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NEW HAVEN, CT - Albertus Magnus College will award 556 undergraduate and graduate degrees at its 90th commencement exercises Sunday, May 19, at 2pm in front of Rosary Hall, 700 Prospect Street, rain or shine. Among the graduates are two mother/daughter pairs and two sets of sisters. The College will confer honorary degrees of Doctor of Humane Letters upon Ms. Barbara W. DeBaptiste, The Honorable John T. Downey, and Dominican Sister of Peace Doris Regan, OP.

NEW ORLEANS, LA - The Dominican Laity Veritas Chapter held the Rite of Commitment during liturgy on Wednesday, May 8, at the Dominican Sisters of Peace New Orleans Motherhouse. Sr. Mary Daniel, OP, welcomed Darrell Goudeau and Ron Schexnaydre as new members to the Veritas Chapter. A reception was held for all the participants following the Mass.  The Sisters and the Dominican Laity enjoyed the opportunity to share this special event.

DODGE CITY, KS - For the third year, the Dodge City Knights of Columbus have held a breakfast benefitting the Dominican Sisters of Peace. The breakfast is just one way the K of C shows its appreciation for the Dominican Sisters who have taught in the schools, worked in health care, built hospitals, started social services, held positions in the Chancery 0ffice, were parish ministers, and served in other ways within the Diocese. The Dominican Sisters of Peace Great Bend location is the only Motherhouse in the Diocese of Dodge City. The Knights donated more than $1,200 from this year's breakfast to the congregation; 11 Dominican Sisters of Peace were present.

WATERFORD, MI – Lourdes Senior Community, a sponsored ministry of the Dominican Sisters of Peace, is hosting a nine-part series beginning May 16 on how to better understand various behaviors associated with memory loss, dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Joining Lourdes in presenting the series is Mercy Hospice.

The public is invited as experts provide advice on how to cope with afflicted loved ones who are beginning to experience symptoms or have succumbed to these three mental categories. Each one-hour session in the series will be held on Thursdays at 1:30pm at the Mendelson Home on the Lourdes campus, located on Watkins Lake Road, the first entrance off Dixie Highway.