or ask them to register.
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gathergrand-three-bible-short-stories-scriptured-2/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251203T190000
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SUMMARY:Gather@Grand: Three Bible Short Stories... Scriptured!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Gather@Grand Winter Quarter Series: Three Bible Short Stories… Scriptured! \nThe Winter Quarter will be presented in three parts and explored over three sessions each. Our first session begins on December 3\, 2025. \nWhat stories? The stories we will read are in every Bible\, same words.\nBut here’s how we will customize them: \nAdam and Eve (Genesis 1-4): What seems to start well goes badly awry\, and we need to understand what is available to us from a careful\, creative\, and critical consideration of what is actually two stories of these ancestors of us (not just Adam and Eve but their children as well). What are the claims about the origins of all that exists? How to gain insight without needing to attribute shame or blame? \nDecember 3\, 10\, 17  \nWednesdays early evening: 7 – 8:15 p.m. \nREGISTRATION \n\nRegister for December 3\nRegister for December 10\nRegister for December 17\n\nSAVE THE DATE: \nJonah: Suppose God gives us a life experience we really do not want and are not enjoying\, even have tried to avoid. How might pushback work (ours and God’s)\, and how might we learn even from adventures we would rather not have had (at least while in the midst of them)—while appreciating them more later? \nJanuary 5\, 12\, 26 Monday afternoons: 3 – 4:15 p.m. \nRuth: Suppose we find ourselves in the middle of a set of situations we would never have chosen but can see that there are silver linings to them\, if we can shift our mood or interpretive framework a bit? What’s available? How do these characters show us how a “quarter-turn” works? \nFebruary 2\, 9\, 23 Monday afternoons 3 – 4:15 p.m. \nNOTE: \n\nThere is a Zoom option available.\nFeel free to invite others—please register them or ask them to register.
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gathergrand-three-bible-short-stories-scriptured/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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SUMMARY:Gather@Grand: Befriending Trees 11.21.25
DESCRIPTION:Session 6 and final (need not attend all) REGISTER \nWe will learn more about trees and ways to engage with them more intimately\, guided by Pope Francis’s insights about integral ecology. \nWhen/Where \n\n10 am — 12 pm\nThe Gathering Space at 1520 Grand Ave\, San Rafael\, CA 94901\n\nThe Basic Plan \nYou are invited to a set of six discussion/action sessions to learn more about our particular connectivity\, to gain a deeper understanding of trees\, and to engage with some local trees in practical ways—including discovering and marking their common names (for others to appreciate). \nThe regular format will include an hour or so of discussion about trees\, stimulated by our common reading of Peter Wohlleben’s informative and engaging book\, Can You Hear the Trees Talking? (2019) or his Hidden Life of Trees (2016). We will spend some time outdoors on the Convent campus (or perhaps you will do so in your own garden)\, coming to grips with our relationship with these other creatures more nearly and dearly. \nThis engagement will help us know and befriend trees at a deeper level. Our main quest is to better understand and more deeply inhabit the tree-filled world\, the larger universe\, and our human existence amid those spaces. Our practical outcome is to begin to place nametags at the base of trees on the Convent grounds. \nRegistration \n\nPlease register online\nYou need not attend all 6 sessions. Register for the ones you can attend.\nThere is a Zoom option for the discussion portion of the session—not the field work. In-person attendance is preferable.\nFeel free to invite others—please register them or ask them to register.\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gathergrand-befriending-trees-11-21-25/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251107T100000
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SUMMARY:Gather@Grand: Befriending Trees 11.7.25
DESCRIPTION:Session 5 (need not attend all) REGISTER \nWe will learn more about trees and ways to engage with them more intimately\, guided by Pope Francis’s insights about integral ecology. \nWhen/Where \n\nNovember 7\, 21\n10 am — 12 pm\nThe Gathering Space at 1520 Grand Ave\, San Rafael\, CA 94901\n\nThe Basic Plan \nYou are invited to a set of six discussion/action sessions to learn more about our particular connectivity\, to gain a deeper understanding of trees\, and to engage with some local trees in practical ways—including discovering and marking their common names (for others to appreciate). \nThe regular format will include an hour or so of discussion about trees\, stimulated by our common reading of Peter Wohlleben’s informative and engaging book\, Can You Hear the Trees Talking? (2019) or his Hidden Life of Trees (2016). We will spend some time outdoors on the Convent campus (or perhaps you will do so in your own garden)\, coming to grips with our relationship with these other creatures more nearly and dearly. \nThis engagement will help us know and befriend trees at a deeper level. Our main quest is to better understand and more deeply inhabit the tree-filled world\, the larger universe\, and our human existence amid those spaces. Our practical outcome is to begin to place nametags at the base of trees on the Convent grounds. \nRegistration \n\nPlease register online\nYou need not attend all 6 sessions. Register for the ones you can attend.\nThere is a Zoom option for the discussion portion of the session—not the field work. In-person attendance is preferable.\nFeel free to invite others—please register them or ask them to register.\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gathergrand-befriending-trees-11-7-25/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251024T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251024T120000
