July 25, 2018
Opening Doors to Formation and Transformation In the Dominican tradition, so much of who Sisters are and what we do is based in community. In initial formation, we learn how to be individuals within a community. As a congregation, we learn how to be in community with others around us. In 1985, this reality was […]
July 22, 2018
‘A Call to Align our Justice Mission with Province and Congregational Communicators, Leaders of Laity in a Troubled Time’ The Dominican Justice Promoters of North America, including Grand Rapids Justice Promoter Brigid Clingman, OP, met on June 27 to 29 in Des Plaines, Illinois to renew its mission and direction. Thirty-three participants gathered from California, […]
July 11, 2018
The Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids’ Care of Creation Committee continues to invite us to a challenge ourselves to commit to using less disposable plastic and to reduce single-use plastic. With these actions, we join many communities connected with the Catholic Climate Covenant who throughout the summer are encouraging Catholic communities to engage in projects to save […]
June 14, 2018
On Monday, June 4, 2018, Ardeth Platte, OP and Carol Gilbert, OP accepted an award on behalf of peacemakers around the world. Mary T. Yelenick from the Pax Christi International UN-NGO Delegation presented the award. The message on the award read: Pax Christi Metro New York Gratefully presents the Sister Christine Mulready Peacemaker Award For […]
June 14, 2018
Justice Acts: Gun Violence Awareness and Gun Law Reform On June 1, orange ribbons could be seen all around the Marywood Campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan throughout the day. For a time, Sisters and employees gathered in the Pear Garden to pray, again, for gun violence to end. While we gathered for a day, the […]
June 12, 2018
We recognize, as a moral obligation, the need to protect children fleeing violence or oppression in their homelands. We commit ourselves to act as their advocates in local, national, and international communities. — Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids Corporate Stance on Unaccompanied Children on the Border (2014) In 2014, we pledged our commitment to immigrant children and […]
June 6, 2018
On Earth Day this year, the Catholic Climate Covenant (CCC) challenged Catholics everywhere to reconsider our overuse of SINGLE-USE DISPOSABLE PLASTICS which contribute to what Pope Francis calls “the throwaway culture.” From increasing land and marine pollution to increasing our use of carbon-producing fuels, our reliance on single-use plastics has a devastating impact on God’s […]
June 5, 2018
Earlier this month we had the pleasure of welcoming 70 1st, 3rd, and 5th grade students from St Stephen Catholic School to help clean and pick up around the Marywood campus. As the students went around the campus grounds, they also had a chance to take a stroll through the St Francis of Assisi Sculpture Garden […]
April 20, 2018
Be praised, my Lord, for Sister Earth, our Mother, who nourishes us and sustains us, bringing forth fruits and vegetables of many kinds and flowers of many colours. ~ Canticle of the Sun, St. Francis of Assisi Caring for our common home is the theme of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment. And every April, Aquinas […]
April 20, 2018
Caring for our common home is the theme of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment. And every April, Aquinas College and the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids come together to steward Earth and our common homes in Grand Rapids. In celebration of Earth Day and the Dominican pillars of community and service, the Aquinas College […]