immigration

  • Dolls and Critters Made with Love

    Dolls and Critters Made with Love

    June 1, 2022

    In 2019, Nancy Malburg OP called Bethany Christian Service and asked “What can the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids do to comfort the children caught up in the refugee and immigration crisis?” When told the children arrive with nothing, Sister Nancy put into motion a plan that would put creature comforts into the arms of children. This […]

  • Blessed Christmas to You and Yours

    Blessed Christmas to You and Yours

    December 22, 2021

    Our God emigrates from heaven to earth finding a home in the womb of a woman. This woman and her husband journey to Bethlehem, and lo, the child is born. This child seeks a safe place today; May the light of your heart guide him home. Blessed Christmas to you and yours, Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids […]

  • A Dream and Courage Lead to Citizenship for WORD ESL Student

    A Dream and Courage Lead to Citizenship for WORD ESL Student

    March 24, 2021

    All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. Meet Maria Isabel Hernandez, formerly from El Salvador, and a student of our ESL program. Maria didn’t let the COVID-19 Pandemic deter her from her hopes of learning English and eventually becoming a U.S. citizen. I was privileged to encourage and […]

  • Preaching Love & Justice on Fulton Street in Grand Rapids Thursdays Aug. 15 – Sept 19, 2019

    Preaching Love & Justice on Fulton Street in Grand Rapids Thursdays Aug. 15 – Sept 19, 2019

    August 15, 2019

    Peace & Justice Neighbor to Neighbor Our Church calls us to witness and ministry. We turn to our Dominican tradition to find our way in these troubled times. That tradition calls upon us to be present with and for our neighbors during times of trial; to pray during times of loss, of grief; and to […]

  • “Justice” is a Ministry of the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids

    “Justice” is a Ministry of the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids

    July 25, 2019

    As vowed women religious and as a Congregation, it is the Gospel and Catholic Social Teaching that have called the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids to bear witness to the dignity of every human person. The Direction Statements of our Congregation guide our preaching and teaching; all based in the Gospel call. In the days ahead, we […]

  • Justice Action: Pray, Study, Use Your Voice: End Inhumane Migration Policies

    Justice Action: Pray, Study, Use Your Voice: End Inhumane Migration Policies

    July 17, 2019

    On Thursday, July 18 at 10:00am, Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids, Dominican Associates, and friends of the Congregation are invited to gather for a Prayer Service in Dominican Chapel/Marywood, 2025 Fulton Street East, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507. We realize not everybody is able to join us for this time of Prayerful Action as we call for the […]

  • Looking at Migration Through a Lens of Right Relationship

    Looking at Migration Through a Lens of Right Relationship

    May 18, 2019

    Fostering one’s sense of self, relationship with others, with God, and with all creation is the nature of our transformative programming at Dominican Center at Marywood. This integrative perspective of the world around us urges a deepening of Being. Being you. Being present. Being with others. Being with God. This synergistic view of the world […]

  • 2019 Delegation Explores Root Causes of Migration Honduras

    2019 Delegation Explores Root Causes of Migration Honduras

    March 21, 2019

    Learn about the people and country of Honduras. Learn what causes people to flee their home countries, and what local Honduran communities living with unimaginable danger are doing through belief in the power of nonviolent action. We are humbled to be in solidarity with them and to help raise the volume of their strong voices. […]

  • Called to Protect the Children of the World

    Called to Protect the Children of the World

    June 12, 2018

    We recognize, as a moral obligation, the need to protect children fleeing violence or oppression in their homelands. We commit ourselves to act as their advocates in local, national, and international communities. — Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids Corporate Stance on Unaccompanied Children on the Border (2014) In 2014, we pledged our commitment to immigrant children and […]

  • Dominican Sisters Raise Our Voices: DACA

    Dominican Sisters Raise Our Voices: DACA

    August 23, 2017

    Next week our letter – WE RAISE OUR VOICES IN JUSTICE – will be sent to our Senators for their support of the DACA program. This program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, was initiated by an executive order of President Obama in 2012. President Trump has threatened to rescind the order and ten state attorney […]