Justice, Peace, & Care of Earth
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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 Sisters ~ Grand Rapids Elect New Leadership Team, Term Begins July 1, 2024
March 11, 2024
Sister Sandra Delgado, OP, Prioress, formally opened the Congregation’s 55th General Chapter, held March 3 to 10, 2024. On Friday, March 8, 2024, the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids elected their next prioress and leadership team members. The newly elected Leadership Team steps forward to lead the mission and life of the Congregation beginning July […]
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PRAYER FOR CHAPTER FOR DOMINICAN SISTERS~GRAND RAPIDS
February 28, 2024
CHAPTER is the time during which the Congregational business of elections and Constitution review occurs for the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids. Every six years, there is a change in the Leadership Team. A newly elected Leadership Team steps forward to lead the mission and life of the Congregation. Members of the former Leadership Team, […]
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WE RAISE OUR VOICES for Annunciation House in Texas
February 27, 2024
We Raise Our Voices – February 2024 RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS We commit ourselves to encountering and seeking the Holy in ourselves, In each other, in the people of all cultures, lifestyles, and economic status. The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids with our Associates and Friends are committed to the dignity of each human being and […]
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A Call for Peace in the Middle East – A Joint Statement From Archdiocese of Seattle on the Conflict in Israel and Gaza
February 21, 2024
Vowed religious are called to be witnesses to what we see in the world around us. The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids share the concern expressed in this statement and are grateful for the witness of our vowed sisters and brothers in faith. On February 14, the leaders of the women’s religious communities in the […]
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Mission & Ministry Magazine: Thankful for God’s Creation
February 13, 2024
Thankful for God’s Creation “Hardly a week goes by that I don’t hear the question: What is happening at Marywood?” writes Sister Sandra Delgado, Prioress, in this issue of Mission & Ministry Magazine. “And I answer: We are evolving. Aren’t we always? That “state” is inherent in the gift of life. “We soon will welcome […]
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World Day of Consecrated Life: “Call to be a presence of love…”
February 2, 2024
On this World Day of Consecrated Life, we share with you the words of Sister Patricia Murray IBVM and Sister Mary John Kudiyiruppil SSpS from UISG. Sister Pat reminds us of the grace of our vocation and our call to be a presence of love in our hurting world today and Sister Mary John invites […]
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Call for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza by San Diego Cardinal and New Mexico Archbishop
January 17, 2024
The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids commend the Diocese of San Diego and the Archdiocese of Santa Fe for calling for a halt to military action in Gaza… “A humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in Gaza before the eyes of the world. In such a conflict, continuing such warfare is neither just nor tolerable.” NEWS […]