Our Marywood Campus

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  DSGR Laudato Si’ Action Plan

  September 7, 2023

  The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids published our Congregation Laudato Si’ Action Plan in September 2023. Following is an overview of our goals and actions. Use the links at the end of this page to view the full plan. 1) Response to the Cry of the Earth Action 1: Plant 100 trees on the Marywood […]

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  Creation Canticle ~ An August Walk

  August 18, 2023

  An August Walk It was a beautiful sunny day. I walked out the front door of Marywood. Looking up at the bright blue sky, I heard a choir of cheerful sparrows greeting me. Beautiful flowers were growing along the sidewalk. When the sidewalk ended, I stepped on the tar road Walking along under the shade […]

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  Foundation Established to Further Our Legacy of Ministry

  June 22, 2023

  “The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids announce the new Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters Foundation,” says Sandra Delgado, OP, prioress of the congregation of vowed women religious. Since 1877 when Dominican Sisters arrived in Michigan, the Word of God has inspired and called us to respond to the needs of the world through ministry. To further […]

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  Expanding Natural Habitat at Marywood in Grand Rapids, Michigan

  May 31, 2023

  Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids (DSGR) love God’s creation and celebrate, steward, and protect it. We work hard to assure that the Marywood campus – a greenspace in the City of Grand Rapids – continues to provide habitats for wildlife, supports biodiversity, and supports opportunities for ecological spirituality. “Today, May 31, 2023, 21 trees were […]

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  Dominican Sisters are Refusing to Use or Buy Single-Use Beverages in Plastic Bottles All Week

  March 2, 2023

  Join our Care of Earth commitment during Catholic Sisters Week Refuse to Use or Buy single-use beverages in plastic bottles all week. We are teaming up with Catholic Sisters across the country on this one. Together with Dominicans and Catholic Sisters across the country, we have committed to “Refuse to Use” any single-use plastic beverage […]

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  A New Year Message from Prioress Sister Sandra Delgado OP

  January 4, 2023

  Looking back and forward, I can’t help but think of Ephesians 4:7: “But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.” (NAB) These past three years have not been easy years and yet our employees continue to offer gifts beyond measure. As a leadership team, we have observed and […]

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  Invite to Pray for United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27

  November 3, 2022

  Please join us in prayer for a successful and positive outcome of the United Nations Climate Change Conference November 6 – 18. Commonly referred to as COP27, this 2022 conference is being held in Egypt, in the city of Sharm El Sheikh, November 6 to 18. “Sharm El Sheikh is Egyptian for the city of […]

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  Catholic Sisters of Michigan Statement Against Divisiveness of Elections

  November 3, 2022

  IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Statement of Leaders of Catholic Sisters of Michigan   November 3, 2022, Grand Rapids, Michigan – The elected leadership of six congregations of Catholic Sisters in Michigan issued the following statement, addressing the divisiveness of national elections.   We decry the violent divisiveness that is characterizing our upcoming national elections, threatening the […]

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  Tree Planting at Marywood with Friends of Grand Rapids Parks and Dominican Sisters

  November 2, 2022

  Saturday, October 29 was the first of several planting session with Friends of Grand Rapids Parks. With a 34-acre Campus at the corner of Fulton Street and Lakeside Drive in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids  have the potential to transform some of our spacious lawns into beautiful stands of trees. While […]

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  Relevant Awareness – Pope Francis’ Journey to Canada

  August 5, 2022

  During the week of July 24-30, 2022, Pope Francis made a penitential journey to apologize to the Indigenous Peoples of Canada for the Church’s part in colonial assimilation, removal from families, and cultural abuses carried out in government funded residential schools operated by Religious Congregations. In the Pope’s words: “I am sorry. I ask forgiveness […]