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Season of Creation 2023
August 31, 2023
Prepare for the Season of Creation 2023 The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together. During the Season of Creation, we join our sisters and brothers in the ecumenical family around the globe in prayer and action for our common […]
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2023 Dollars FORE Dominicans Golf Outing
August 29, 2023
Unbelievable day, unbelievable friends! We are truly blessed! Once again, we were overwhelmed by the support from this generous community! Our 16th annual Dollars FORE Dominicans golf outing on Monday, August 21, was another resounding success on all fronts, including our ability to engage with long-time friends of the Sisters and meet new players […]
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Sr. Michael Ellen Carling: Jubilarian 2023 – 70 Years a Sister
August 25, 2023
Three Promises to Keep I dreamt a vow last night and its name was Poverty – frightening in its austerity until I woke to Plenitude I dreamt a vow last night and its name was Chastity – frightening in its solitude until I awoke to Love I dreamt a vow last night and its name […]
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“If the Lord is with us, then why has all this happened to us?”
August 21, 2023
HOMILY: Tuesday of 20th Week of Year in Ordinary Time Readings: Judges 6:11-24a; Psalm 85; Matthew 19:23-30 August 22, 2023 Coming with Hope Listen to this preaching Coming With Hope Ever ancient, ever new is the question of Gideon, “If the Lord is with us, then why has all this happened to us?” The Israelites […]
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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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Sr. Anne Breitag: Jubilarian 2023 – 60 Years a Sister
August 10, 2023
Blessed in a beautiful family. Blessed to have been educated by Grand Rapids Dominicans at SS Peter and Paul School in Saginaw. Blessed to have joined the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids in 1962. Blessed with education from Aquinas, Central Michigan University, and St. Mary’s and Covenant HealthCare. Blessed to have served as a teacher […]
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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 […]