February 21, 2022
The move is underway for the Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters as they leave the historic motherhouse opened in 1922. The Sisters’ residences are moving across their front yard to the former Marywood Health Center property at 111 Lakeside Drive. Under the glow of a full moon, on February 14 and 15, 44 Sisters completed the […]
February 20, 2022
February 20, 2022 Was Celebration of Final Mass with Sunday Assembly at Dominican Chapel/Marywood The energy and joy were palpable as the Dominican Sisters welcomed the Sunday Assembly home for a final celebration Mass on February 20. After almost two years of separation because of COVID and with the sale of the Motherhouse building we […]
December 27, 2021
The rain garden located on Lakeside Drive is undergoing maintenance and repair for 2-3 weeks in December 2021 and January 2022. The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids appreciate the use of rain gardens as ecologically responsible techniques to manage rainwater and run off from paved surfaces including the road and nearby parking lot. “For some […]
December 13, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – December 13, 2021 . . . Dominican Center at Marywood, a ministry of the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids, is moving west down the street from the Marywood Campus at 2025 Fulton Street East to the Aquinas College campus at 1700 Fulton Street East. “Come January 3, 2022, Dominican Center Marywood […]
November 12, 2021
My favorite spot at Marywood is the back porch on the north side of the building. Sitting there in a comfortable chair, I have a view of much of the backyard. The pear trees offer beauty in all seasons. The spring blossoms and emerging leaves, the summer fullness of leaf, the fall bronze color, and […]
October 27, 2021
The Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids, working with Instruments of Hope, is excited to announce that the Sister’s grotto on the front lawn of Marywood is now linked to the beautiful paths found in the St. Francis Sculpture Garden for Prayer and Meditation. During the summer, Instruments of Hope with landscape architects and craftsmen redesigned the spatial […]
September 10, 2021
Dear Friends, We are all beginning to feel relief from more than 18 months of isolation and distance from our families, friends, colleagues, worshipping communities, and all who have a role in our lives. Our lives came to a halt from one day to the next. While we maintained ‘social distancing’ from the world around […]
September 2, 2021
Forward in Faith Photo Gallery, part 1 https://www.grdominicans.org/forward-in-faith-toward-a-future-full-of-hope/ Forward in Faith Photo Gallery, part 2 https://www.grdominicans.org/forward-in-faith-photo-gallery-part-2/ Forward in Faith Photo Gallery, part 3 https://www.grdominicans.org/forward-in-faith-photo-gallery-part-3/
September 2, 2021
Enjoy more of the photo gallery from our Sunday, August 29 event at Marywood. View Forward in Faith article and part 1 of the gallery on this link. https://www.grdominicans.org/forward-in-faith-toward-a-future-full-of-hope/ Forward in Faith Photo Gallery, part 3 https://www.grdominicans.org/forward-in-faith-photo-gallery-part-3/
August 31, 2021
“Today you help us say goodbye to this building, an old friend that has helped us do great mission work. We now bless and release it to its new life and new mission.” ~ Sr. Sandra Delgado, O.P. Sunday’s heat and humidity threatened to dampen spirits, but in true Dominican fashion a breeze swept in […]