immigrants

  • Called to Be Present —  Advent 2023 — Keep Watch

    Called to Be Present — Advent 2023 — Keep Watch

    December 1, 2023

    ADVENT WEEK ONE       Mark 13:33 Keep Watch We have been placed in charge of our God’s household and our common home. We are each gifted sufficiently and differently. May we use this present time for vigilance, for courage, for caution, for observation, for risking in God’s Service. Every day We Watch for Refugees […]

  • Things You Can Do to Help Migrants and Asylees in Detention on the U.S.-Mexico Border

    Things You Can Do to Help Migrants and Asylees in Detention on the U.S.-Mexico Border

    June 28, 2019

    Every day we learn more about the appalling conditions facing children, women, and men in detention centers along our southern border. The situation is unconscionable. If you are like me, you might feel overwhelmed and paralyzed by the images of children and adults housed in overcrowded filthy conditions, conditions that fail to respect their dignity […]

  • Going Where Help is Needed: Support at the U.S. Border and Beyond

    Going Where Help is Needed: Support at the U.S. Border and Beyond

    June 27, 2019

    For the past five months, Ada Dominguez, OP has been volunteering one day a week to help with the steady flow of people arriving in the United States. She volunteers in Albuquerque at a location coordinated by Albuquerque Interfaith. She is joined in effort and prayer by Sister Eva Silva and Dolorita Martinez, as well […]

  • Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids Doll Project for Bethany Christian Services

    Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids Doll Project for Bethany Christian Services

    March 28, 2019

    March 21 is the Feast of the Annunciation! We celebrate Mary’s Fiat and Conception of Jesus, Son of God (Luke Chapter 1). This marks the foundation of the first Christian Family, the Holy Family: God as the Father, St. Joseph the Foster Father, Mary the Mother, and Jesus the very Son of God. Our Doll […]