“We don’t have money for college. We don’t have money for daycare centers, or healthcare,” says Sister Carol Gilbert. “The US is seeing the effect of that money being spent on something that can never be used.”
Sister Carol Gilbert, OP and Sister Ardeth Platte, OP, Michigan natives visiting Marywood from Washington DC, presented “A Yes for Humanity: One Step Closer to Nuclear Disarmament” on Tuesday, January 30. They spoke about being part of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) delegation to the United Nations last spring and summer that was instrumental in The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Read more in the article “Nuns disarming the world: Two Dominicans with Grand Rapids roots help win Nobel Peace Prize”
BY ESTELLE SLOOTMAKER | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 01, 2018 for Rapid Growth Media
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