In conjunction with the Climate Change Summit gathering in San Francisco between September 14-16, 2018, the Dominican Sisters invite you to join us in learning more about the implications of climate change on our earth community and our role in responding to this crisis. This is our final video of our three Monday Night Movies
Oct 13, 2018 Friends of the Sisters Join the Dominican Sisters for the fall event for our friends. This year, we offer a day of engagement with the lives and spiritualities of St Teresa of Avila and St Therese of Lisieux. Sister Mary Neill, OP has spent many years reading St Teresa of Avila's spiritual
An Evening with Father Vincent Pizzuto Join us for an evening with Father Vincent, a professor at the University of San Francisco, who offers insights from his book, Contemplating Christ: The Gospels and the Interior Life. He poses, "What if we read the gospels as if that were true?" Perhaps the evening might challenge
The Spiritual Dimension of Dying Well An inspirational speaker, Bishop Stephen Blaire will reflect on accompaniment at end of life from a Catholic perspective. His presentation will be thought-provoking for those reflecting on their own end of life as well as those accompanying others. Bishop Blaire is a native Californian, born the twelfth of
Advent 2018 An Introduction to Luke's Gospel Join Sister Adele Gerlach for a four week bible study course exploring Luke's gospel from a variety of different angles. The course will include a review of text segments from Luke's point of view and understanding of Jesus. It will also explore the socio-political environment in which the
We Have Family in Iraq An evening with Sister Nancy Jurecki, OP and Gloria Escalona, OPL Many of us either know very little about life in Iraq, or have a hard time understanding what has happened there, even though it has been in the news for years. On this evening, you will hear from two
Food Waste: the Impact on Climate Change An evening with Laura Moreno, MS, PhD, Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley Laura is deeply passionate about reducing food waste. From digging through trash to looking inside of people’s refrigerators, Laura researches household-level food waste in the United States with a focus on measurement and behavior.
Join the Dominican Sisters for an evening of conversation and fun at Homeward Bound of Marin. After a simple meal, all will get hands on lessons to make chocolate truffles. Take your own box of truffles home to share with family or friends....if they get that far before disappearing! RSVP a must!
An Evening with Mary La Casse Mary will share the process of how she gathered stories and answers to questions from five elder women friends, and ended up with a book of inspiring stories about resilience and grit that redefine beliefs about how women age.
Aligning with Earth’s Values and Methods Going beyond reduce, reuse, and recycle, we have the option of changing our relationship with the Earth community. As we awaken to a destabilized climate, we realize that we have to do something more than we have been to address our crisis. How would it be to align our
Moderator, Susan Stephson, Executive Director of Interfaith Power and Light, will help us learn from four faith traditions, Presbyterian Christian, Catholic, Islamic, and Jewish about 'right-relationship' with our earth. Responding in a round table discussion to questions from Susan, the moderator, we will hear what our traditions teach us about our relationship to the earth,
Join the Dominican Sisters in our annual gathering of prayer for peace. We are united with people of good will and many faiths as we focus on a particular issue of peace. This year’s theme is Climate Action for Peace, based on the thirteenth U.N. Sustainable Development Goal. Please join us for a one-hour program