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SUMMARY:Gather@Grand: Befriend Trees 10.24.25
DESCRIPTION:Session 4 (need not attend all) REGISTER \nWe will learn more about trees and ways to engage with them more intimately\, guided by Pope Francis’s insights about integral ecology. \nWhen/Where \n\nOctober 24; November 7\, 21\n10 am — 12 pm\nThe Gathering Space at 1520 Grand Ave\, San Rafael\, CA 94901\n\nThe Basic Plan \nYou are invited to a set of six discussion/action sessions to learn more about our particular connectivity\, to gain a deeper understanding of trees\, and to engage with some local trees in practical ways—including discovering and marking their common names (for others to appreciate). \nThe regular format will include an hour or so of discussion about trees\, stimulated by our common reading of Peter Wohlleben’s informative and engaging book\, Can You Hear the Trees Talking? (2019) or his Hidden Life of Trees (2016). We will spend some time outdoors on the Convent campus (or perhaps you will do so in your own garden)\, coming to grips with our relationship with these other creatures more nearly and dearly. \nThis engagement will help us know and befriend trees at a deeper level. Our main quest is to better understand and more deeply inhabit the tree-filled world\, the larger universe\, and our human existence amid those spaces. Our practical outcome is to begin to place nametags at the base of trees on the Convent grounds. \nRegistration \n\nPlease register online\nYou need not attend all 6 sessions. Register for the ones you can attend.\nThere is a Zoom option for the discussion portion of the session—not the field work. In-person attendance is preferable.\nFeel free to invite others—please register them or ask them to register.\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gathergrand-befriend-trees-10-24-25/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250926T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250926T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T095301
CREATED:20250909T192433Z
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SUMMARY:Gather@Grand: Befriending Trees 9.26.25
DESCRIPTION:Session 2 (need not attend all) REGISTER \nWe will learn more about trees and ways to engage with them more intimately\, guided by Pope Francis’s insights about integral ecology. \nWhen/Where \n\nSeptember 12\, 26; October 10\, 24; November 7\, 21\n10 am — 12 pm\nThe Gathering Space at 1520 Grand Ave\, San Rafael\, CA 94901\n\nThe Basic Plan \nYou are invited to a set of six discussion/action sessions to learn afresh our particular connectivity\, to know about trees better than we do already\, to engage some local trees in practical ways—including discovering and marking their common names (for others to appreciate). \nThe regular format will include an hour or so of discussion about trees\, stimulated by our common reading of Peter Wohlleben’s basic but informative Can You Hear the Trees Talking? (2019) or his Hidden Life of Trees (2016). We will spend some time outdoors on the Convent campus (or perhaps you will do so in your own garden)\, coming to grips with our relationship with these other creatures more nearly and dearly. \nThis engagement will help us know and befriend trees at a deeper level. Our main quest is to better understand and more deeply inhabit the tree-filled world\, the larger universe\, and our human existence amid those spaces. Our practical outcome is to begin to place nametags at the base of trees on the Convent grounds. \nRegistration \n\nPlease register online\nYou need not attend all 6 sessions. Register for the ones you can attend.\nThere is a Zoom option for the discussion portion of the session—not the field work. In-person attendance is preferable.\nFeel free to invite others—please register them or ask them to register.\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gathergrand-befriending-trees-9-26-25/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250912T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250912T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T095301
CREATED:20250828T211642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T213452Z
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SUMMARY:Gather@Grand—Befriending Trees
