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Join the Challenge: Refuse to Use or Buy Single-Use Plastic Bottles March 8-14
March 3, 2023
The Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids, Michigan are one of many congregations of Catholic Sisters taking up the “Refuse to Use” challenge to abstain from using single-use plastic beverage bottles during Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14, 2023. Learning about the damage caused by plastic pollution. The production of polluting waste is only one part of […]
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Dominican Sisters are Refusing to Use or Buy Single-Use Beverages in Plastic Bottles All Week
March 2, 2023
Join our Care of Earth commitment during Catholic Sisters Week Refuse to Use or Buy single-use beverages in plastic bottles all week. We are teaming up with Catholic Sisters across the country on this one. Together with Dominicans and Catholic Sisters across the country, we have committed to “Refuse to Use” any single-use plastic beverage […]
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Show Catholic Sisters Some Love & Appreciation During Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14
March 2, 2023
Let’s show the Sisters who have taught us, mentored us, and stood by us — lots of love during Catholic Sisters Week! Transformative spirituality is a living, breathing power in our world — Catholic Sisters – through their lives, their ministries — show us love, hope, and possibility through faith. During Catholic Sisters Week, we […]
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Join Dominican Sisters & Associates in Prayer for Ukraine
February 21, 2023
Friday, February 24, 2023, marks one year since the start of the unjust Russian invasion of Ukraine. The war rages on. The Dominican Sisters and Associates of Grand Rapids wish to remember the victims of the war. Those living and deceased. Those cold, hungry, and shocked by the devastation wrought on their country by Russian […]
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Remembering Pat Daly OP… and the Heroes Of Socially Responsible Investment
February 10, 2023
This Op-ed by Cliff Rosenthal was originally published January 3, 2023 in Next City. Next City’s journalism centers marginalized voices while amplifying solutions to the problems that oppress people in cities. At a time when cities face rampant inequality and urgent challenges, Next City’s work as a nonprofit is critical: by spreading real stories and […]
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Funeral Services for Zulema Moret, Dominican Associate
February 1, 2023
Dear Child of God, we keep you in our prayers. Zulema Moret April 13, 1950-January 29, 2023 Funeral Mass Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 10:00 am Cathedral of St. Andrew Remembering Service Thursday February 9, at 7:00 pm (Zoom) Dominican Associate Zulema E. Moret was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She became an Associate […]
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A Prayer for the End of Human Trafficking
January 20, 2023
A Prayer for the End of Human Trafficking As shared by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, N.J. God of freedom, beauty and truthwe believe that your deepest desire,your most powerful energy,is that all creation might know abundant life.We raise our voices in anguished prayerfor our sisters and brothers,women and girls, men […]
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Honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through Service
January 13, 2023
National Day of Service Honors Life & Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. How might you give of your time, talent, and treasure to PRAYER, STUDY, SERVICE, COMMUNITY? The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Jan. 16 is the 28th anniversary of the DAY OF SERVICE that celebrates the civil rights leader’s life […]
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Tools for Growth Towards Inclusion
January 11, 2023
A Reflection by Sr. Rosanne Szocinski OP Today, as a white person, I need to admit that if I am not part of the solution, I am part of the problem. Recognizing that areas of my life may have incurred some blind spots over the years, I had a chance to participate in the Grand […]
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Advent O Antiphons Evening Prayer (Online)
December 15, 2022
Join the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids for Advent O Antiphons Evening Prayer from December 17-23. The O Antiphons are short, Scripture-based Advent prayers from the Middle Ages that are part of the prayer of the Church in the Liturgy of the Hours. Each year, the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids host this beautiful seven-night experience of prayer, song, […]