Campus Ministry Relationship is at the Heart of Ministry The past year and a half has brought considerable hardship and challenges to many people in the world. Pictured on these pages are just a few ways that Dominican students, and the entire Dominican community, helped those in need and continued to live out the Four Pillars of Dominican Life and the Five Sinsinawa Core Values. Our students built community and served by cleaning parks, preparing prayer services and participating in liturgies. They never faltered in this unique year, as students worked for justice and served those in need, whether family or friend, alumni or neighbor, or even their peers. From studying social issues and coming together in deep prayer, to experiencing retreats and celebrating our faith as individuals and as a community, this year was filled with the Holy Spirit in countless ways.
Service and Study - The Speaker Series
As part of the uKnighted Service program that all students complete throughout their four years at Dominican, sophomores heard from a series of guest speakers who are pillars in the community working on contemporary social issues. Students were then challenged to study the social issues and reflect upon how they can be of service to their community about these issues. Students heard from the following guest speakers: • Pastor James West - Director of The Repairers of the Breach, Milwaukee’s only homeless daytime center • Nate Gilliam - Lead Organizer for the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals • Adam Procell - Partners in Hope, a program that seeks to rebuild homes, lives, and families by developing faith, nurturing hope, and modeling love with persons who have spent time in prison • Ali Jablonsky - Director of Spiritual Care at Tufts Medical Center in Boston • Sean Lybeck-Smoak - Director of Experiential Learning and Career Education at Cardinal Stritch University
Black Lives are Sacred Campus Ministry’s Social Justice Committee hosted Black Lives are Sacred: Public Witness in November. The public witness invited people of all faiths and backgrounds to gather to proclaim the truth, that Black lives are sacred. The witness began with prayer and a keynote address. Dominican senior Natan Fessahaye, and juniors Chante Gayden, Barry Applewhite and Saron Weldemariam led the prayer and address. Black Lives are Sacred is a group of lay Milwaukee Catholics who gather to peacefully proclaim that Black Lives are Sacred.
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Holy Thursday Prayer Service
The school community celebrated Holy Thursday together and prepared for the Holy Triduum with a Holy Thursday prayer service. With a combination of music, poems, speeches and skits, Dominican’s prayer and liturgy team illustrated the healing power of a redemptive spirit and the truth that comes from serving the good of others.