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER \nJoin 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. \nWhen/Where \n\nFridays beginning September 12\, 2025\nSeptember 12\, 26; October 10\, 24; November 7\, 21\n10 am — 12 pm\nThe Gathering Space at 1520 Grand Ave\, San Rafael\, CA 94901\n\nThe Basic Plan \nYou are invited to a set of six discussion/action sessions to learn afresh our particular connectivity\, to know about trees better than we do already\, to engage some local trees in practical ways—including discovering and marking their common names (for others to appreciate). \nThe regular format will include an hour or so of discussion about trees\, stimulated by our common reading of Peter Wohlleben’s basic but informative Can You Hear the Trees Talking? (2019) or his Hidden Life of Trees (2016). We will spend some time outdoors on the Convent campus (or perhaps you will do so in your own garden)\, coming to grips with our relationship with these other creatures more nearly and dearly. \nThis engagement will help us know and befriend trees at a deeper level. Our main quest is to better understand and more deeply inhabit the tree-filled world\, the larger universe\, and our human existence amid those spaces. Our practical outcome is to begin to place nametags at the base of trees on the Convent grounds. \nRegistration \n\nPlease register online\nYou need not attend all 6 sessions. Register for the ones you can attend.\nThere is a Zoom option for the discussion portion of the session—not the field work. In-person attendance is preferable.\nFeel free to invite others—please register them or ask them to register.\n\nRegister for September 12 here \n 
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gathergrand-befriending-trees/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250602T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250602T173000
DTSTAMP:20260502T095301
CREATED:20250501T204500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T210528Z
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SUMMARY:Exploration of the Parables
DESCRIPTION:Please join us if you are interested in learning about this series to explore Jesus’ parables more closely and freshly than before. \nREGISTER \nWe 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\, 28; August 18. Though the hope is to have attendance at all\, that is not necessary. Come to what you can manage. \nAll gatherings will take place in our Gathering Space at 1520 Grand Avenue; Zoom access will be available upon request. \nREGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/exploration-of-the-parables/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231203T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231203T090000
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SUMMARY:Friends of the Sisters—Be a Voice for Synodality
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=xe47qp4ab&oeidk=a07eka9weldef49b420 \n 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 wake of the Church’s “renewal” proposed by the Second Vatican Council\, is both a gift and a task: by journeying together and reflecting together on the journey that has been made\, the Church will be able to learn through Her experience which processes can help Her to live communion\, to achieve participation\, to open Herself to mission.” The process continues. Pope Francis invites each of us to continue the process in preparation for October 2024. We are inviting you\, our friends to join the Dominican Sisters on March 23 to share your ideas\, visions\, and dreams for church. The day will begin with hospitality at 9:00 am and will continue with conversations in the Spirit and will conclude near 1:00 pm. The Dominican Sisters of San Rafael and the Friends of the Sisters Committee invite you to come and “Be a voice for Synodality.” \n No charge; donations welcome. www.sanrafaelop.org/get-involved/ways-to-give \n Questions? 415.453.8303 or communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org \n REGISTER http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=xe47qp4ab&oeidk=a07eka9weldef49b420
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/friends-of-the-sisters-be-a-voice-for-synodality/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231115T103000
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DTSTAMP:20260502T095301
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SUMMARY:Gather @ Grand: Complexities of Color
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER \n In-Person or via Zoom! \n A special presentation on how whiteness has shaped the humanity of white people and distorted the national promise of liberty\, freedom\, and equal opportunity. \n 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 color-prejudice can be discerned early in the long story of North America (and re-inscribed often); and that the choice to first see and then resist racism can be made. Come away with ideas as to how to respond. The featured guest speaker (via Zoom and shown on the big screen) is Dr. Jacqueline Battalora of St. Xavier University (Chicago). Others who have been active in the various anti-racism programs of Gather@Grand will assist. \n coffee/tea/decaf provided; no charge; \n Kindly register at https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/9ajgrmb
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gather-grand-complexities-of-color/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231101T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231101T103000
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SUMMARY:G@G Lincoln Lectures: The Fiery Trial”—The Evolution of Lincoln’s Thoughts on Race and Democracy
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER \n 10:30-noon\n The Gathering Space \n Mick Chantler\, Instructor \n The Fiery Trial”—The Evolution of Lincoln’s Thoughts on Race and Democracy\n 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 time. But as the decades rolled on\, that no longer seemed possible. Lincoln had to overcome a general cultural consensus that African Americans could not live in our country as equals. We will trace the course of Lincoln’s thinking on these knotty problems\, and see how he managed to extricate his mind—to a significant extent at least—from the seemingly hopeless dead end on the subject that the country had come to by 1840.
