Dominican Sisters
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Services for Sister Bernadette Mooney, OP
September 12, 2018
Sister Bernadette Mooney entered eternal life on September 10, 2018 at the age of 85 after 66 years of religious life. We commend Sister Bernadette to your prayers. Remembering Service: Sunday, September 16 at 7:00 pm Dominican Chapel at Marywood Funeral Mass: Monday, September 17 at 11:00 am Dominican Chapel at Marywood Bernadette was enterprising, […]
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Sister Inspiration: Marie Michael Jacobs, OP
September 7, 2018
Sister Marie Michael Jacobs once wanted to be a missionary nurse, improving the lot of others in far-off lands. It was the grace of God, she figures, that led her to another sort of mission in the heart of Grand Rapids: administering education to the children of St. Andrew’s School. In her 18th year at […]
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Services for Sister Marie Michael Jacobs, OP
September 6, 2018
Sister Marie Michael Jacobs entered eternal life on September 5, 2018 at the age of 88 after 69 years of religious life. We commend Sister Marie Michael to your prayers. Remembering Service: Friday, September 7 at 7:00 pm Dominican Chapel at Marywood Funeral Mass: Saturday, September 8 at 11:00 am Dominican Chapel at Marywood Sister […]
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A Jubilarian Shares Her Story: Sr. Patrice Konwinski, OP
August 31, 2018
“Where is the sister chancellor?” called out Pope John Paul II raising his hand to pause a photographic moment in the papal greeting line in Rome. It was 1990, and Sister Patrice Konwinski was visiting Vatican City with then-Grand Rapids Bishop Joseph Breitenbeck. Grand Rapids Press reporter Ed Golder wrote of the visit describing the […]
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A Jubilarian Shares Her Story: Sr. Joyce Ann Hertzig, OP
August 10, 2018
My early teaching ministry in Saginaw at St. Joseph-Sacred Heart allowed me to experience cooperative efforts of African American, Hispanic, and Anglo students and families. Through study, action, and conscience-raising discussions, seeds of justice were planted. Issues of poverty, racism, and the cost of war have propelled me to search for ways to be in […]
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Services for Sister Suzanne Eichhorn, OP
August 7, 2018
Sister Suzanne Eichhorn entered eternal life on August 6, 2018 at the age of 88 after 69 years of religious life. We commend Sister Suzanne to your prayers. Remembering Service: Monday, August 13 at 7:00 pm Dominican Chapel at Marywood Funeral Mass: Tuesday, August 14 at 11:00 am Dominican Chapel at Marywood In 1997, Sister […]
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Eileen Jaramillo, OP Honored by New Mexico VA
August 2, 2018
Stewarding God’s Grace The theme was “Volunteers are the HEART of Our Team”. Attendees at the New Mexico Veterans’ Administration Healthcare System Volunteer Recognition Celebration on July 23, 2018, enjoyed a wonderful banquet honoring the volunteers who give their time and compassion every day to our veterans. Sister Eileen Jaramillo, O.P., of Albuquerque, was one […]
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Services for Sister Elizabeth Barilla, OP
July 31, 2018
Sister Elizabeth Barilla entered eternal life on July 31, 2018 at the age of 103 after 84 years of religious life. We commend Sister Elizabeth to your prayers. Remembering Service: Wednesday, August 1 at 7:00 pm Dominican Chapel at Marywood Funeral Mass: Thursday, August 2 at 4:00 pm Dominican Chapel at Marywood Reflecting on Sister […]
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A Jubilarian Shares Her Story: Sr. Mary Courtade, OP
July 27, 2018
Dominican Sisters taught young Rosemary from first to 12th grade at St. Francis Catholic School in Traverse City, Michigan. Several of these teachers whom she admired and loved, along with her parish priest, helped prepare her for entrance into the postulancy. The avid student, former cheerleader, usher at the Michigan Theater, and summer cherry picker […]
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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 […]