Events & Celebrations
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Sr. Mary Ann Barrett Jubilarian 2023 – 60 Years a Sister
November 3, 2023
I embark on my 60th Jubilee celebration with Great Thanksgiving. It is my family, my Community members, my friends – even students and strangers – who have been “sent” into my life to deepen in me a love of God and the Word of God. Happily, I listened to most of their wisdom and heard […]
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Sr. Donna Jean Thelen Jubilarian 2023 – 70 Years a Sister
October 13, 2023
Seventy years seems like a long time to be committed to a ministry of service to others, but that is what I have been privileged as a Grand Rapids Dominican to do. My mother was a teacher and used to tell interesting stories of her years as a teacher; and my own experience of having […]
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Sr. Marie Carla Moeggenborg Jubilarian 2023 – 60 Years a Sister
October 6, 2023
As I reflect on 60 years of Dominican life, I am amazed how these six words have guided me… I was born in Bay City, the daughter of Carl and Agnes Moeggenborg. The family eventually moved to rural Shepherd. There we lived among aunts, uncles, and cousins. In due time, our family welcomed additional children […]
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theWord OP — Rebuild My House — Synod Opens Today
October 4, 2023
Rebuild My House In today’s first reading, we hear of Nehemiah’s deep sadness at the destruction of his homeland during the Babylonian exile. He pleaded with King Artaxerxes, whom he served, to return to Judah in order to rebuild it. Permission granted, he not only rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem but also tended to moral […]
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Bishop Walkowiak Visits with Dominican Sisters~ Grand Rapids
October 3, 2023
It was so good to be able to welcome Bishop Walkowiak to campus for the first time since before the COVID pandemic shutdown. On Monday, October 2, we began the day with Mass in St. Catherine of Siena Chapel at Aquinata Hall, followed by the Bishop visiting with the Sisters in the first floor community […]
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Experiential Prayer Retreat (In-Person & Online)
October 2, 2023
Experiential Prayer Retreat with Sr. Diane Zerfas, OP and Fr. Paul Colloton, OSFSOPA — Saturday, November 4, 2023 10:00 am to 3:00 pm — Cathedral Square 360 Division Ave S, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Associates, Sisters, Former Members, Friends, Do you feel your prayer life is becoming dry? How do you live a prayerful […]
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Let Justice Flow Like a River Prayer Service
October 2, 2023
Saturday morning September 30, Sr Mary Ann Barrett, Lisa Mitchell (Associate Life Director), and Mindy Hills (Director of Dominican Center Marywood and board trustee of St. Francis Sculpture Garden) welcomed the people to the banks of Coldbrook Creek in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sister Mary Ann opened the Season of Creation prayer service with this message: […]
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Favorite Teacher Visit
September 29, 2023
Sr. Monica Meyer had a lovely visit from one of her former second graders. Paul France attended Visitation School in North Dorr and is a retired ophthalmologist living in Byron Center. The two had not seen each other in many many years.
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Let’s Support “Team Carla” and Michigan Parkinson’s Foundation
September 20, 2023
The walk is done, But you can still donate to Team Carla and the Michigan Parkinson’s Foundation! Every year the Michigan Parkinson’s Foundation holds several fund-raising projects. For the Lansing area it is a walk, and this year’s walk is from 9:00 am – Noon on Saturday, September 30 on the campus of MSU. At […]
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Preacher, find your voice.
September 11, 2023
Preacher, find your voice. The world desperately needs us to love, in word and deed. Thus began the homily by Sr. Maureen Geary at Sunday Mass on September 10. As we open our hearts to the season of creation, we embrace this wisdom: “It is our profound conviction that the future of the human family […]