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-lincoln-lectures-the-fiery-trial-the-evolution-of-lincolns-thoughts-on-race-and-democracy/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231016T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231016T160000
DTSTAMP:20260502T095301
CREATED:20240827T195150Z
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SUMMARY:Synod Prayer Service
DESCRIPTION:  \n REGISTER \n All are welcome to join the Sisters\n in a special prayer service in solidarity\n with people from around the world\n on the same day that Pope Francis is holding\n “Together—Gathering of the People of God\,”\n an ecumenical prayer vigil—in Rome.
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/synod-prayer-service/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231002T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231002T160000
DTSTAMP:20260502T095301
CREATED:20240827T195149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T195149Z
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SUMMARY:G@G Guided Discussion #4 (Option B)
DESCRIPTION:Guided Discussion via Zoom/in-person (Option B) \n REGISTER \n 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 interviewed recently by Ezra Klein in a podcast presentation. This set of four in-person or Zoom sessions centering around the podcast and the MLK legacy will invite serious study of these materials\, to help us understand afresh the role of King in the racism and civil rights struggle of his own era\, to investigate what he has to contribute to the present moment\, and to appreciate his contribution to nonviolence and religion-based ethics. We will have the expertise of Klein and Shelby/Terry but will also do our own discussion of their views as well. The basic outcome of the whole study will be 25 or so new and communicable insights regarding MLK on both anti-Black racism and nonviolence in general (theory and practice)\, generated among participants and offered for group consumption. Those who would like to take responsibility to investigate and offer one of these points will be welcomed. \n\nThe sessions will be late in the afternoon on four Mondays (Sept 11\, 25\, Oct 2\, 16: 4-5:30 pm)\n75-minute sessions with participants either present or zooming in.\n\n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-guided-discussion-4-option-b/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230925T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230925T160000
DTSTAMP:20260502T095301
CREATED:20240827T195148Z
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SUMMARY:G@G Guided Discussion #3 (Option B)
DESCRIPTION:Guided Discussion via Zoom/in-person (Option B) \n REGISTER \n 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 interviewed recently by Ezra Klein in a podcast presentation. This set of four in-person or Zoom sessions centering around the podcast and the MLK legacy will invite serious study of these materials\, to help us understand afresh the role of King in the racism and civil rights struggle of his own era\, to investigate what he has to contribute to the present moment\, and to appreciate his contribution to nonviolence and religion-based ethics. We will have the expertise of Klein and Shelby/Terry but will also do our own discussion of their views as well. The basic outcome of the whole study will be 25 or so new and communicable insights regarding MLK on both anti-Black racism and nonviolence in general (theory and practice)\, generated among participants and offered for group consumption. Those who would like to take responsibility to investigate and offer one of these points will be welcomed. \n\nThe sessions will be late in the afternoon on four Mondays (Sept 11\, 25\, Oct 2\, 16: 4-5:30 pm)\n75-minute sessions with participants either present or zooming in.\n\n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-guided-discussion-3-option-b/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230911T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230911T160000
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CREATED:20240827T195147Z
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SUMMARY:G@G Guided Discussion #2 (Option B)
DESCRIPTION:Guided Discussion via Zoom/in-person (Option B) \n REGISTER \n 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 interviewed recently by Ezra Klein in a podcast presentation. This set of four in-person or Zoom sessions centering around the podcast and the MLK legacy will invite serious study of these materials\, to help us understand afresh the role of King in the racism and civil rights struggle of his own era\, to investigate what he has to contribute to the present moment\, and to appreciate his contribution to nonviolence and religion-based ethics. We will have the expertise of Klein and Shelby/Terry but will also do our own discussion of their views as well. The basic outcome of the whole study will be 25 or so new and communicable insights regarding MLK on both anti-Black racism and nonviolence in general (theory and practice)\, generated among participants and offered for group consumption. Those who would like to take responsibility to investigate and offer one of these points will be welcomed. \n\nThe sessions will be late in the afternoon on four Mondays (Sept 11\, 25\, Oct 2\, 16: 4-5:30 pm)\n75-minute sessions with participants either present or zooming in.\n\n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-guided-discussion-2-option-b/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230515T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230515T190000
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SUMMARY:Jubilee 2023
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Jubilee Eucharistic Celebration streaming live from our Gathering Space \n at 10:00 am (online) \n **Live broadcast info here (starting at 9:45 am on Sat. July 22.)** \n Read about our Jubilarians here. \n\nSr. Bernice Garcia (70)\nSr. Joan King (70)\nSr. Rosanne Van Housen (70)\nSr. Judith Kay Campbell (60)\nSr. Sally Lowell (25)\n\n Please REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/jubilee-2023/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230417T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230417T190000
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SUMMARY:Gather @ Grand Film Studies: Whose Streets?
