Events & Celebrations
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2023 Season of Creation Prayer: Let Justice and Peace Flow
September 8, 2023
Sustaining Creator God, Help us steward the resources for the use of all people. Bless us as we go forth from this place – to North, East, South, and West….. Preaching with our lives. Across the lands and waters of the world, Let Justice and Peace Flow Rippling through the Great Lakes region, Let Justice […]
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Remembering Dominican Associate Rosemary Cary
September 5, 2023
November 4, 1941 – September 3, 2023 Rosemary Cary became an Associate in August of 2011. In her words, “I could not imagine NOT being an Associate as its life and spirit are an integral part of who I am.” The Dominican Sisters have been her teachers, mentors and friends beginning in first grade through […]
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Webinar: Working for Environmental Justice in New Mexico
August 31, 2023
We are called to join the river of justice and peace, to take up climate and ecological justice, and to speak out with and for communities most impacted by climate injustice and the loss of biodiversity. We invite you to consider a study opportunity to listen and learn about a situation of ongoing environmental injustice […]
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2023 Dollars FORE Dominicans Golf Outing
August 29, 2023
Unbelievable day, unbelievable friends! We are truly blessed! Once again, we were overwhelmed by the support from this generous community! Our 16th annual Dollars FORE Dominicans golf outing on Monday, August 21, was another resounding success on all fronts, including our ability to engage with long-time friends of the Sisters and meet new players […]
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Sr. Michael Ellen Carling: Jubilarian 2023 – 70 Years a Sister
August 25, 2023
Three Promises to Keep I dreamt a vow last night and its name was Poverty – frightening in its austerity until I woke to Plenitude I dreamt a vow last night and its name was Chastity – frightening in its solitude until I awoke to Love I dreamt a vow last night and its name […]
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Sr. Anne Breitag: Jubilarian 2023 – 60 Years a Sister
August 10, 2023
Blessed in a beautiful family. Blessed to have been educated by Grand Rapids Dominicans at SS Peter and Paul School in Saginaw. Blessed to have joined the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids in 1962. Blessed with education from Aquinas, Central Michigan University, and St. Mary’s and Covenant HealthCare. Blessed to have served as a teacher […]
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Dominican Days 2023
August 5, 2023
These days of “Embracing Our Reality and Imagining Our Future” invite us into continued dialogue with one another as we prepare for Chapter 2024. Members of the Dominican Order (Order of Preachers) have been on mission in the United States for more than two centuries. The mission given them by Domingo de Guzman (1170–1221) from […]
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Creating Our Future Today
August 2, 2023
About 130 Dominican Sisters from 17 different U.S.-based congregations and an additional 12 on Zoom gathered in Columbus at Ohio Dominican University July 27-30 to pray, converse, and dream around the question “What role can you play in EVOLVING Dominican life and mission to meet the needs of the future?” The group included women from […]
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Funeral Services for Sister Josine Schafer OP
July 31, 2023
Sister Josine Schafer OP entered eternal life on July 31, 2023 at the age of 91 after 71 years of religious life. We commend Sister Josine to your prayers. Evening Prayer with Remembering Service Tuesday, August 1, 7:00 pm Chapel of the Word/Marywood Funeral Mass Wednesday, August 2, 10:00 am Chapel of the Word/Marywood Quiet […]
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Sr. Mary Courtade: Jubilarian 2023 – 75 Years a Sister
July 28, 2023
I praise and thank God for these seventy-five years as a Grand Rapids Dominican. Most of these years I taught elementary students who were a source of energy and joy, and who challenged and enriched me in many ways. I also enjoyed other opportunities to serve in varied ways as being a Eucharistic Minister, visiting […]