Committee Members:
From Left to Right:
- Magdalen Stanton
- Anne Michelle Raley
- Rosalie Ruesewald
- Catherine Markey, OSB
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Sr. Rosalie and Sr. Cabrini
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The St. Scholastica Monastery
Social Awareness Committee
The Social Awareness Committee was established in 1970 with the intention of educating the local community on issues of social justice and facilitating letter writing to government officials when important legislation is being considered. The committee is comprised of four sisters: Sister Rosalie Ruesewald, OSB, who is the Chair of the committee, Sister Ann Michelle Raley, OSB, the secretary, Sister Catherine Markey, OSB, and Sister Magdalen Stanton, OSB .
Our committee meets regularly and is involved in many local and nationwide events including: For Whom The Bell Tolls and Justpeace, as well as hosting films each month and other community activites.
Justpeace
For over two years, community members have participated in a weekly peace vigil sponsored by Justpeace, a local River Valley Interfaith Peace Group. Justpeace is a non-partisan, interfaith group committed to promoting peace and justice for all people of the world. The group honors our troops in Iraq for their bravery but opposes the war that has placed them in harm’s way. Justpeace gathers every Sunday from 12:15-12:45 p.m. at the southeast corner of Creekmore Park, Rogers Avenue and South 34th Street, displaying the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq. This weekly witness ends with prayer and the playing of taps on the bagpipes..JPG)
Justpeace Film Series
Justpeace shows a film on the 4th Monday of each month at St. Scholastica in the community room. Anyone is invited who would like to attend. Please call ahead. The group meets for a brown bag dinner at 5:45 p.m. and the film, followed by a short discussion, starts promptly at 6:00 p.m. Recent films shown include Scarred Hands and Wounded Lives, On the Line, Constantine’s Sword, Life in Occupied Palestine, and Why We Fight.
For Whom The Bell Tolls
St. Scholastica joined the "For Whom the Bell Tolls" national campaign in December 2001. Every day there is an execution anywhere in our country, our bell is tolled for two minutes at six in the evening. At this point, there are groups in twenty-six states as well as five monasteries that are participating in this effort. Dorothy Briggs, O.P, who started the bell tolling project in the U.S., died in 2006 of cancer..JPG)
Other Things of Interest
Center for Christian NonViolence
Mennonite-Catholic Dialog