Manhattan College To Host Film Screening of "Band of Sisters"

As part of National Catholic Sisters Week, Manhattan College will present a film screening of Band of Sisters on Wednesday, March 12


at 7 p.m. The much-publicized documentary chronicles U.S. nuns who


became engaged in important social movements in the wake of the Second


Vatican Council and brought the church into the modern world.

Manhattan College’s Campus Ministry and Social Action and the


Visitation Church Social Action Committee are co-sponsoring the event.

For more information about the screening, please contact Conor Reidy, campus minister, at (718) 862-7775 or at conor.reidy@manhattan.edu or Margaret Groarke, associate professor of government, at (718) 862-7943 or at margaret.groarke@manhattan.edu. To learn more about the documentary, please visit bandofsistersmovie.com/ 

The screening of Band of Sisters will begin at 7 p.m. and


doors will open at 6:30 p.m. in the Scala Academy Room in Leo Hall, Room


215. Guests are welcome to park in the parking lot alongside Leo Hall (3825 Corlear Avenue and W. 240th).

This event is free and open to the public.