Since Hurricane Katrina and three months evacuation, we have not returned to the monthly Veritas, but the newsletter which began in 1992 has not died. We now publish (periodically) Veritas on-line in PDF format. To read these, you may need to install the Acrobat Reader in your browser first. It's free.
This format allows you to either read or print Veritas from your browser. Download times will be long if you use dial-up service . . . sorry! Subscribers who do not have access to high-speed internet may ask a friend to print a copy, or receive a hard copy on request. Send a request to ddawes@Xdominican-sisters.net. Make sure we get your current email address.
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Spring has come and the new Winter/Spring 2008 edition of the newsletter has arrived. Notice a name change on the title page. Want some interesting news? What are the sisters doing these days? Take a look inside the new Veritas/Fountain. Let us know how you like it. --Sr. Shirley Bodisch, O.P. - Editor
January 2008.This new edition of Veritas contains a grateful acknowledgment to Sr. Dorothy Dawes, OP for her 15 years of editing the Veritas Newsletter. You will also read news of accreditation of our schools, what's going on in Fanjeaux, the birthplace of the Order, and the official letter announcing the formation of a new Union (unnamed as of yet) from seven congregations. The Veritas will be published quarterly, so check in on this web-site to get the latest information on St. Mary's Congregation.
Sr. Shirley Bodisch, OP (new editor).
Nov 2006 - Sept 2007- "Post Katrina: new life" pp.1 & 3: Trace the journey from "cluster" to proposed ONE new congregation from six. . . p. 4: St. Dominic's Day tradition . . . p. 5: Sister volunteers thrive, finding ways to serve. . . pp 6-7: abbreviated log of 10-month hiatus since last issue . . . p. 8: Golden Jubilee of five sisters, June, 2007.
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Sister Dorothy Dawes, your editor of Veritas from July 1, 1992 to September 30, 2007 has accepted a generous offer from Sister Shirley Bodisch, secretary of the congregation, to produce Veritas, the congregation's newsletter. After a year of physical challenges, Dorothy is called to address the accumulation of work in the archives. As for Veritas, Shirley welcomes her input, and Dorothy, cherishing her faithful readers, hopes to contribute whenever possible.
July 2006 - Nov 2006: St. Mary's reaches 146 years, while the Dominicans of the world mark 800 years. DHS students are preachers. St. Mary's Dominican Sisters, New Orleans, mull over forming a cluster with six other Dominican congregations, large and small. All is well.
March 2006 - June 2006. A time for celebration, more meaningful since Katrina. Dominican High School, Dominican Conference Center, Rosaryville Spirit Life Center, our Wisdom Community are alive and well. Rosaryville's Joel begins sustainable farming on a small scale.
June 2005 - February 2006. Katrina and aftermath. Six sisters transfer to Our Lady of Wisdom. Sisters Theophane and James depart for the next life. Jubilees for five in June.
March 2005 - May 2005. May assembly draws 100 % attendance: Cycle Four of the Cluster. Sister Mary James, of Orphan Train fame, celebrates 98 years of life. Jubilee for three sisters June 12.
December 2004 - February 2005. Update on the Cluster, a forward movement among seven Dominican congregations, third of a seven-cycle plan of discernment. 75th anniversary of St. Peter School, Reserve. Memorial of Sr. Mary André Quigley.
June 2004 - November 2004. Dominicans at the UN. Memorials: Srs. Mary Beatrice Daviet, Hildegarde Luca, Germaine Roussel, Anna Taggart, and Aloysius Ott. Hurricane Ivan evacuation. Word from Iraq.
