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Dominican Days 2023
August 5, 2023
These days of “Embracing Our Reality and Imagining Our Future” invite us into continued dialogue with one another as we prepare for Chapter 2024. Members of the Dominican Order (Order of Preachers) have been on mission in the United States for more than two centuries. The mission given them by Domingo de Guzman (1170–1221) from […]
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Dominican Days Begins Aug. 2
August 2, 2023
Kicking off Dominican Days 2023, the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids will welcome seven new Associates. The commitment ceremony is at 6:30 pm in Chapel of the Word at Marywood today, Wednesday, August 2. An Associate heart is a servant heart — so needed in our world today. Dominican Associates are non-vowed women and men […]
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Creating Our Future Today
August 2, 2023
About 130 Dominican Sisters from 17 different U.S.-based congregations and an additional 12 on Zoom gathered in Columbus at Ohio Dominican University July 27-30 to pray, converse, and dream around the question “What role can you play in EVOLVING Dominican life and mission to meet the needs of the future?” The group included women from […]
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Funeral Services for Sister Josine Schafer OP
July 31, 2023
Sister Josine Schafer OP entered eternal life on July 31, 2023 at the age of 91 after 71 years of religious life. We commend Sister Josine to your prayers. Evening Prayer with Remembering Service Tuesday, August 1, 7:00 pm Chapel of the Word/Marywood Funeral Mass Wednesday, August 2, 10:00 am Chapel of the Word/Marywood Quiet […]
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Sr. Mary Courtade: Jubilarian 2023 – 75 Years a Sister
July 28, 2023
I praise and thank God for these seventy-five years as a Grand Rapids Dominican. Most of these years I taught elementary students who were a source of energy and joy, and who challenged and enriched me in many ways. I also enjoyed other opportunities to serve in varied ways as being a Eucharistic Minister, visiting […]
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Funeral Services for Sister Marie Celeste Miller OP
July 26, 2023
Sister Marie Celeste Miller OP entered eternal life on July 25, 2023 at the age of 77 after 58 years of religious life. We commend Sister Marie Celeste to your prayers. Evening Prayer with Remembering Service Friday, July 28 at 7:00 pm Chapel of the Word/Marywood Funeral Mass Saturday, July 29 at 10:00 am Chapel […]
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Savoring Daily Discoveries of God’s Presence
July 17, 2023
In the fullness of life, there is no shortage of retreat opportunities; we attend professional, marriage, writing and silent retreats. While retreats differ in purpose and practices, participants are generally expected to intentionally step away from life’s regular rhythms for 1-7 days and immerse in a particularly focused topic or activity. Last fall, desiring a […]
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Sr. Joellen Barkwell: Jubilarian 2023 – 60 Years a Sister
July 15, 2023
Hello and goodbyes have often been difficult. On my 20th birthday of September 8, 1962, I said goodbye to my boyfriend at my front door and left for Marywood by the back door. When my parents dropped me off, they were in tears, and I was in fear. What was going to happen to me […]
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Creation Canticle ~ Love that Splashes
July 7, 2023
Love that Splashes The ocean waves splash against a rock And the stiff rock remains lifeless. You have splashed me with Your Love. I don’t want to be like the lifeless rock. I want to be changed like the spreading sand That is moved with the waves. I want to be like the sand, God. […]
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Sr. Emma Kulhanek: Jubilarian 2023 – 75 Years a Sister
July 1, 2023
Seventy-five years as a Grand Rapids Dominican has been a very exciting and rewarding experience for me. I am the second oldest in my family of three boys and three girls. My parents, Wenz and Emma Nietling Kulhanek, chose Chesaning, Michigan as our home, and there at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School is where […]