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our next discussion on Zoom on May 15. \n REGISTER \n 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 in the street for hours. \n It is a breaking point for the residents of St. Louis\, Missouri who have suffered grief\, long-standing racial tensions\, and renewed anger. The murder of Michael Brown brings residents together for prayer vigils and protests. Empowered parents\, artists\, and teachers from around the country come together as freedom fighters. As the National Guard descends on Ferguson\, Missouri with military-grade weaponry\, these young community members become the torchbearers of a new resistance. \n Filmmakers Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis know this story because they are the story. Whose Streets? is a powerful battle cry from a generation fighting\, not for their civil rights\, but for the right to live. \n REGISTER \n DOWNLOAD STUDY GUIDE: Whose Streets.docx
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gather-grand-film-studies-whose-streets/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230327T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230327T190000
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SUMMARY:Ann Garrido "Living Truth" Day of Prayer
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed Dominican speaker and author Ann Garrido offers a Day of Prayer event ahead of her retreat at Santa Sabina Center. Please register here. \n Ann M. Garrido is an associate professor of homiletics and past director of the Doctorate of Ministry program at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis\, Missouri. Ann has served as the Marten Faculty Fellow in Homiletics at the University of Notre Dame. Author of multiple books\, including the award-winning Redeeming Administration\, Redeeming Conflict\, and Let’s Talk About Truth\, Ann travels nationally and internationally helping communities talk about the topics they find toughest to talk about. These tough conversations always involve questions of truth. Ann regularly preaches on www.Word.op.org and offers retreats as time permits. She lives with her husband in Atlanta\, Georgia. Take a moment to listen to Ann on Truth: www.anngarrido.com  \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/ann-garrido-living-truth-day-of-prayer/
LOCATION:Santa Sabina Center\, 25 Magnolia Ave\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230227T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230227T190000
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SUMMARY:A Hiking Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Called to Be a Disciple—A Hiking Retreat \n If you are a single\, Catholic woman between the ages of 18 to 45\, consider spending half a day as we hike around scenic Lands End along the coast of San Francisco. The hike is approximately two hours in length and includes level walking paths and a few steep inclines with magnificent views of the Pacific Ocean. We will take some stops along the path for prayer and conversation. \n   \n REGISTER: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=xe47qp4ab&oeidk=a07ejnrndf5851da6be
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/a-hiking-retreat/
LOCATION:Lands End\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94121
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230130T190000
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SUMMARY:G@G FilmStudies—I am Not Your Negro
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER \n In 1979\, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project\, “Remember This House.” The book was to be a revolutionary\, personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers\, Malcolm X\, and Martin Luther King\, Jr. At the time of Baldwin’s death in 1987\, he left behind only 30 completed pages of this manuscript. Filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. \n Download the Study Guide: I Am Not Your Negro-SS \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-filmstudies-i-am-not-your-negro/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221215T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221215T103000
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SUMMARY:G@G Film Studies—Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
DESCRIPTION:The next film discussion in our ongoing Gather@Grand film series is Monday\, November 28\, 2022\, when we will discuss PBS’s “Reconstruction: America After the Civil War.” \n REGISTER \n Henry Louis Gates\, Jr. presents the definitive history of the transformative years following the American Civil War when the nation struggled to rebuild itself amidst profound loss\, massive destruction\, and revolutionary social change. \n Episode 1 – Experience the aftermath of the Civil War -a bewildering\, exhilarating and terrifying time. African Americans who had played a crucial role in the war now grapple with the terms and implications of Reconstruction and their hard-won freedom.\n 55min \n Episode 2 – Discover how post-Civil War America was a new world. Learn how African Americans made political\, social\, and economic progress in the face of violence.\n 55min \n Episode 3 – Explore the rise of Jim Crow and the undermining of Reconstruction’s legal and political legacy.\n 55min \n The films can be purchased on Apple TV or Amazon. There are 4 films in the series however we will focus on episodes 1-3. \n   \n DOWNLOAD THE STUDY GUIDE: Reconstruction America after the Civil War \n   \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-film-studies-reconstruction-america-after-the-civil-war/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221130T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221130T103000
