Dominican Sisters Grand Rapids

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  Sister Inspiration: Elizabeth Amman, OP

  March 23, 2018

  Snow. While many in the world wish it away, Sister Elizabeth Amman loves it. “One of my goals in life is to help people love snow!” she happily says. “We have winter here! It’s a time of year when everybody comes together in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, for fun in the snow and to help […]

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  Sister Inspiration: Bernice Garcia, OP

  March 15, 2018

  Sarah Toppen and Sister Bernice Garcia, OP are walking together on an oral history project for SisterStory. It is an ongoing initiative of National Catholic Sisters Week, a campaign to broaden awareness of Catholic sisters. The following is an introduction to this project by Aquinas College Student Sarah Toppen. From the moment I enter the Dominican Center […]

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  New Leadership and Direction Announced 2018-2024

  March 11, 2018

  With deep gratitude for a blessed Chapter experience, the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids joyfully announce our incoming Leadership Team. Sister Sandra Delgado will serve as the new Prioress of the Congregation. Sister Joan Williams becomes the new Vicaress. Sister Maureen Geary and Sister Megan McElroy will both serve as Councilors. The private announcement ceremony was held on […]

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  Sister Inspiration: Margaret Hillary, OP

  March 9, 2018

  Sister Margaret Hillary, of the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids, Michigan, lives with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana. For the past nine years, she has served as a pastoral counselor and youth minister in a community that was originally Native and is now home to generations of […]

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  Sister Inspiration: Helen Bueche, OP with Marissa Ebels

  March 2, 2018

  Marissa Ebels and Sister Helen Bueche, OP are walking together on an oral history project, SisterStory. It is an ongoing initiative of National Catholic Sisters Week, a campaign to broaden awareness of Catholic sisters. The following is an introduction to this project by Aquinas College Student Marissa Ebels. On January 24th, I was paired with Sister […]

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  Sister Inspiration: Margaret Mary Birchmeier, OP & Lillian Bockheim, OP

  February 23, 2018

  This precious little girl, Megan, was born in Maternidad de Maria in Chimbote, Peru this week. She is the 98,000th baby delivered in the maternity hospital the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids helped start more than 50 years ago. Her birth fell during an auspicious week as the community celebrated and blessed a new building. […]

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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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  Sister Inspiration: Kateri Schrems, OP

  February 9, 2018

  “It is a gift to be called upon and so I approach each person I meet with reverence, honoring all that they are.” That’s how Sister Kateri Schrems characterizes her ministry on the Pastoral Care Team at Marywood Health Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “We are allowed, not just asked, to become a part of […]

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  Sister Inspiration: Jackie Hudson, OP

  February 2, 2018

  What calls a cradle Catholic from a quiet mid-western town to become one of God’s most vocal preachers of peace and justice? This Saginaw, Michigan native taught piano and vocals to youngsters for 25 years. She had the ear and expertise to tune pianos. As a child, she accompanied her mother on marketing trips to local […]