Catholic Sisters Week
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Catholic Sisters Week: Thank You Sisters!
March 12, 2024
I am grateful for the gift of study and reflection! From my time at Aquinas as a student and young employee, there was no performance (or preaching) without preparation. Srs. Diane Dehn, OP, Regina Goeldel, OP, and Rosemary O’Donnell, OP, all made sure of that! As an Associate I learned even more, leaning on Sr. […]
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Catholic Sisters Week: Celebrating Sister Gretchen Sills OP
March 7, 2024
I have deep gratitude for Sister Gretchen Sills. She was my mentor during my year of discernment to become a Dominican Associate. Sister Gretchen is a thoughtful, kind, and wise woman who shares her faith generously with others. My heart is full of her contributions to my spiritual growth. Thank you, Sister Gretchen! ~ Carol […]
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Catholic Sisters Week Food Drive Wrap-Up and Thanks
March 22, 2023
“Celebrating Catholic Sisters Week and the food drive was an adventure. Generosity, kindness, empathy and goodwill made this food drive a fitting celebration of Catholic Sisters. The Sisters volunteered their time and donated food, personal items, baby items and even cat food! The floor of a 9-foot U-Haul van was covered twice with donations. With […]
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Catholic Sisters Week: Remembering Sister Helen Bolger OP
March 11, 2023
I remember Sister Helen Bolger fondly. I received a French major at Aquinas College and she was one of my professors. She encouraged me to do a semester abroad and I traveled to Rennes, France in my sophomore year. I attended the L’Universite de Haute-Bretagne to continue my French classes. I believe that experience shaped […]
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Catholic Sisters Week: Celebrating Sister Doris Faber OP
March 10, 2023
Sister Doris Faber was extremely instrumental in the development in the faith of my wife, Beth, and me. This was at Saint Andrews Parish in Clemson, South Carolina. My wife and I were married less than 10 years at that time and did not have any children… yet. We had recently moved to the area […]
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Catholic Sisters Week: We Found a Place at Your Family Table
March 9, 2023
Thank you Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids for being models of joyful service, Christian kindness, and human love. Because of you and your commitment to inclusiveness, truth, justice, and peace, we the Dominican Associates have found a place at your family table. We continue to stand by you and share in your mission to praise, […]
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Catholic Sisters Week: Thank You Sisters!
March 8, 2023
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” ~ Matthew 6:21 In 2000, I enrolled my son Andy in school at Lake Michigan Academy on the campus of Aquinas College. I could not have imagined where this move would take us in life. Living in Greenville and driving him to Grand […]
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Catholic Sisters Week: Celebrating Sister Ann Walters OP
March 7, 2023
Sister Ann Walters is a Grand Rapids Dominican Sister who, along with Sonja Visser, was my mentor through the Associate development process. She is also my spiritual advisor. One tends to think that Sisters are holier than most people in the world…and they are. But Sister Ann is the kind of Catholic Sister who reminds […]
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Join the Challenge: Refuse to Use or Buy Single-Use Plastic Bottles March 8-14
March 3, 2023
The Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids, Michigan are one of many congregations of Catholic Sisters taking up the “Refuse to Use” challenge to abstain from using single-use plastic beverage bottles during Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14, 2023. Learning about the damage caused by plastic pollution. The production of polluting waste is only one part of […]
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Catholic Sisters Week 2022: We Preach With Our Lives
March 7, 2022
Fifty-two weeks a year women religious stand with the poor and immigrants, teach children, fight injustice, heal the sick, share spirituality, defend life, empower women, defend the planet, promote peace, create community, offer hope … But for one week, the spotlight shines on women religious. Catholic Sisters Week (CSW) is an annual celebration that takes […]