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  • New Book Recognizes Shared History of Grand Rapids and Adrian Dominican Congregations

    New Book Recognizes Shared History of Grand Rapids and Adrian Dominican Congregations

    December 2, 2022

    For the Dominican sisters in the dioceses of Detroit and Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 30, 1894 — the feast of St. Rose of Lima — proved to be a fateful day. Grand Rapids Bishop Henry Joseph Richter chose that date to announce to the Dominicans in his diocese that henceforth they would be an independent […]

  • theWord: Thursday of the First Week of Advent with Megan McElroy OP

    theWord: Thursday of the First Week of Advent with Megan McElroy OP

    December 1, 2022

    Thursday of the First Week of Advent with Megan McElroy OP Reading: Isaiah 26:1-6; Matthew 7: 21, 24-27 December 1, 2022 It sounds so obvious, doesn’t it? Any civil engineer or architect will give the same advice as Jesus – build on solid ground, not on shifting sand. As sound as such advice is, and […]

  • First Sunday of Advent: Come let us climb the Lord’s Mountain

    First Sunday of Advent: Come let us climb the Lord’s Mountain

    November 30, 2022

    First Sunday of Advent – A Homily by Megan McElroy OP Readings: Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24: 37-44 November 27, 2022 “The mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it; many peoples shall come and say, ‘Let […]

  • STATEMENT ON MASS SHOOTING IN COLORADO SPRINGS

    STATEMENT ON MASS SHOOTING IN COLORADO SPRINGS

    November 21, 2022

    IMMEDIATE RELEASE STATEMENT ON MASS SHOOTING IN COLORADO SPRINGS November 21, 2022, Grand Rapids, Michigan – Our hearts are heavy and outraged yet again at another mass shooting resulting in five deaths and multiple injured – this one directed at the LBGTQ+ community in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Saturday evening. We pray for those who were […]

  • A COP Primer

    A COP Primer

    November 8, 2022

    What is COP? The acronym COP stands for the Conference of the Parties, of which there are three: biodiversity*, climate change*, and desertification*. It is the highest-level decision-making forum of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and it serves as an annual gathering for governments to meet and discuss climate change. This […]

  • Digital Pilgrimage for UN Climate Conference COP27

    Digital Pilgrimage for UN Climate Conference COP27

    November 3, 2022

    Digital Pilgrimage for 2022 United Nations (UN) Climate Conference COP27 Click on the daily reflection to pray along with the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids and Dominicans around the world November 7- 19, 2022. COP 27 Introductions COP 27 November 6th Reflection COP 27 COP 27 November 7th Reflections COP 27 November 8th Reflections COP […]

  • Invite to Pray for United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27

    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 […]

  • Catholic Sisters of Michigan Statement Against Divisiveness of Elections

    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 […]

  • Wrenched and Wracked with the Passions of the Beatitudes

    Wrenched and Wracked with the Passions of the Beatitudes

    November 1, 2022

    Homily for the Solemnity of All Saints Hartford Catholic Worker November 1, 2022 Fr. Terrence Moran I’m always a little annoyed by the internet memes that appear on this feast that show a huge crowd of canonized saints who already have their propaganda machines and feast days. Today is not for them. Today is the […]

  • “When Comes the Dawn”   the word    with Megan McElroy OP

    “When Comes the Dawn” the word with Megan McElroy OP

    October 28, 2022

    HOMILY: Feast of Sts. Simon & Jude Readings: Ephesians 2:19-22 and Luke 6:12-16 October 28, 2022 The story is told about a rabbi who asked his students, “When do you know that dawn has arrived?” His students replied, “When you can see the outline of a tree?” “No.” “When you can see the difference between […]