June 17, 2017
Angelina Gonzales, better known as Sister Angie, is no stranger to hard work and service. She didn’t mind it when she was 10 years old and making adobe blocks in the hot sun of Glorieta, N.M., with her brothers, and she hasn’t minded it during her last 40 years of service at Holy Cross Catholic […]
September 9, 2015
This Dominican sculptor carves faith stories out of stone and clay. “The 30 years since entering Aquinas College’s art program have included countless pieces. She’s participated in ArtPrize three times and also created the life-size bronze sculpture of St. Dominic on the Marywood Campus. Her pieces are a unique form of her preaching,” she says. […]
October 21, 2014
The Dominican Influence — Honoring the Legacy: Sister Robert Ann Erno Since 1906, the Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters have helped form the lives and instill Catholic character and values in tens of thousands of Catholic Central students. Everybody whose lives have been touched by the Sisters’ 100+ year history of reaching here understand how they […]
April 17, 2014
The Collaborative Dominican Novitiate (CDN) was established in 1988 by 15 Dominican Congregations; 22 Congregations now participate in the joint effort by the women in the Dominican Order in the USA. Grand Rapids Dominican Sister Megan McElroy, OP has served as co-director of the Collaborative Dominican Novitiate since 2012, ministering to provide initial formation for […]
September 9, 2013
Sister Phyllis Mrozinski entered sculptures in 2011, 2012, and 2013. Her works included: A STONE NOT THROWN was created through the reading of scripture. In biblical times the act of stoning in public was accepted as capital punishment. I was moved by the biblical passage of the adulterous woman in John’s Gospel and by the […]
April 29, 1985
Sister Marie Michael Jacobs runs a tight ship at St Andrew’s Elementary School. For nearly two decades, this persistent, aggressive and warm-harted nun has headed a “inner city” grade school in the shadow of downtown. From the very start, she has kept the doors open to people of all backgrounds. Sister Marie Michael is a […]