We believe justice begins with every conversation—with the willingness to listen deeply, seek truth, and recognize the dignity of each person.
As vowed women religious and as a Congregation, it is the Gospel and Catholic Social Teaching that call the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids to bear witness to the dignity of every human person.
We embrace our Dominican charism of Veritas (“Truth”) which compels us to search for and preach truth as it impacts the lives of people and planet—to be a voice that focuses attention on the cry of Earth and the cry of the poor.
Dominican prayer, study, community, and service are pillars, guideposts, of how we choose to be present in the world. This means that we pray about, study, contemplate, and dialogue in community about social justice issues of this time and place in the history of the world. It is in this way that we seek Truth, by listening to witness on Earth and listening for God’s voice on our hearts about matters of the world.
Individual responses to the call to justice are very personal. We respect that the ways of justice preaching and teaching are as varied as each Dominican Sister, each Dominican Associate, and all persons.
We see first the common ground of our humanity, and allow our differences only to enrich, and not to disparage. In all of our undertakings, we will notice first and foremost the human person before us. (DSGR Corporate Stance on Racism 1999)]
Change the World with Your Presence
Each one of us is called to be an artisan of peace, by uniting and not dividing, by extinguishing hatred and not holding on to it, by opening paths of dialogue and not by constructing new walls (284), preached Pope Francis in the encyclical Fratelli Tutti.
Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters believe justice begins with every conversation—with the willingness to listen deeply, seek truth, and recognize the dignity of each person. It begins at home and grows through relationships of peace, solidarity, compassionate action, and a commitment to right relationships with one another and all creation.
Start where you are: love your neighbor, honor human dignity, walk the nonviolent way of Jesus, and care for the earth.
We welcome you to walk with us — deepening your commitment to justice, become an artisan of peace.
Our Congregation is aligned with Dominicans around the world through the Dominican Sisters International Confederation (DSIC). Among DSC goals is: to foster a more compassionate world order through the promotion of justice and peace, the integrity of creation and human rights, especially the rights of women…
The DSIC includes Congregations from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin and Central America, and North America.
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