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Looking at Religious Life? See 'Dubuque's Got Sisters'
Submitted on: 10/16/2009Contact Person: Angie Connolly DUBUQUE, Ia.--Are you a woman interested in checking out religious life? Then sign up for "Dubuque's Got Sisters!" and get ready for a unique experience. Join Dubuque-area Sisters for a 24-hour tour of four tri-state area convents to share life through praying, dining, and storytelling. Local transportation will be provided, and there is no fee to attend. .....read more  |
Presentations Srs. Invite Others to Immersion, Service
Submitted on: 9/28/2009Contact Person: Beth Kress, PBVM The phrase "think global, act local" has been around for decades. The words urge people to consider the health of the entire planet and to take action in their own communities. It also rallies people around many other social justice issues and points out the interdependence of all living beings. .....read more |
Recycling Food: Waste Not, Want Not
Submitted on: 5/10/2009Contact Person: Beth Kress, PBVM Garbage isn't something most Americans want to think about every day, but managing the nearly 230 million tons of waste that they generate each year has every day environmental and economic consequences......read more |
Presentation Srs. Choose Conversion to Embrace Earth
Submitted on: 5/10/2009Contact Person: Beth Kress, PBVM Presentation Sisters of Dubuque, Iowa, and their associate members, are changing -- one light bulb at a time. They believe that the experience of change is gradual but effective for any group or organization......read more |
Green Education Begins with Simple Actions
Submitted on: 4/18/2008Contact Person: Beth Kress, PBVM When Resurrection Elementary School in Dubuque, Iowa, became the first parochial school to receive the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency's (DMASWA )Green Vision Education Award in 2007, Sister Donna Demmer, PBVM, fifth grade teacher at Resurrection was there with her students and whole school community to stand proud. Their school community received the Green Vision flag to hang outside the school and a banner to display inside the building......read more |
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