SisterMary Navarre

When I first visited Marywood in 1962, I saw a group of women whose prayer moved me with its beauty. It was clear to me that they cared deeply for one another; and they remembered how to laugh. That’s when I knew I had found my ‘home.’

If one thousand years are as a day in God’s sight, fifty years are as swift as a falling spark of light in a meteor shower. Yet each day of these fifty years, days of joy and sorrow, fill me with gratitude. Teaching and study occupied the early years. Prayer has deepened with the passage of time, study has sweetened and now the ministry of writing fills my days. My love for this community grows with the concentric circles of the expanding family of St. Dominic.

My prayer now is to serve boldly and joyfully until the end of my days on Earth. And when the time comes to return to the stardust from which I came, I pray to gladly greet the Creator of all that is good, to enjoy the company of all whom I have loved, and to begin that last great adventure and first perfect joy.

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Sister Mary Navarre was named director of the Archives Department of the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids in 2014.