Archives Department

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  We Honor and Celebrate Women of Vision and Courage

  March 5, 2021

  During this Women’s History Month, we celebrate the women of Archives, the Sisters and friends who help preserve the stories of our lives. And, we celebrate all of the Sisters, all the women, who have inspired through their teaching, their nursing, their ministering, their service. Take time during March, Women’s History Month, to honor and […]

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  “Somewhere in the West” — An Archives Story Map Project

  January 29, 2021

  The Archives Department is excited to share our Story Map entitled “Somewhere in the West: The Historical Geography of the Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters” focusing on our Michigan pioneer predecessors. Story Maps are produced through an online application that combines text and images, and can include maps and other elements, to tell stories in a […]

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  Michael Ellen Carling, OP Announces New Book: Dominican Sisters Grand Rapids: 1877-1915

  December 12, 2019

  In 1985, the McGreal Center at Dominican University called for writers to compile a second volume for their proposed series on the history of Dominicans in the United States. It was aptly named: Dominicans at Home in a Young Nation: 1786-1865. Sr. Michael Ellen Carling responded to that call with a compilation of original sources […]

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  The Legacy Room at Marywood Announces Nativity Scene Exhibit

  December 3, 2019

  The Archives Department of the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids has prepared a collection of Nativity Scenes. The exhibit will be on display until January 14, 2020. The Legacy Room is located on the same floor as Dominican Chapel at Marywood.