Three Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters vs. nuclear armaments in the Documentary Film :

“Conviction”

7 p.m., Tuesday Sept. 30

Herrick Library, Holland

In 2002 Dominican Sisters Carol Gilbert, Ardeth Platte and Jackie Hudson carried out a bold symbolic protest at a nuclear weapon site in Colorado. Their arrest, court trial and sentencing was covered nationally and internationally. Their goal --bringing attention to the on-going active deployment of nuclear weapons by the U.S. -- succeeded, if press coverage is any indication.

NOW YOU CAN SEE THE FILM documenting their action, with reflection on it by Christians, site observers, the prosecuting attorney and others.
Were the sisters ethically heroic? Or was their action a mistaken attack on national security?

Sr. Bridget Clingman, pastoral associate at Our Lady of the Lake in Holland, and ethicist Sara Leeland, PhD, will open the discussion with remarks from a Christian and an ethical point of view. Discussion follows.