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Speaking of documentaries..
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awelborn
Seen at some point on a PBS station in your town during the month of February: Sisters of Selma: The year was 1965; the place, Selma, Alabama. For decades, local laws had all but prevented Blacks from voting. And those who did venture to protest often faced harassment–even death. Black Selmians, supported by Rev. Martin…
Silence, continued
By
awelborn
For some time, we’ve been discussing the film Into Great Silence -the much-praised and surprisingly successful documentary about Carthusians at the Grande Chartreuse. Some of you have even seen it! It will be in very limited theatrical release in the U.S. this spring, but the U.S. version of the DVD will be available soon. The…
Sisters Today
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awelborn
No, it’s not a magazine cover from 1967. The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, were featured in a story on NBC’s Today show. It’s basically a live action version of the Newsweek story from a few weeks ago – highlighting the "high tech" nature of vocation-searching today, but not quite grasping the…
Violence begets violence
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awelborn
Good words from a Dallas-area pastor. This utterly utilitarian manipulation of living human beings has now brought us to a debate about what can be done if we are going to throw them away anyway. Now we ask, “Why not kill them with a purpose?” “Why don’t we kill them for research?” “Think about all…
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