An Associate heart is a servant heart – so needed in our world today.
Dominican Associates are non-vowed women and men who desire to practice their Christian faith in the spirit of the Dominican Order of Preachers. More than 150 Associates have made commitment to Associate Life, supporting one another and bringing Dominican values to their family, community, place of worship and workplace.
The mission of Dominican Sisters and Associates of Grand Rapids, in both our personal and professional ministries, is to praise, to bless and to preach the Gospel with integrity, truth and joy. This includes empowering people spiritually, intellectually, socially, materially, and by promoting justice through prayer, study and service.
Dominican Associate Life
Dominican Associates are non-vowed women and men who desire to practice their Christian faith in the spirit of the Dominican Order of Preachers. Associates follow a formation path that includes classes and mentoring by other Associates and Dominican Sisters.
Associates learn to draw on the wisdom and practices of spirituality practiced by Dominicans for more than 800 years. That Dominican heritage holds up liturgical and contemplative Prayer, formal and information Study, concern for community and the Common Life of all peoples.
Associates enjoy a unique and transformative opportunity to engage in fruitful relationships with others who are on journeys of faith and spirituality. They engage in study groups, engage in matters of social justice, and reach out to serve and share blessings of the spirit with others.
Associated with the worldwide Order of Preachers, our Associates preach through their presence — in word and deed. They find joy in sharing the good news of the Gospel in many diverse ways. Like others in the Dominican Family, Associates are empowered by their faith and deepen that faith through Prayer, Study, Community, and Service.
”If you are going to live your life with Christ, one of the great challenges is to forget yourself. We live in a very introverted society, which is always focusing on me, me, me. I think the great challenge, if you are going to be alive, is sometimes the great liberation of forgetting yourself – that’s when you discover in other people their need for your love, and their need for your trust.
Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, OP
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