Justice: Prayer, Study, Service

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  Dominican Call to Justice

  April 9, 2018

  On Saturday, April 21, Sister Brigid will host her newest Dominican Call to Justice Saturday program. Topic: Dominican Sisters Grand Rapids Direction Statements and Corporate Stances Enlivened and Embodied We will explore the lives and direction given by Dominicans across the centuries responding to the justice issues encounter by them. Many of these issues remain […]

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  Sisters Disarming the World

  February 2, 2018

  “We don’t have money for college. We don’t have money for daycare centers, or healthcare,” says Sister Carol Gilbert. “The US is seeing the effect of that money being spent on something that can never be used.” Sister Carol Gilbert, OP and Sister Ardeth Platte, OP, Michigan natives visiting Marywood from Washington DC, presented “A […]

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  Justice Prayers & Reflection: Human Trafficking

  December 27, 2017

  January is National Human Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids have long supported state and local initiatives to combat human trafficking. Based upon our commitment to promote the call of Gospel justice and help guide the study of and advocacy for human rights and climate justice in our world […]

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  Our DSGR Care of Earth Commitment

  December 26, 2017

  Our Congregation follows Direction Statements and sets priorities that guide our prayerful preaching to raise awareness and focus ministry activities — and we always strive to address injustice in a spirit of respect, compassion, and solidarity. Our Care of Earth Commitment “We commit ourselves to foster the contemplative stance that all the earth is sacred […]

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  Human Trafficking Exposed 2018

  December 21, 2017

  The Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids are called to expose the truth about modern-day slavery and advocate for substantive laws that protect victims and hold accountable all who facilitate and enable human trafficking. We cannot stay silent when so many are in pain. There is a sociological and economic truth of the deplorable worldwide industry in human […]

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  Dominican Study: Response to The French Revolution with Brigid Clingman, OP

  December 7, 2017

  On Saturday,  January 20, 2018, join Sister Brigid Clingman, OP for The French Revolution: “Does the Church know where the people are?” In these monthly discussions: Call to Justice Dominican Responses Through the Ages, Sr. Brigid Clingman will guide us in exploring the lives and direction given by Dominicans across the centuries responding to the justice issues […]

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  Webinar with Donald Kerwin: Catholic Teaching on Migrants, Refugees, and Newcomers

  December 5, 2017

  Join us at Marywood in Grand Rapids, Michigan for this WEBINAR: A Catholic Response to Exclusionary Nationalism, the Global Crisis in Refugee Protection, and Recent Developments in US Immigration Policy.  This webinar by Donald Kerwin, executive director for the Center for Migration Studies (CMS), will be devoted to a discussion of Catholic teaching on migrants, […]

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  Her Story: Sister Inspiration – Kathy Przybylski, OP

  December 1, 2017

  The Book Store at Dominican Center is a sacred corner on the Marywood Campus in Grand Rapids. Book titles call out to the curious and the seeking: Heaven Starts Now, Becoming a Saint, day by day; The Church of Mercy; Dementia: Living in the Memories of God; A Field Guide to Nature as Spiritual Practice; […]

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  Crossing Borders: Migration Theology Program Series

  November 14, 2017

  Immigration is one of the most critical and controversial issues of our day, affecting not only our own country, but countries around the world. For this series, Dominican Center at Marywood’s Director Margarita Solis-Deal collaborated with  JustFaith to deliver this program series to help women and men of West Michigan explore migration theology. On Monday […]

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  Dominican Study: Response to Genocide in the New World with Brigid Clingman, OP

  November 7, 2017

  On Saturday,  November 18, join Sister Brigid Clingman, OP for another program in the series entitled Call to Justice Dominican Responses Through the Ages.  The November 18 program is Genocide in the New World: “I am a voice crying in the wilderness!” In these monthly discussionsm, Sr. Brigid Clingman will guide us in exploring the lives […]