Nau Mai Haere Mai! The Dominican Sisters Aotearoa New Zealand are pleased to share events planned for March 2017. We choose to be part of a turning towards life, a future we will not see but for which we sow seeds.                                     17th General Chapter      Call We are delighted to introduce Margaret Galiardi OP & Sharon Zayac OP from USA. With huge passion and commitment to human and eco justice they will be facilitating a number of workshops and retreats throughout New Zealand in March 2017.  Margaret has lectured nationally on ecological theology and spirituality, the “New Story and the Christian Story,” and the work of Thomas Berry.  In addition, she has created   numerous original retreats, workshops and lectures in response to expressed needs.  Margaret served as Theological Curriculum Coordinator for the lay leadership training program of the Diocese of Rockville Center, and lived in community with undocumented persons at the Oscar Romero Inn.  She is a trained Spiritual Director and served as the Executive Director of the Spiritual Life Center in West Hartford, Ct. Margaret spent the 2009-2010 year in silence and solitude, living with Trappist Sister-Monks in their monastery on the Lost Coast of Northern California in the Redwood Forest.   Margaret has published two books and holds a number of positions in relation mediation and advocacy. . . Sharon Zayac is a Dominican Sister of Springfield, Illinois. Sharon is the Director of Jubilee Farm, her   congregation’s 111-acre
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