Nun takes Dominican order's justice, peace concerns to United Nations

Published: 2008-02-28

ADRIAN, Mich. (CNS) -- Dominican sisters and friars throughout the world are able to make their justice and peace concerns known in the international community through Dominican Sister Eileen Gannon, the main representative of the Dominican Leadership Conference to the United Nations. From offices just a couple of blocks from the United Nations' headquarters in New York City, the Dominicans are among the nongovernmental organizations, or NGOs, that maintain a presence at the world body, expressing positions and offering input on policy proposals. Sister Gannon meets with U.N. Secretariat staff and makes presentations to gatherings of member nations' representatives and also to other NGOs. The leadership conference, based in Forest Park, Ill., is the networking organization for elected leaders of Dominican congregations and provinces in the United States. It serves 29 congregations of sisters and four provinces of men, representing about 6,000 Dominican men and women.

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