Michigan

  • Join the Challenge: Refuse to Use or Buy Single-Use Plastic Bottles March 8-14

    Join the Challenge: Refuse to Use or Buy Single-Use Plastic Bottles March 8-14

    March 3, 2023

    The Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids, Michigan are one of many congregations of Catholic Sisters taking up the “Refuse to Use” challenge to abstain from using single-use plastic beverage bottles during Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14, 2023. Learning about the damage caused by plastic pollution. The production of polluting waste is only one part of […]

  • ELECTED LEADERS OF CATHOLIC SISTERS IN MICHIGAN Write Letter of Support to Attorney General and State Representative

    ELECTED LEADERS OF CATHOLIC SISTERS IN MICHIGAN Write Letter of Support to Attorney General and State Representative

    March 3, 2023

    IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: March 3, 2023 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – March 3, 2023 — The elected leaders of five congregations of Catholic Sisters in Michigan wrote the following letter of support to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and State Representative Samantha Steckloff in response to a recent antisemitic threat to the two political leaders. Dear […]

  • Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids STATEMENT: MSU SHOOTING TRAGEDY

    Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids STATEMENT: MSU SHOOTING TRAGEDY

    February 14, 2023

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 14, 2023 — Grand Rapids, Michigan — Gun violence once again has resulted in senseless killings and injuries of innocent people – this time at Michigan State University. Our hearts are broken for those individuals who lost their lives, those in critical condition, and for their families and friends. We weep […]

  • What’s Outside Your Window?

    What’s Outside Your Window?

    January 18, 2023

    A few weeks ago, my grandniece asked my nephew: Hey dad, what’s in your wallet? The question likely came from hearing the ubiquitous ad on sports programming. He pulled out a lone debit/credit card from a pouch on the back of his phone and showed her. Now, my wallet is much messier than that! What […]

  • Tree Planting at Marywood with Friends of Grand Rapids Parks and Dominican Sisters

    Tree Planting at Marywood with Friends of Grand Rapids Parks and Dominican Sisters

    November 2, 2022

    Saturday, October 29 was the first of several planting session with Friends of Grand Rapids Parks. With a 34-acre Campus at the corner of Fulton Street and Lakeside Drive in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids  have the potential to transform some of our spacious lawns into beautiful stands of trees. While […]

  • Alumnae Celebrated with Awards and More at Aquinas College Homecoming 2022

    Alumnae Celebrated with Awards and More at Aquinas College Homecoming 2022

    September 21, 2022

    It was a night to celebrate! Sisters and friends of the Award winners gathered for the Alumni Awards presentation Thursday evening, September 14 as part of the College’s Homecoming festivities. Attendees were treated to a strolling dinner with drinks before the presentations. Aquinas College celebrated a couple of familiar alumni during Homecoming Weekend. 2022 Honorees […]

  • Archdiocese of Santa Fe Invites Urgent Dialogue About World Peace – Livestream Sunday Dec. 19

    Archdiocese of Santa Fe Invites Urgent Dialogue About World Peace – Livestream Sunday Dec. 19

    December 18, 2021

    News release: The Archbishop of Santa Fe New Mexico believes the Archdiocese of Santa Fe has a special role to play in facilitating an urgent dialogue about nuclear disarmament as a critical step toward world peace. Archbishop John C. Wester will unveil and offer a blessing of a sign of peace at Shrine of Our […]

  • Environmental Racism: Zip Codes, Pollution and Vulnerability

    Environmental Racism: Zip Codes, Pollution and Vulnerability

    October 12, 2021

    “Environmental justice embraces the principle that all people and communities have a right to equal protection and equal enforcement of environmental laws and regulations.” ~ Dr. Robert Bullard I have been educating myself for the past few years about the connection between climate and racism. From Al Gore’s The Climate Reality Project training and anti-racism […]

  • Michigan Catholic Sisters Call for Ron Weiser’s Removal as Republican Party Chair, U of M Regent

    Michigan Catholic Sisters Call for Ron Weiser’s Removal as Republican Party Chair, U of M Regent

    March 29, 2021

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 29, 2021 CONTACT: Sandra Delgado OP  616.514.3101  SDelgado@grdominicans.org STATEMENT OF LEADERS OF CONGREGATIONS OF MICHIGAN CATHOLIC SISTERS CALLING FOR RON WEISER’S REMOVAL AS CHAIR OF THE MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN PARTY AND RESIGNATION AS REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN As women of faith whose congregations have served the people of Michigan […]

  • “Somewhere in the West” — An Archives Story Map Project

    “Somewhere in the West” — An Archives Story Map Project

    January 29, 2021

    The Archives Department is excited to share our Story Map entitled “Somewhere in the West: The Historical Geography of the Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters” focusing on our Michigan pioneer predecessors. Story Maps are produced through an online application that combines text and images, and can include maps and other elements, to tell stories in a […]