Nuns and Nones

  • News — Remembering Ardeth Platte, OP

    News — Remembering Ardeth Platte, OP

    October 7, 2020

    Remembering Sister Ardeth Platte, a prophet of peace in a culture of aggression William Critchley-Menor, S.J. October 07, 2020 https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/10/07/remembering-sister-ardeth-platte-prophet-peace-culture-aggression   Some devout Catholic girls grow up to be handmaids, others proud ex-cons by Diane Carmen The Colorado Sun, October 18, 2020  https://coloradosun.com/2020/10/18/nuclear-weapons-catholic-politics-opinion/ When Ardeth Platte was released in 2005 after more than two years […]

  • Nuns & Nones and Sisters & Seekers Inspires Intergenerational Conversations and Action

    Nuns & Nones and Sisters & Seekers Inspires Intergenerational Conversations and Action

    September 13, 2018

    The Nuns and Nones project seeks to bring these two intergenerational groups together in order to explore new forms of community life, help millennials see models for sustainable activism and create an intergenerational network of connections, what the project’s website describes as “an unlikely alliance across communities of spirit.” Different people emphasized different turning points […]

  • Sisters, Millennials Dialogue: Nuns & Nones Gather

    Sisters, Millennials Dialogue: Nuns & Nones Gather

    May 16, 2018

    In April of 2017, a group of Dominican Sisters and Millennials met for the first time at Dominican Center at Marywood in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This began what has become an almost regular every other Sunday night gathering. Nationally, these gatherings are named Nuns & Nones but this local one will go by Sisters & […]