Note: Conni Dubick, President of NACAR, attended the ARCAN Conference June 6-7 in Halifax and spoke to conference attendees. Enroute to her home in Ohio she penned this letter and asked that it be shared with all the conference participants.
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| Conni Dubick, OPA, President, North American Conference of Associates and Religious (NACAR) |
Dear ARCAN Friends,
As I sit in the Halifax airport, I am tying to absorb into my soul the hospitality and visitation that was palpable in my visit to Mount Saint Vincent University and an ARCAN conference. I am contemplating the Spirit-filled insightful words shared by many and my broadened understanding of the charism in my Gospel Family. Then, add to that my experience of the amazing granite sculptures by both mother nature and artist William deGarthe at Peggy’s Cove, the sound of Atlantic waves and the lone bagpiper. It was, to use Ilia Delio’s words, an enormous experience of “God’s unimaginable, unruly, creative, spontaneous and unfolding love”. The welcoming embrace of Peg and Carl (Madigan), the ARCAN membership and guests and our Anne, the Redemptorist, touched my heart.
As a result, the first announcement I will be making at our NACAR Board conference call this week will be to sing ARCAN praises! Your regional network of Associates and Religious for the Canadian provinces is a model of regional development. And with your example and participation in NACAR, you will offer energy to our collaborative efforts in North America.
So I have a request that you go to www.nacar.org to check out the NACAR website. The upcoming June issue of THE ASSOCIATE is our latest effort to use our online magazine to both inform and invite the participation of our members. This June issue describes congregational “corporate stances” as yet another way that Sisters and Associates are speaking out on today’s justice issues. NACAR would like to hear from you with information on your congregation’s corporate stances to inform our readers as well as any other Associates news and events.
Please check out the website, consider a congregational and/or individual membership. Because remember the words of Judi, Jane, Ilia and Jesus challenging ARCAN and NACAR to see the power of unity, urgency and imagination!
Blessings for peace,
Conni Dubick, Dominican Associate of Peace,
President of NACAR
and, new best friend of ARCAN
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