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Dollars FORE Dominicans Golf Outing May 5
April 8, 2014
Join us for the 7th Annual Dollars FORE Dominicans Golf Outing On Monday, May 5, 2014, the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids will host the Seventh Annual Dollars FORE Dominicans Golf Outing. Read more.
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2014 Jubilarians
April 1, 2014
The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids honor the commitment of our members when a Sister reaches a specific number of years, a jubilee, in her religious life. Jubilees are celebrated at 25, 50, 60, 70, 75, and 80 years a Sister. We also honor the Jubilee years of Sisters who have entered Heaven. We honor […]
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Crossing Cultures: From the Grand River to the Rio Grande
March 26, 2014
Melding cultures has been a lifelong undertaking for our Congregation, especially when delving into the relationship between the Sisters from New Mexico and those from the Midwest and elsewhere. Finding Common Ground From New Mexico, young women did not arrive in Michigan as tourists, but to enter a way of life as Dominicans. They temporarily […]
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Living a Ministry of Prayer Coupled with Action
March 18, 2014
Pray for the Living and the Dead Prayer is a vital part of each Sister’s ministry. Every year when all members of the Congregation gather to affirm their ministry commitments, each Sister also affirms her prayer ministry. These typically reflect something close to her heart and can change annually or remain the same for years. […]
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Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids Fact Sheet – March 2014
March 10, 2014
History of the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids Fact Sheet, March 2014 • The Dominican Order began in thirteenth-century Europe with the vision and work of Dominic de Guzman. Our specific Congregation traces its origin to Holy Cross Convent, a Dominican cloister for women religious in Regensburg, Bavaria in 1246. • In 1853, four cloistered Dominican nuns […]
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Capital Campaign Surpasses Phase 1, $4 Million Goal
March 10, 2014
Through the generous support of friends and community partners, the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids announces the success of the first phase of a capital campaign to support the expansion of the Congregation’s local ministries. Phase I of the Capital Campaign was led by a generous donation of $1M, plus an additional $500,000 challenge match, from the […]
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Dominican Sisters Grand Rapids: Ministering Where We Belong
March 1, 2014
Once, not so very long ago, but before cell phones and GPS, I set out with a friend to circumnavigate the Gaspé Peninsula – a land mass jutting into the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the eastern edge of Quebec, Canada. It was supposed to be a lovely spring vacation; but the Gaspé weather had […]
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Srs. Joan and Joyce Williams in Honduras
January 21, 2014
Ministry Visit with Srs. Joan and Joyce Williams, OP in Honduras, Dec. 2014 Photos and Note from Sr. Joyce Williams, OP I had the opportunity to spend Christmas and New Years in Honduras with Sister Joan and Sister Doris Regan. It was a blessed time for me accompanying Joan and Doris to their places of […]
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Encountering Saint Paul the Difficult with Guest Speaker Fr. Sean Charles Martin
November 7, 2013
It is said that Saint Paul, authored more than 10 letters in the New Testament Letters that bestow a sacred wisdom that continue to challenge us to always seek truth. Fr. Sean Charles Martin invites us to encounter Saint Paul for we find that Paul’s story and preaching reaches deep into life’s questions today. Encountering […]
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Living in a Sustainable Way
November 1, 2013
The Psalmist tells us: The Earth and everything in it is the Lord’s (Psalm 24). We Dominican Sisters pledge to encounter our created world, observing the goodness of creation, treasuring everything as the Lord’s. Won’t you join us in shared regard for God’s blessed Earth? Our current location on Fulton Street, site of our Motherhouse since […]