Sister Ministry & Stories

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  Tim Ziegler in Peru on Faith-based Personal Mission

  January 19, 2015

  A Catholic Priest and Sisters were sent to Chimbote Peru over fifty years ago to teach. Although they never stopped teaching, they saw Christ in the human suffering of mothers, dying babies, and the families around them; they have met the health needs of the poorest of the poor in Chimbote ever since. Father/Monsignor Jules Roos of […]

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  Meet a young woman leader from Aquinas College

  January 15, 2015

  We are proud to be a source of faith, knowledge and inspiration for Aquinas College. As founders of Aquinas College, what a blessing for the Dominican Sisters to be the legacy holders of a way of thinking and praying that bless generations of new thought leaders like Aquinas Student Mary Schomisch who was named Student […]

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  Sr. Jarrett DeWyse Honored: 2014 YWCA Tribute Award

  November 6, 2014

  Cheers from Sister Jarrett DeWyse’s friends and family filled the air as she stepped up to the podium to accept the YWCA Tribute Advocacy Award for her work advocating for justice for people who are homeless during her career and in her current position as Director of Housing Development at Dwelling Place of Grand Rapids. […]

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  Bridge of Love and Hope In Chimbote, Peru

  November 6, 2014

  Sisters Margaret Mary Birchmeier and Lillian Bockheim serve as part of the “bridge of love and hope” in one of the poorest communities in South America. They have lived in the community of Chimbote since the 1960s building a ministry that includes a maternity hospital, pre-natal education, and well-baby clinics. For the past 50 years, […]

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  Sr. Robert Ann Retired from Catholic Central Fall 2014

  October 21, 2014

  The Dominican Influence — Honoring the Legacy: Sister Robert Ann Erno Since 1906, the Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters have helped form the lives and instill Catholic character and values in tens of thousands of Catholic Central students. Everybody whose lives have been touched by the Sisters’ 100+ year history of reaching here understand how they […]

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  ArtPrize: Sculpture by Sister Lucianne Siers, OP

  October 1, 2014

  Put Cathedral Square on your must-see list at ArtPrize this year. Don’t miss viewing this beautiful sculpture by Lucianne. The piece is sculpted of Michigan Alabaster. Artist Description: This sculpture was originally done in memory of my mother, Evangeline. She was always upbeat and lived her life fully. There was a part of her that […]

• Sr. Jarrett DeWyse Receives Tribute Award

  September 25, 2014

  This week the YWCA announced its 2014 Tribute Award Winners. Dominican Sister Jarrett DeWyse received the ADVOCACY award. YWCA Tribute Award honorees are selected within a number of areas for their extraordinary efforts to strengthen our community. ADVOCACY Sister Jarrett DeWyse Director of Housing Development, Dwelling Place of Grand Rapids STUDENT HONOREE & YWCA JUDY […]

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  Aquinas College Expands Foundation; Maureen Geary OP Board Trustee

  August 12, 2014

  Aquinas College, founded by the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids, announced the expansion of the Aquinas College Foundation. As of August, 12 2014, the College Advancement office will transition to its new identity as the Aquinas College Foundation office to support the work of the Foundation. Staff offices will remain in Holmdene. The mission of the Foundation […]

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  Sr. Barbara Reid, OP, Named President of the Catholic Bible Association of America 2014-2015

  July 31, 2014

  Grand Rapids Dominican Sister and one of our favorite Aquinas College graduates, Sr. Barbara E. Reid, OP, has been named the President of the Catholic Biblical Association of America (CBA) for 2014-2015. Sr. Barbara Reid currently serves as Vice President and Academic Dean of Chicago’s Catholic Theological Union (CTU). The CBA was founded in 1936 and […]

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  Mlive’s Charles Honey Held Up Sr. Sue During Chemo Treatment

  July 31, 2014

  “I do not hold her up here as a model of how to do cancer. No way is more correct than another: laughing, singing, raging, crying, despairing, believing. All may pour through the same person in the course of a day. What Sister Sue gave me was a glimpse of the tough human spirit and […]