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D.C.'s AFI Silver Theatre screening sets Band of Sisters record!

April 18 at 9:26 pm

We had a wonderful D.C. area premiere Friday, April 11 at the American Film Institute's Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, MD. We set a record for the largest Band of Sisters audience ever (422 people!) thanks to the help of many groups and friends including the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, NETWORK, WATER, Women's Ordination Conference, Pax Christi, ND Women Connect, Solidarity With Sisters, and LCWR.

Many thanks to the AFI for showing the film. It looks like we will be back in the fall for an encore!

Library Journal verdict: "A poetic tribute to the work of women religious…"

April 6 at 11:27 pm

Library Journal reviews Band of Sisters: "Fishman and those she speaks with here show that giving up the habit did not mean that the sisters gave up their commitment to the work of the church." The reviewer's verdict: "A poetic tribute to the work of women religious who have made a transition to the contemporary world without losing their vision."
Reviewed by Augustine J. Curley, Newark Abbey, NJ, in the April 1, 2014 issue, p. 62.

Saint Anthony Messenger magazine features Director Mary Fishman in cover story

April 2 at 11:30 am

"MARY FISHMAN AND HER BAND OF SISTERS"  
The behind the scenes story of the making of the film.

St. Anthony Messenger is America's best-selling Catholic magazine, published each month by the Franciscan Friars of St. John the Baptist Province, Cincinnati, Ohio. Visit the website at: www.StAnthonyMessenger.org 

PDF of the article provided below, courtesy of St. Anthony Messenger.

National Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14

January 23 at 11:41 pm

The first ever National Catholic Sisters Week will be celebrated this March as part of Women's History Month. St. Catherine University, home of the National Catholic Sisters Initiative, is organizing the celebration, which is intended to "shine a national spotlight on the good works and good will of Catholic sisters."  National Catholic Sisters Week is an opportunity for parishes, schools, and other Catholic institutions to plan events big and small. Join in!  

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"I did exactly what the church asked me--and now, the church is looking at me like, where have you come from...who are you?" says Sister Nancy Sylvester, IHM (Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary), in Band of Sisters about the remarkable transformation of Catholic nuns in the United States since Vatican II of the 1960s, and the reaction of some members of the church hierarchy who oppose their changes. Perhaps more than any other group, U.S. nuns embraced Vatican II's call to serve where there was the greatest need.