Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters
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Sister Inspiration: Marybride Ryan, OP
January 19, 2018
A Golden Pathway of Love Led Her To Vocation and Service In 1913, little Margaret Ryan was born and baptized in Waterford Ireland. The bright, confident child thrived at home and school. She was surrounded by the presence of an extended family and close-knit community. Thanks to a public education fund, she attended an excellent […]
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Sister Inspiration: Teresita Garcia, OP
January 12, 2018
There is no doubt that Sister Teresita Garcia’s personal prayer focus is informed by her life experiences. She prays for “an increase in vocations to religious life and for world peace”. Born and raised in New Mexico, Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters were her role models and teachers. Sisters Seraphine , Isadora, Sienna, and Clotilda inspired […]
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Sister Inspiration: Marilyn Holmes, OP
December 29, 2017
The Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids live in community at Marywood. They have given their lives to be available to one another and to others. They have spent their lives as Sisters learning to live communally, learning to live by example: “let all things be done to build each other up.” Sister Marilyn Holmes is […]
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Sister Inspiration: Las Posadas with Angelina Gonzales, OP
December 21, 2017
For 40 years, each Advent season, Sister Angelina Gonzales shepherded Mary and Joseph; accompanying them in their search for shelter before the birth of their child. Sister Angelina led the 9-day novena of scripture called Las Posadas, meaning “inns”. It is a remembrance of the Christmas story as told in the Gospel of Luke […]
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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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Her Story: Sister Inspiration – Kathy Przybylski, OP
December 1, 2017
The Book Store at Dominican Center is a sacred corner on the Marywood Campus in Grand Rapids. Book titles call out to the curious and the seeking: Heaven Starts Now, Becoming a Saint, day by day; The Church of Mercy; Dementia: Living in the Memories of God; A Field Guide to Nature as Spiritual Practice; […]
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A Blessing for You on this Saturday After Thanksgiving
November 22, 2017
Puzzling is one of the contemplative practices enjoyed by Sisters at Marywood. The puzzle table attracts the diligent puzzlers and the drop-in puzzlers. The Korson Sisters: David Therese, Lydia, and Peter Mary are great puzzle fans. Sister Carmella Conway is also a regular. Sisters Margaret Kienstra and Carol Ann Nowak are avid puzzlers. Sister Linda […]
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Her Story: Sister Inspiration – Sister Marie Celeste Miller, OP
November 17, 2017
“Leaven is essential to all good cakes. It makes them rise and provides the space for the batter to breathe and remain moist.” — Sr. Marie Celeste Miller, OP Inspired, this retired Aquinas College Art History professor, envisioned her next ministry as an opportunity to combine her passion for baking and artistic expression. Today, she is a […]
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Her Story: Sister Inspiration – Sr. Geneva Marie Schaub, OP
November 10, 2017
It was 1953 when Sr. Geneva Marie Schaub happened upon a couple of sisters repairing rosaries. She listened, and watched, and decided making and repairing rosaries “was important work”. She describes some of the rosaries and people that she has touched. “Once, a women came to me with a rosary she had found in […]
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Her Story: Sister Inspiration – Sr. Mary Donnelly, OP
November 3, 2017
I stand in awe of my students at Notre Dame, what their dreams and aspirations are for themselves and the world. The young women with whom Sister Mary Donnelly, OP lives in community, as rector at the University of Notre Dame, are searching for identity: answers to Who am I? Who do I want […]