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February 3, 2017, Wilmette, Illinois – Regina Dominican High School marked Catholic Schools Week, January 31-February 6, 2017, with a special Mass. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, presided at the Mass and took the opportunity to bless the school’s newly renovated auditorium, O’Shaughnessy Theater, where the Mass was held. Read the full Wilmette Life article by Kathy Routliffe.

Catholic Schools Week, organized by the National Catholic Educational Association, is celebrated nationally each year in late January to early February to call attention to the contributions that Catholic schools make to our society and to the lives of the students. This year’s theme is “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge, and Service.”

LEFT: From left, are students Nicolette Anichini, Maggie McNaughton, and Lauren Murphy; Elizabeth Schuster, president; Cardinal Cupich; Meg Bigane, principal; and students Riley McInerney, Elizabeth Murphy, and Eleanor Boylan. RIGHT: Elizabeth Schuster, President of Regina Dominican High School, with Cardinal Cupich. Photos by Aidan Reedy

Feature photo (top): Cardinal Blase J. Cupich pauses for a photo with Regina Dominican students, from left, Petra Kowalski, Lena Swabb, and Lily D’Agostino. Photo by Aidan Reedy

January 30, 2017, Detroit – On the way home from visiting Adrian Dominican Sisters and their ministries in Florida, Sister Elise D. García, OP, General Councilor, heard of a protest at Detroit Metro Airport against President Donald Trump’s refugee policies. She decided to delay her drive home to add the voice of the Adrian Dominican Congregation to the protest. Read the Detroit Free Press article about the protest, in which Sister Elise is quoted. She also took a video of the protest. Sister Elise also posted photos of the protest on her Facebook page. 

Click on the links to read further about some of the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ ministries in Florida. These include St. Ann Place, a ministry for homeless women and men, in West Palm Beach, where Sister Patricia Leonard ministers; Cardinal Newman High School, West Palm Beach, where Sister Judith Rimbey serves in the Finance Office; and Rosarian Academy, an elementary school in West Palm Beach sponsored by the Adrian Dominican Sisters, where Sister Donna Baker ministers as middle school principal.