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March 22, 2024, Adrian, Michigan – All are invited to enjoy a spring afternoon with a session of culture and fun. The annual Prose, Poetry, and Potpourri program is offered in person and via livestream from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, April 18, 2024.

John McNaughton, Creative Director at the Croswell Opera House in Adrian, will open the session by sharing his career at the Croswell and as a graphic artist, actor, and more. Enjoy prose, poetry, music, and song from various presenters – and bring your creations as well.

The event is free and open to all. No registration is required. The live stream link is https://webercenter.org/poetry/.

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

March 8, 2024, Sebring, Florida – After portraying Dominican mystic and reformer St. Catherine of Siena to about 875 communities throughout the world, Sister Nancy Murray, OP, portrayed the saint in a unique and vibrant way to parishioners of St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Sebring, Florida, as they marked its 100th anniversary. 

Drawing on about four hours’ worth of stories that she’s gleaned from her portrayals of St. Catherine of Siena since 2002, Sister Nancy tailors her message to her audience, focusing in this performance on St. Catherine’s family life as one of 22 children and her subsequent life as a lay Dominican woman. 

“St. Catherine of Siena has a message for today’s church and world and I think the truth she would say now is the same as Pope Francis – that the church needs to listen to the lay people,” Sister Nancy told Florida Catholic reporter Jean Gonzalez. Read the entire article.