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Seeding A Land Legacy
April 18, 2024
“Our 34-acre Marywood Campus has the potential to transform some of its spacious lawns into beautiful woods or a tiny forest. Trees are critical to the overall quality of our environment. They offset development impacts, significantly diminish noise pollution, lower air temperature, remove pollutants from the air, and decrease topsoil erosion. Trees are a critical […]
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Prayer for Earth
April 18, 2024
Prayer for Earth All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your creatures. You embrace with your tenderness all that exists. Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life and beauty. Fill us with peace, that we may live as brothers and sisters, […]
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Stroll through the St. Francis Sculpture Garden this Earth Month
April 12, 2024
As we celebrate the beauty and wonder of our planet in April, take a moment to reconnect with the very essence of Earth itself. Stroll through the St. Francis Sculpture Garden. This path meanders through 11 acres of woodland and Coldbrook Creek also flows through this corner of the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids Marywood Campus. Bronze […]
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Dominican Preaching Network Submits Proposal Recommending Lay Catholic Preaching at Eucharist
April 5, 2024
Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters Barbara Reid, OP, and Megan McElroy, OP, participated in a Dominican Preaching Network preaching Symposium the week of March 11-15 in St. Louis, Missouri at the Aquinas Institute of Theology. “We are very excited about the work we accomplished,” said Sr. Megan McElroy. That work resulted in a proposal to change […]
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Easter Vigil Mass at Marywood
April 1, 2024
“So grateful to join with the Sisters of the Order of Preachers (the Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters) to celebrate the Vigil Mass of Resurrection. I am always at home with your compassionate inclusion, excellent preaching, and joyful praise. There is no Easter Vigil that compares to that which you so carefully plan. You touch our […]
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Easter Blessings ~ “Whoever lives by the truth comes into the light.”
March 28, 2024
Standing at the tomb, the disciples could see only opaquely its full beauty and meaning until they saw the Risen One before them. May Christ in our midst bring us new clarity of vision and hope and understanding during this Easter season. Easter Blessings to you and your loved ones, Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids […]
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Spreading the Spirit of Love — Palm Sunday Lent Week 6
March 21, 2024
Join the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids in reflection during Lent as we recall hymns of praise that lift our hearts. Week 6: Palm Sunday – March 24 COME, RAISE OUR VOICES IN SONG, SPREADING THE SPIRIT OF LOVE. All Glory, Laud, and Honor to you, Redeemer King. We have set our hearts for the […]
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“We are the people your call set apart” — Lent Week 5
March 15, 2024
Join the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids in reflection during Lent as we recall hymns of praise that lift our hearts. Week 5: Sundays of Lent – March 17 COME, RAISE OUR VOICES IN SONG, SPREADING THE SPIRIT OF LOVE. Adoramus Te Christe; we bless you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the […]
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LCWR Presidency Team Meetings in Rome
March 15, 2024
On Friday, March 15, Maureen Geary, OP, traveled to Rome with the full Leadership Conference for Women Religious (LCWR) presidency team. As current president of LCWR, Sr. Maureen accompanied Sue Ernster, FSPA, (president elect) and Rebecca Ann Gemma, OP (past president) and executive director (Carol Zinn, SSJ). This is LCWR’s annual visit and extends from […]
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Catholic Sisters Week: Thank You Sisters!
March 12, 2024
I am grateful for the gift of study and reflection! From my time at Aquinas as a student and young employee, there was no performance (or preaching) without preparation. Srs. Diane Dehn, OP, Regina Goeldel, OP, and Rosemary O’Donnell, OP, all made sure of that! As an Associate I learned even more, leaning on Sr. […]