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Advocating for Peace and Protection of Ukrainian People – Letter to President Biden
October 2, 2023
We Raise Our Voices for Justice October 2, 2023 President Biden, The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids with their Associates and Friends are part of the international Dominican Family, which includes many Sisters and Friars in Ukraine. We have been supportive of their ministries for many years. We were able to maintain contact with them […]
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Let Justice Flow Like a River Prayer Service
October 2, 2023
Saturday morning September 30, Sr Mary Ann Barrett, Lisa Mitchell (Associate Life Director), and Mindy Hills (Director of Dominican Center Marywood and board trustee of St. Francis Sculpture Garden) welcomed the people to the banks of Coldbrook Creek in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sister Mary Ann opened the Season of Creation prayer service with this message: […]
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Remembering Dominican Associate Patricia “Pat” Jennings
October 2, 2023
June 12, 1943 – October 1, 2023 Pat Jennings became an Associate in August of 2014. She graduated from Marywood Academy (High School) and stated that much of her spiritual formation has been from the Dominicans which she is very grateful for. She completed Foundations, two years of Spiritual Companioning and the Spiritual Director Practicum […]
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Favorite Teacher Visit
September 29, 2023
Sr. Monica Meyer had a lovely visit from one of her former second graders. Paul France attended Visitation School in North Dorr and is a retired ophthalmologist living in Byron Center. The two had not seen each other in many many years.
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Let’s Support “Team Carla” and Michigan Parkinson’s Foundation
September 20, 2023
The walk is done, But you can still donate to Team Carla and the Michigan Parkinson’s Foundation! Every year the Michigan Parkinson’s Foundation holds several fund-raising projects. For the Lansing area it is a walk, and this year’s walk is from 9:00 am – Noon on Saturday, September 30 on the campus of MSU. At […]
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Preacher, find your voice.
September 11, 2023
Preacher, find your voice. The world desperately needs us to love, in word and deed. Thus began the homily by Sr. Maureen Geary at Sunday Mass on September 10. As we open our hearts to the season of creation, we embrace this wisdom: “It is our profound conviction that the future of the human family […]
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2023 Season of Creation Prayer: Let Justice and Peace Flow
September 8, 2023
Sustaining Creator God, Help us steward the resources for the use of all people. Bless us as we go forth from this place – to North, East, South, and West….. Preaching with our lives. Across the lands and waters of the world, Let Justice and Peace Flow Rippling through the Great Lakes region, Let Justice […]
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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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Remembering Dominican Associate Rosemary Cary
September 5, 2023
November 4, 1941 – September 3, 2023 Rosemary Cary became an Associate in August of 2011. In her words, “I could not imagine NOT being an Associate as its life and spirit are an integral part of who I am.” The Dominican Sisters have been her teachers, mentors and friends beginning in first grade through […]
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Webinar: Working for Environmental Justice in New Mexico
August 31, 2023
We are called to join the river of justice and peace, to take up climate and ecological justice, and to speak out with and for communities most impacted by climate injustice and the loss of biodiversity. We invite you to consider a study opportunity to listen and learn about a situation of ongoing environmental injustice […]