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Public Statement Against New Nuclear Bomb Plant Facilities The Leadership Council of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati has joined 78 Catholic, Jewish, Muslim and Protestant groups across the nation to reject the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans to reactivate the U.S. nuclear weapons infrastructure and build new nuclear bomb plant facilities. In a formal letter to the DOE dated April 30, 2008 religious organizations instead called for the United States to end new nuclear weapons production and commit to multilateral disarmament. The centerpiece of the DOE proposal, called Complex Transformation, is a new nuclear weapons facility at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, located 24 miles northwest of Santa Fe, N.M. [Read full article.]

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Queen City Bird Festival On hand for the dedication and blessing of the S. Adele Clifford Bird Observatory located in the St. Theresa courtyard at the Motherhouse on May 3 are Sister Adele’s nieces, S. Brigid Clifford (l), and Ellen Clifford (r). S. Mary Kathryn McFerrin is in the center.

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Queen City Bird Festival Birdwatchers search for migratory species Saturday, May 3 at the Queen City Bird Festival held at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse and the College of Mount St. Joseph.

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