Joyce Ann Hertzig

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  Called to Love: Mirroring God’s Love

  November 13, 2020

  We are loved by a Compassionate God. If we are open to God’s love, we ARE able to show God’s love to all others in our universal human community. Our memory and empathy challenge us to act. Matthew 22:34-40 calls us to LOVE – to ponder the intertwining relationship between “love of God” and “love […]

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  Sister Inspiration: Companioning Immigrants To U.S. Citizenship

  October 16, 2019

  On Wednesday, Oct. 16, in Ada Michigan, 190 people from 53 countries were sworn in as United States citizens. Looking on and celebrating the achievements of every person in the room were Carmen Rostar, OP, Janice Mankowski, OP, and Joyce Ann Hertzig. Especially dear to these Sisters was Evelyn Sunshine Lao. They walked beside Evelyn […]

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  Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids Inclusion Committee Introduction

  February 27, 2019

  In late 2018, the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids reorganized the committee working on diversity, inclusion, and racial equity across the Marywood campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Renamed the Inclusion Team, this group of staff and Sisters is re-examining goals and outlining strategies to further the work of dismantling racism and building a truly inclusive campus. Meeting […]

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  A Jubilarian Shares Her Story: Sr. Joyce Ann Hertzig, OP

  August 10, 2018

  My early teaching ministry in Saginaw at St. Joseph-Sacred Heart allowed me to experience cooperative efforts of African American, Hispanic, and Anglo students and families. Through study, action, and conscience-raising discussions, seeds of justice were planted. Issues of poverty, racism, and the cost of war have propelled me to search for ways to be in […]