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SUMMARY:G@G Relearn U.S. History Session 4—The ‘Jim Crow’ Era in American History—1890 to the 1960s
DESCRIPTION:Mick Chantler\, Instructor  \n Register for Session Four: Black Americans and Reconstruction \n Thursday\, December 15 (note change of day)  \n 10:30-noon \n The idealism engendered by the Abolitionist movement during the Civil War era did not survive the period of Reconstruction. By the 1880s\, most Americans wanted to forget “the late unpleasantries” and move on with the business of settling the west and building a world-class economy. Consequently\, Southerners were given the green light to regulate their internal affairs as they saw fit\, and consign their Black population to a degraded position in society. The \n Federal Government looked the other way as cities and states throughout the land (and not just in the South) segregated social and political institutions by race\, denied Blacks the franchise\, and reneged on the promise of equality enshrined in the Reconstruction Era constitutional settlement. Additionally\, of course\, Blacks were subjected to appalling extra-legal violence meted out by terrorist groups like the KKK. It was a dark period for American Blacks\, and few whites on either side of the Mason-Dixon Line seemed to care about ameliorating the situation. In this final talk we will look at the various ways white society systematically degraded and humiliated Blacks\, and established what some historians call “herrenvolk democracy”—a political system guaranteeing legal equality for whites while casting African-Americans into outer darkness. \n Register
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-relearn-u-s-history-session-4-the-jim-crow-era-in-american-history-1890-to-the-1960s/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221128T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221128T190000
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CREATED:20240827T195100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T195100Z
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SUMMARY:G@G Film Studies: Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER \n January 30\, 2023 \n 7 pm \n via Zoom \n The movie under discussion will be Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten: A Centennial Exploration of the 1921 Race Massacre. (90 minutes) for rent on Prime and PBS passport. \n A Centennial Exploration of the 1921 Race Massacre: Although rarely mentioned in textbooks\, there is no question that the Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of racial violence in American history. As the country continues to reflect on the shocking murders and arson that took place from May 31-June 1\, 1921 and considers more recent incidents of social injustice like the killing of George Floyd last May\, a new documentary Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten\, directed by Jonathan Silvers\, examines this deadly assault on humanity on the 100th anniversary of the crime. \n Download the Study Guide: Tulsa_ The Fire and the Forgotten_PBS) \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-film-studies-tulsa-the-fire-and-the-forgotten/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221024T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221024T190000
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CREATED:20240827T195038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240827T195038Z
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SUMMARY:G@G Relearn U. S. History—The Founding Fathers on Race and Slavery
DESCRIPTION:Mick Chantler\, Instructor  \n REGISTER for Session One: The Founding Fathers on Race and Slavery \n Wednesday\, October 5 \n 10:30-noon \n Gathering Space (1520 Grand Ave; San Rafael) \n It is worth pondering the fact that most of the key leaders of the American Revolution were slaveholders: Washington\, Jefferson\, Madison\, Patrick Henry\, George Mason\, and many others in the “Glorious Cause” owned hundreds of Africans. Even kindly old Benjamin Franklin owned a few slaves\, and acted as a broker for their purchase and sale\, although to his credit he recanted his position late in life\, and became one of the early abolitionists in Pennsylvania. The framers of the Constitution even enshrined slavery in our national compact. This is not to say that these men all felt comfortable with the bizarre juxtaposition of a free republic in which “all men were created equal\,” which yet countenanced the practice of holding human beings as chattel property. We will examine the attitudes and practices of these remarkable statesmen on the touchy—even for them—subject. We will also examine Founders such as John Adams and Alexander Hamilton\, men who despised slavery\, and did what they could to contain the evil before it thoroughly corrupted their beloved republic. \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-relearn-u-s-history-the-founding-fathers-on-race-and-slavery/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dominican Sisters of San Rafael":MAILTO:communityrelations@sanrafaelop.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221019T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221019T103000
DTSTAMP:20260502T095301
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SUMMARY:G@G Relearn U.S. History—Black Americans and Reconstruction
