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September 6, 2024, Adrian, Michigan – Join with members of the local community to celebrate the Autumn Equinox during a ritual led by Sister Esther Kennedy, OP, a Dominican Sister of Adrian, retreat leader, and a spiritual director. The ritual celebration is from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, September 22, 2024, at Weber Retreat and Conference Center.

The theme of the ritual is Harvesting the Gifts of the Ancestors. Each of us comes from people who were once indigenous. We gather in a circle to celebrate them in song, story, and dance. 

The celebration is free and open to all. Registration is not required. 

Weber Center is on the campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse, Adrian, Michigan. Traveling east on East Siena Heights Drive, pass the Adrian Rea Literacy Center and turn left just before the solar panel-covered carport. Follow the signs to Weber Center. For information, call the Weber Center at 517-266-4000.
 

September 6, 2024, Adrian, Michigan – Sister Attracta Kelly, OP, an attorney and Director of the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ Office of Immigration Assistance, offers a presentation on two days on the Latest in Immigration Law. 

Her presentation is from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, September 12, 2024, in the Weber Center Auditorium. It is repeated from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Friday, September 13, 2024, in the Rose Room of the Dominican Life Center on the Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse Campus, 1257 E. Siena Heights Drive, Adrian. Please note that this is a change in venue for the Thursday evening presentation only. Both presentations will be livestreamed on the Congregation's public website at https://adriandominicans.org/live-stream.

Prioress of the Adrian Dominican Sisters from 2010 to 2016, Sister Attracta earned her law degree, Juris Doctor, from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1996. She was on staff with the Jesuit Refugee Service in Dublin, Ireland, from 1997 to 1999 and Director of the Immigrants Legal Assistance Project in Raleigh, North Carolina from 1999 until she was elected Prioress.

The presentation is free and open to the public. No reservations are required.