The school’s history‚ traditions and in particular‚ Dominican Charism In 1867 a group of brave Dominican sisters took a risk and moved from their beloved home in Ireland to move to Maitland NSW to establish the Dominican foundation in Australia. In 1892 under the request of Cardinal Moran‚ the Dominican sisters purchased two acres of land in Strathfield‚ and Rosary Lodge the building that stood on this land. This land was intended to become a school and a convent. The school was to be called Santa
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It was a day before the dance and I was excited. I was going to the dance with Celia from the Dominican republic. Also Froggy was going he wanted to be the 3rd wheel between us. Today was the day‚ it was the day of the dance I have been waiting for this day all year. I had finally made it to the dance I could tell nobody wanted to dance because everybody was sitting next to the wall. So me and Froggy went to join them. As me Froggy were sitting I had started to worry so I got up and started
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foreigners from around the world. Some also migrate from many Latin countries including Mexico‚ Cuba‚ and the Dominican Republic‚ as mentioned in "Immigrants from the Dominican Republic in the United States" by authors Jeanne Batalova and Chiamaka Nwosu. Hispanics are one of the biggest immigrant groups in America and Dominicans are the fifth-largest Hispanic group throughout the states. The Dominican diaspora‚ the different methods
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in the D.R. The Republic experienced a tortuous process of social and political unrest that naturally unhinged the economic development of the forces native production. These factors of national and international nature‚ derived from the clash between the great industrial powers of the capitalist world‚ which triggered the First World War and clearly explain the true causes-economic‚ political and military that led to the occupation by the United States of Dominican Republic and the establishment
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Constitutional Republic. What is it? How did it shape our current country? What does it have to do with history and the first thirteen colonies? Constitutional Republic for the United States today is very important for our history and ways of government. Not much is known about Constitutional Republic as common knowledge among the people of the states‚ so today I’m here to explain what it means for our government and the country‚ today. First of all‚ what is Constitutional Republic? Could you tell
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The plantain is very important to me and to the Dominican culture. It is part of our identity‚ and it is a staple food of the Dominican Republic. So much so‚ that there is a saying used to express how Dominican someone is. The saying goes‚ “he/she is more Dominican than the plantain.” There is even an old song that uses the plantain as a metaphor. The chorus of the song says‚ “platano maduro no vuelve a verde”‚ which translates to‚ “ripe plantain does not return to being green.” This is saying to
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The Dominican Struggle for Equality In the Dominican Republic‚ Politics have made the largest impact on the rights of the peoples. The leaders of the Dominican‚ the laws and what they enforce is what made the Dominican so poor. A major contributor to the poor people of the DR and the below average rights of all the peoples was the Bloodiest dictator in all of Latino history‚ Raphael Trujillo1. When his regime ruled over the Dominican Republic he seemed to not care at all at all for the lives of
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paternal side‚ they have provided me with a lot of insight to our family history and how we have ended in the United States. On my Dominican side we have not had many family members migrate to the United States until my mother and aunts decided to do so in in the 1970s. Santo Domingo‚ where my mother is originally from is the capital and the largest city in the Dominican Republic (DR). For a while the DR was not heavily populated until the metropolitan area was expanded‚ which increased the population to
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countries‚ but also because there’s one of those characteristics that is specially noticeable: poverty. Values from last year affirm that approximately 32.7% of the population in the country lives under poverty conditions. The causes for such a high percentage are many‚ but there are two main reasons that we’re going to analyze in this essay: the government and society. Government is one of the causes of poverty in Colombia as it is the main organism that should take control of the resources of the
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Geography Argumentative Essay (Poverty) I agree to the statement “Poverty is the main reason for the shortage of food in the less developed countries” to a small extent. Although poverty is one of the main root causes of the shortage of food‚ there are other important and crucial reasons that have to be considered too. Shortage of food means a person consuming a minimum amount of food‚ and it is not enough for them to be healthy and lead an active life. They face malnutrition and one person die
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