Janet Brown

  • Friends Gathered for MEET UP and We Made Lots of Joyful Noise

    Friends Gathered for MEET UP and We Made Lots of Joyful Noise

    June 23, 2022

    “It is wonderful to see all of you on our campus. It’s been a long time! We’ve missed your presence with us!” a tearful, heart-FULL Sr. Janet Brown said as she welcomed friends to prayer. “We are fed and nourished by your friendships.” On Tuesday, June 21, we were delighted to welcome friends to our […]

  • Sister Inspiration: Advent is my favorite season

    Sister Inspiration: Advent is my favorite season

    November 20, 2020

    Advent is my favorite season – it is a time of prayerful waiting and expectation. Advent helps me take the time to sit and reflect. This gives me a sense of hope, even when times are filled with conflicts. Michigan winters with snow gracing the landscape is breathtaking, crisp and refreshing! My favorite Advent scripture […]

  • Dominican Sisters Grand Rapids Lament Untimely COVID-19 Deaths and Injustice

    Dominican Sisters Grand Rapids Lament Untimely COVID-19 Deaths and Injustice

    June 1, 2020

    Be present as you are able. Be prayerful wherever you might be. On Monday, June 1, Dominican Sisters and employees gathered at a safe distance to mourn and lament lives lost. We tolled the bell in our Pear Garden, mourning those who have lost their lives to COVID-19. We lament the death of George Floyd […]

  • Saturday Story: As I have done for you…Jesus spoke

    Saturday Story: As I have done for you…Jesus spoke

    April 17, 2020

    As Dominicans, we welcome community. We seek to find God’s face in one another. Before March 14, 2020 our community welcomed all to gather in Dominican Chapel at Marywood, weekly, for Sunday Eucharist to celebrate God’s love in our daily lives. But in the times of COVID-19, even Holy Week leading us into Easter was […]

  • Advent O Antiphons Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters

    Advent O Antiphons Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters

    December 1, 2017

    Grand Rapids Dominicans pray the psalms from Dominican Praise each day. Antiphons are sung as an introduction and response to the psalms, and also before and after the Magnificat each day at evening prayer. During the last 7 days of Advent, the prayers of the Church become more intense, calling the Lord to come. So, […]