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Ukrainian Genocide

Live News Coverage Shows Genocide at the Hands of Putin’s Army 

By Joseph Kilikevice O.P. / March 7, 2022

Friends of Shem Center, I include here this recent letter my Chicago Dominican province received from the Vicar Provincial in Ukraine that gives a moving account of what they are experiencing there. Live news coverage clearly shows the crime of genocide at the hands of Putin’s army. Civilians, many of them children are being killed.…

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Ukrainian Sacred Music

Sacred Music From Ukraine

By Joseph Kilikevice O.P. / March 3, 2022

Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus from the Album “Golden Echoes of Kyiv – Divine Liturgy.” Translation: It is finished. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the one who is thirsty I will give a drink without cost, from the spring of the water of life. — Revelations 21:16

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Zelensky

Zelenskyy says Russia should be considered ‘terrorist state’ after Kharkiv attack

By Joseph Kilikevice O.P. / March 1, 2022

Zelenskyy called on “all countries of the world to immediately and effectively respond to this crime of the aggressor’s tactics and to declare that Russia is committing state terrorism. We demand full responsibility for terrorists in international courts. “

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A Prayer For Ukraine

A Prayer For Ukraine

By Joseph Kilikevice O.P. / February 28, 2022

God of mystery, who is ever beyond us — For years now we have faced with courage, with exhaustion, with despair, a common invisible enemy. And while it has been plenty hard, our brothers and sisters in Ukraine now add to that fight a very real, very visible one. An enemy with a name, with a face, with an agenda which goes against the very essence of our shared humanity.

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Saturday Night Live Ukraine Cold Open

Ukraine, A People of Faith and Courage

By Joseph Kilikevice O.P. / February 28, 2022

Music rooted in an ethnic culture offers a poignancy that touches hearts. Overlay today’s news of the invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin and we can feel the peoples’ ongoing struggle for freedom and independence. We need not know their language to be touched by the spirit that comes through their music.

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Dominicans In Ukraine

The Dominican Order in Ukraine

By Joseph Kilikevice O.P. / February 23, 2022

As a member of the Dominican Order I have some concern for my brothers and sisters in Ukraine. Having received this letter from my Dominican Provincial Office in Chicago, I am bringing your attention to the bond I have with them. Please view the web site that is posted at the end of the letter to get a sense of their presence in Ukraine.

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Timothy Schmalz, Artist

Artist Timothy Schmalz Spotlights Sisters’ Work Fighting Human Trafficking

By Joseph Kilikevice O.P. / February 10, 2022

Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz is hoping his new sculpture will help put a spotlight on an issue he believes too many individuals and governments would prefer to look away from. And on Sunday, Feb. 6, the pope offered his blessing — both to the sculpture and to the religious sisters on the front lines leading the fight against human trafficking.

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Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh, 1926-2022

By Joseph Kilikevice O.P. / January 24, 2022

The International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism announces that our beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away peacefully at Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế, Vietnam, at 00:00hrs on 22nd January, 2022, at the age of 95.

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Dirk Ficca, 1955-2021

Rev. Dirk Ficca, 1955-2021

By Joseph Kilikevice O.P. / January 5, 2022

Dirk Ficca died on December 21, 2021 at age 66. He was the executive director of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), and moderator of Chicago Presbytery’s Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations.

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Wild Wisdom

Thinking and Feeling from Within Nature

By Joseph Kilikevice O.P. / August 18, 2021

By Neil Douglas-Klotz
With the recent report by the UN climate panel, it becomes more urgent than ever to change our consciousness of nature and our activity within it. Arguably, the source of all of our current challenges lies in our inability to do this.

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