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The Adrian Dominican Sisters invite you to contemplate how we as individuals seek truth and how we can improve our media literacy. Reflections will be posted on this page with the most recent at the top.
St. Catherine of Siena said, “Clothe me with yourself, Divine Truth.” We work every day to follow her example as we live out our mission, vision, and enactments. We strive to Seek Truth, Make Peace, and Reverence Life as we are drawn by love to care for each other and our beloved common humanity.
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We asked our Sisters the questions,” How do you personally seek truth?” and “How do you know when you have found truth?” and received these answers.
How do you know when you have found the truth?
As Sisters, Associates, and Partners in Mission, we are constantly working to Seek Truth – but what does that mean? We asked several Sisters the questions, “How do you personally ‘Seek Truth’?” and “How do you know when you have found truth?”. These are their responses.
We asked our Sisters the question, “What does it mean to seek truth?” and this is one of the answers we received.
What does it mean to you to seek truth?
The Four Pillars of Dominican Life are prayer, study, community, and preaching/ministry. These pillars are integrated into every aspect of life for Dominicans and can provide a great framework for approaching the idea of seeking truth.
As Sisters, Associates, and Partners in Mission, we are constantly working to Seek Truth – but what does that mean? We asked several Sisters the question, “What does it mean to seek truth?” These are their responses.
We asked our Sisters the question, “What is Truth?” and this is one of the answers we received. What does truth mean to you?
We asked the question, “What is Truth?” and this is one of the answers we received.
What does truth mean to you?
We asked Sisters the question, “What is Truth?” and this is one of the answers we received.
As Sisters, Associates, and Partners in Mission, we are constantly working to Seek Truth – but what does that mean? We asked several Sisters the question, “What is Truth?” These are their responses.
Truth is the quality of being in agreement with reality or fact. So, how, in a time of constant media input, do we wade through the mountains of information and find truth?
These five questions, from the Young African Leaders Initiative, encourage people to think critically about the media that they consume, create space for formulating opinions, and provide a framework for evaluating credibility within media messages. 1. Who created this message? 2. What techniques are used to attract my attention? 3. How might people understand this message differently? 4. What lifestyles, values, and points of view are represented in, or omitted from, this message? 5. Why was this message published?
Media literacy is the ability to understand, create, and participate with media messages in all mediums by understanding the role of media in society; the ability to assess the influence of those messages on our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, perceptions, beliefs, and health; and the ability to use that media to provide information, send a message, or tell one’s own story in a way that is thoughtful, conscientious, safe, and responsible.
You can find more in-depth information about media literacy at the following links: https://namle.org/resources/media-literacy-defined/ https://medialiteracynow.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MLN-Definitions.pdf https://www.bu.edu/com/articles/media-literacy-skills-important-to-counter-disinformation-survey-says/
On January 9, 2025, Pope Francis spoke about the importance of communication, truth, and common language that would enable people to dialogue, understand one another, and resolve conflicts.
This concept particularly resonates with the Adrian Dominican Sisters' Mission, Vision, and Enactments. Over the next few weeks, we will explore the idea of media literacy: what it means, what it looks like, and how we all can Seek Truth.