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    Stella Niagara Centennial ~ 1908 – 2008

A CENTURY OF SERVICE, EDUCATION, AND PEACE

Stella Niagara was built in 1908 as the North American motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity.  Today there are ten provinces and five missions in eleven countries which follow the way of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi, and founder, Mother Magdalen Damen.

 

April 4, 5, 6, 2008 and April 11, 12, 13, 2008

Friday and Saturday 7:30 PM; Sunday Matinee 2:00 PM

Theatre in the Mist Inc. presents “An Enemy of the People”

adaptation by Arthur Miller

Stella Niagara Theater

A drama focusing on environmental issues

 

Saturday April 26, 2008, 3 p.m.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - “Our Environmental Destiny”

Author and Environmental Activist, Mr. Kennedy was named one of Time magazine’s “Heroes for the Planet” for his success in assisting Riverkeeper lead the fight to restore the Hudson River. He serves as senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and president of Waterkeeper Alliance. He is also a clinical professor and supervising attorney at Pace University School of Law’s Environmental Litigation Clinic.

Reservations Required. For information contact 716.754.2193

 

Friday &Saturday, June 27 - 28, 2008: Centennial Alumni Celebration

Former students of the Sisters of St. Francis.

For information contact 716.754.2193

 

Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, 2 p.m. Centennial Closing Liturgy

Celebrant, Most Rev. Edward U. Kmiec, Bishop of Buffalo.

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