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First female police chief leads Wilmington’s finest

February 15th, 2013 Posted in Education and Careers, Our Diocese Tags: Christine R. Dunning, Padua Academy, St. Ann's Church, St. Thomas the Apostle School, Wilmington Police Department

By Mike Lang

Staff reporter

WILMINGTON – Christine Robinson Dunning made history last month when she was sworn in as Wilmington’s first female police chief, but the lifelong city resident didn’t see her appointment as the breaking of a glass ceiling.

“I know it’s historical, but I know I’m qualified for the job. I just don’t like to use my gender as a base for why I have this position,” Dunning said last week in her office on North Walnut Street.

When she joined the department in October 1986, she had hopes of moving up the ranks, but the chief’s job seemed out of reach when Wilmington Mayor Dennis P. Williams announced during his campaign last year that he would hire someone from outside the city. Read more »

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Maryknoll sisters to celebrate order’s centenary Sunday at St. Ann’s

May 4th, 2012 Posted in Our Diocese Tags: Maryknoll Sisters, Sister Gerri Brake, Sister Mary Reese, St. Ann's Church

By The Dialog

Maryknoll sisters from the Diocese of Wilmington will celebrate their congregation’s 100^th anniversary Sunday, May 6, at the 11:30 a.m. Mass at St. Ann’s Church in Wilmington.

The event will include a talk on the sisters’ work in Tanzania and Panama given by Sister Mary Reese, who was raised in St. Ann’s Parish, and Sister Gerri Brake, director of Maryknoll Sisters Residential Care Facility, who is from Christ Our King Parish in Wilmington.

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