Keynote Presentation: Founders Week

Dominican University’s Founders Day Keynote Speaker:
Sister Arlene Flaherty, O.P., Director School Sister of Notre Dame

Sister Arlene Flaherty OP is a Dominican Sister of Blauvelt, NY and is Director of the Office of Justice and Peace and Integrity of creation for the Atlantic Midwest Province of the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Since entering the Blauvelt Dominicans in 1977, Sister Arlene’s ministry has been at the intersection of theology, spirituality, and justice. She is a teacher, workshop leader, justice animator, and group facilitator.

For the past year Sister Arlene has been teaching Theology and Spirituality in an Evolutionary Context at An Tairseach, the Dominican Organic Farm and Ecology Center in County Wicklow, Ireland.

Founders Week is the annual celebration of the University’s heritage and the Dominican Sisters who established it.
We celebrate this year in the Spirit of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati