ADVISORY/Author Maria Harris to Address Sisters of St. Joseph At National Event, Sound the Trumpets.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for June 25 (Sunday) ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2000 On Sunday, June 25th, Dr. Maria Harris, author of Jubilee Time, and Dance of the Spirit, will deliver the keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. to more than 1500 members of the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph
The Sisters of St. Joseph are a Roman Catholic order of women founded in Le Puy, France. . The Sisters will gather in St. Louis for their national Jubilee event, "Sound the Trumpets" as they commemorate the 350th anniversary since their common foundation in France. During Dr. Harris' presentation, "Coming Home to Jubilee," she will explore the Biblical idea of Jubilee, as well as offer reflections and challenges for becoming "Jubilee people." "This is a homecoming for the Sisters of St. Joseph," explained Dr. Harris. "When a Jubilee year is proclaimed, it is the commandment to return to one's place and one's people. It is the oldest tradition of Jubilee. So, they are returning to St. Louis, which is the first home for many of the Sisters in the United States. It is a grand opportunity for us to remember models, mentors and martyrs in the Sisters of St. Joseph's history." In addition to writing and speaking, Dr. Harris is a National Consultant in Religious Education and Visiting Professor of Religious Education at New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the . She serves on the Advisory Boards of Cormaria Retreat House in Sag Harbor, New York This article is about the village in New York. For the James Herne play, see Sag Harbor (play). Sag Harbor is a village in Suffolk County, New York, United States, shared by the towns of East Hampton and Southampton. and of Facing History and Ourselves. She has been a faculty member at Fordham University, and has held both the Howard Chair in Religious Education at Andover Newton Theological School Andover Newton Theological School, located in Newton, Massachusetts, is the oldest graduate school of theology in the United States. It maintains covenantal ties with the American Baptist Churches USA and the United Church of Christ. and the Tuohy Chair in Interreligious Studies at John Carroll University The university is organized into three schools including two undergraduate colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences and the Boler School of Business, and one graduate school, each defining its own academic programs under the auspices of the Academic Vice President. in Cleveland. She has been an editor and a diocesan staff member for Religious Education in Rockville Centre, New York Rockville Centre is a village located in New York's Nassau County in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 24,568. The Village of Rockville Centre is inside the southwest part of the Town of Hempstead. . She has published 85 articles and 13 books. Maria divides her time between New York's Greenwich Village and Montauk, Long Island, where she lives with her husband, author and teacher Gabriel Moran. For more information on Dr. Maria Harris, the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, and the "Sound the Trumpets" Federation Event, visit www.soundthetrumpets.org or contact Sister Barbara Dreher at (314) 481-8800. |
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