Jubilee
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Dominican Sisters Grand Rapids 2020 Jubilarians
May 4, 2020
A Jubilee is an anniversary when we honor a Sister and reflect on her unique contributions to our lives. We tell stories, share what we’ve learned from and with one another, and reflect on our joys and sorrows. We celebrate! View Jubilarians online We honor each Dominican Sister and the ways that she has shared […]
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Sister Inspiration: Thaddeus Kowalinski, OP
August 7, 2019
Thaddeus Kowalinski, OP was once asked by a newspaper reporter what she liked most about the teaching profession, Sr. Thaddeus replied, “Seeing the light in a student’s eyes when they have grasped something you have taught them… seeing that you can be of service and teaching them they can be of service to others.” A […]
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Sister Inspiration: Mission & Ministry Magazine Spring 2019
May 23, 2019
Scripture tells us that each human being is precious in the eye of God; named before we were even born. Seeing one another through Christ’s eyes and treating each other as Christ would is our precious gift back to God and one another. This is Sister Sandra Delgado, prioress of the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids. I […]
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Dominican Sisters Grand Rapids 2019 Jubilarians
April 2, 2019
A Jubilee is an anniversary when we honor a Sister and reflect on her unique contributions to our lives. We tell stories, share what we’ve learned from and with one another, and reflect on our joys and sorrows. We celebrate! View Jubilarians online We honor each Dominican Sister and the ways that she has shared […]
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Sister Inspiration: Diane Dehn, OP
December 28, 2018
As an academic advisor with students at Aquinas, I was often inspired by the dedication, determination, and drive of non-traditional students returning to the halls of education. Some students were returning to college to complete a degree or program that they had been unable to finish earlier in their lives. Others were just beginning college […]
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Sister Inspiration: Margaret Mary Birchmeier, OP
November 30, 2018
It was 1965, when Sister Margaret Mary and Sister Innocence Andres, both nurses and midwives, arrived in Chimbote, Peru to initiate a child and maternal care program. When they arrived, they found the Maternity Hospital unfinished — one wall and a concrete slab for a floor — so they spent the first year learning about […]
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A Jubilarian Shares Her Story: Sr. Pat Kennedy, OP
October 26, 2018
“My decision to become a Sister wasn’t a quick one; there was lots of questioning on my part.” As a young girl, Pat Kennedy dreamed of being a wife and mother. Yet, at the same time, she says, there was a persistent tug to vowed life. She lovingly recalls parents who were devout Catholics, loving, […]
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A Jubilarian Shares Her Story: Sr. Mary Jo Beckett, OP
October 19, 2018
Sister Mary Jo Beckett’s faith and trust in God has remained steadfast throughout her life. In fact, He has held her up through two near-death experiences. In 1982, she was severely injured in a car accident in which Sr. Rose Patrice O’Donnell was killed. In 1994, it was a brain aneurysm that led to hospitalization, […]
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A Jubilarian Shares Her Story: Sr. Catherine Williams, OP
October 12, 2018
The path has twisted and turned during these 60 years, from a community of Williams on a small farm in Byron Center,… … to a community of Dominican Sisters who share their lives of simplicity and prayer, laughter and song,… … as we walk the road together toward, “the fullness of joy in God’s presence”. […]
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A Jubilarian Shares Her Story: Sr. Ann Hehl, OP
September 14, 2018
For more than 52 years, she cared for patients as a Registered Nurse, for 27 of those years she cared for patients with End Stage Kidney Disease. Today, Dominican Sister Ann Hehl’s presence comforts and uplifts in her ministry as a Spiritual Care Companion to women and men who are homebound by illness or mobility […]