CARA Steering Committee Meets
The entire CARA Steering Committee met by phone on Friday, October 25, 2019. Committee members confirmed the roles for 2019-2021:
- Chair - Doris Cardenas
- Vice-Chair - Andrew Rea
- Secretary - Audra Adomenas
- Treasurer - Malachy McCarthy
- Communication Coordinator - Virginia Jung, OSB
2020 Dues are due
Dues remain constant at $10.00 for the membership year which runs January through December. Look forward to receiving a personal email from treasurer, Malachy McCarthy. We encourage you to pay dues at the Fall Meeting which is November 7, 2019 at St. James Commons, 65 E. Huron St., CHicago, IL 1:30-3:30 p.m. Please contact Doris Cardenas to RSVP. Space is limited.
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A new book about an early Chicago historian, Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie is just out. In January, you can attend a book signing at The Seminary Co-op/57th Street Books where local author Ann Durkin Keating will discuss her new book - The World of Juliette Kinzie: Chicago before the Fire. Durkin Keating is a professor of history at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. For more details or to register, visit the website https://www.semcoop.com/event/ann-durkin-keating-world-juliette-kinzie
Another book to look forward to is due to be published by UIC Press in February 2020. Chicago Católico: Making Catholic Parishes Mexican by Deborah E. Kanter. To learn more about how she uses the lens of parish life to study the Mexican-American experience in our city, visit the UIC press webpage https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/95tax2tf9780252042973.html The author is a professor of Latin American and Latino history at Albion College in Albion, Michigan.
Open House Chicago at Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
270 people visited St. Scholastica Monastery in Rogers Park for Open House Chicago on October 19-20, 2019. Many of them visited the exhibit Seven Times a Day Did I Praise Thee: S. Celestine Fischer, OSB (1872-1953) that S. Virginia Jung, OSB prepared using material from the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago Archive. S. Celestine designed the stained glass windows, which portray the liturgy of the hours, for the monastery chapel. The exhibit complemented the architectural tour by presenting S. Celestine's work as an artist, teacher, and novice director in the community.
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| Illuminations, photos, books, and cards tell visitors the story of the prayer and work of Benedictine artist, S. Celestine Fischer, OSB (1872-1953). |
