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Contributing Meaningfully, Serving with Love & Joy for Bethany Christian Services
October 31, 2018
“You are bringing joy to children. We have a lot of children that don’t have hands to hold them or items that comfort them. Thank you, thank you for providing these children with some comfort.” That was the message personally delivered by Rhonda Fitzsimmons, community engagement supervisor for Volunteer Services at Bethany Christian Services. The […]
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A Jubilarian Shares Her Story: Sr. Mary Jo Beckett, OP
October 19, 2018
Sister Mary Jo Beckett’s faith and trust in God has remained steadfast throughout her life. In fact, He has held her up through two near-death experiences. In 1982, she was severely injured in a car accident in which Sr. Rose Patrice O’Donnell was killed. In 1994, it was a brain aneurysm that led to hospitalization, […]
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Sister Inspiration: Nancy Malburg, OP
August 17, 2018
Like so many people, Sister Nancy Malburg was horrified by the news that the children of undocumented migrants and immigrants crossing the border into the United States were being taken away from their parents. “I couldn’t get the children out of my head, I wanted to do something to comfort them,” said Sr. Nancy. That […]
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A Jubilarian Shares Her Story: Sr. Louisa Mogdis, OP
July 13, 2018
I was born in Muskegon Heights, Michigan on March 20, 1928 to Louis and Gazelle (Regel) Mogdis. There were seven children in our family, four boys and three girls, I am the second youngest. My school years were at Edgewood Elementary School in Muskegon through grade 5, Sacred Heart School grades 6-9 and St. Mary’s […]
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A Jubilarian Shares Her Story: Sr. John Therese Kusba, OP
July 6, 2018
The second child of John and Theresa Kusba, Dolores Therese Mary was born June 11, 1928. She had two brothers, one older and one younger. She learned self-defense by joining the boys’ sports. Dolores attended grade school at St. Rita, Saginaw and St. Joseph High School. Her teachers were Grand Rapids Dominicans. Recognizing that God […]
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Services for Sister Ottilia Schaub, OP
June 8, 2018
Sister Ottilia entered eternal life on June 7, 2018 at the age of 92 after 68 years of religious life. We commend Sister Ottilia to your prayers. Remembering Service: Sunday, June 10 at 7:00 pm Dominican Chapel at Marywood Funeral Mass: Monday, June 11 at 11:00 am Dominican Chapel at Marywood Although not one to […]
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Lent & Easter 2018 at Marywood
February 20, 2018
The Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters invite you to pray with us this Lent and Easter Season at Marywood. Here is our full worship schedule. Find a map and directions.
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Sister Inspiration: Mary Ellen McDonald, OP
February 16, 2018
It was 2012 when the Leadership Team of the Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters called Sister Mary Ellen McDonald back to Grand Rapids to begin a new mission: start a Pastoral Care Team at Marywood. She was well-prepared for the task after some 30 years in Pastoral Administration and Ministry at three parishes in the Saginaw […]
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Her Story: Sister Inspiration – Josephine Mary Birchmeier, OP
December 15, 2017
She knits, sews, and cooks and bakes. None of these are easy tasks for a women whose hands can be painfully uncooperative due to Lupus. Yet, what Sister Josephine “Jo” Birchmeier describes as her homemaking ministries continue to be a blessing to our Congregation of Dominican Sisters and to the West Michigan community. Sisters who […]
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Diocese of Grand Rapids Brings Service into Annual “Giving Tuesday” Activities
December 1, 2017
On Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, employees from the Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids spent the afternoon volunteering their time with Grand Rapids area Catholic-Christian organizations and communities. The impetus for the action was Giving Tuesday, which traditionally is an online initiative to increase charitable giving. This year, employees at the Diocese of Grand Rapids decided […]