DESCRIPTION:Mick Chantler\, Instructor  \n Register for Session Three: Black Americans and Reconstruction \n Wednesday\, November 30  \n 10:30-noon \n The Civil War may have ended slavery\, but it certainly did not solve the conundrum of race relations in America. Northern “radicals” in Congress—led by men like the fiery Thaddeus Stevens—were determined to use this precious window of opportunity to permanently alter the status of African Americans\, and guarantee them constitutional liberty and equality. Recalcitrant Southerners were just as determined to thwart any substantive change in the racial hierarchy of Old Dixie. The stage was set for a violent and painful showdown between the forces of progress and reaction. (Sound familiar?) We will examine the three key constitutional amendments passed during Reconstruction—the 13th\, 14th\, and 15th amendments—and see how they changed American politics\, at least for a brief period. (Reconstruction ended in 1877 and for nearly a century Blacks were kept in a subservient state embarrassingly close to that which they had endured under slavery.) \n Register
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-relearn-u-s-history-black-americans-and-reconstruction/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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SUMMARY:G@G Relearn U.S. History—The Dred Scott Decision and the Coming of the Civil War
DESCRIPTION:Mick Chantler\, Instructor  \n REGISTER for Session Two: \n The Dred Scott Decision and the Coming of the Civil War \n Wednesday\, October 19 \n 10:30-noon \n Gathering Space (1520 Grand Ave; San Rafael) \n In 1857 the Supreme Court handed down the most controversial decision in the history of that august body. Chief Justice Roger Taney six of his colleagues ruled that African-Americans were not and could not be citizens of the United States. Their ruling excluding Blacks from the national body politic included free Blacks as well as slaves. (Yes\, there were thousands of free African-Americans on the eve of the Civil War—in some Northern states they could even vote.) The Court also struck down the Missouri Compromise\, a political strategy that had kept slavery out of many of the newly formed states in the west for nearly forty years. The ruling outraged antislavery men and women in the North\, including one Abraham Lincoln. We will dissect this complicated and thorny court ruling\, and see how it placed the country directly on the path to secession and the Civil War. \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-relearn-u-s-history-the-dred-scott-decision-and-the-coming-of-the-civil-war/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220919T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220919T170000
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SUMMARY:BRANCH OUT: Taking Action for Our Common Home
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER \n   \n You are invited to partner with the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael in exploring and living into our Ladauto Si’ Action Platform. Laudato Si’ is the second encyclical of Pope Francis and includes the subtitle “on care for our common home”. In this challenging address to people of goodwill\, the Pope critiques consumerism and irresponsible development\, laments environmental degradation and global warming\, and calls all people of the world to take “swift and unified global action” to counter these effects we did not see coming. \n On October 4\, 2022\, aptly coinciding with the conclusion of the month-long Season of Creation\, the Sisters will host a launch presentation (in person and via Zoom) to share their vision and priorities relative to the Laudato Si’ Action Platform\, and they are looking for partners who also seek to BRANCH OUT. We shall seek inspiration from each other and our environment. Discover how the olive trees on campus can help us in our response to the Pope’s challenge. Enjoy a casual reception following the presentation and a short walk of the grounds. \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/branch-out-taking-action-for-our-common-home/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220518T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220518T190000
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SUMMARY:G@G Film Discussion—Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a May film discussion and last event before a summer break. \n This film. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\, is the story of a Black woman whose cells were used to create the first immortal human cell line. Told through the eyes of her daughter\, Deborah Lacks\, the film chronicles her search\, aided by journalist Rebecca Skloot\, to learn about the mother she never knew and to understand how the unauthorized harvesting of Lacks’ cancerous cells in 1951 led to unprecedented medical breakthroughs\, changing countless lives and the face of medicine forever. It’s a story of medical arrogance and triumph\, race\, poverty and deep friendship between the unlikeliest of people. Henrietta’s cells have been bought and sold by the billions\, yet she remains virtually unknown. Rent on Amazon\, Vudu\, or Apple TV. Buy on Apple TV\, Amazon\, YouTube or Vudu. \nLink: https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/segregated-by-design/  \n STUDY GUIDE: Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Study \n REGISTER
URL:https://sanrafaelop.org/event/gg-film-discussion-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/
LOCATION:Dominican Sisters Gathering Space\, 1520 Grand Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901
CATEGORIES:Gather@Grand
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