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Sister Inspiration: Dorothy Ederer, OP
November 1, 2019
See the Person Before You “It is a mistake to stereotype women who are at risk, addicted to drugs, prostituted, or living on the street,” cautions Catholic Chaplain Dorothy Ederer, OP. Sister Dorothy counsels women as young as 18 up to age 65. Lately the majority at Holy Cross Services in Lansing and Corcoran House […]
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Funeral Services for Sister Jean Marie Birkman, OP
July 8, 2019
Sister Jean Marie Birkman, OP entered eternal life on July 4, 2019 at the age of 89 after 70 years of religious life. We commend Sister Jean Marie to your prayers. Evening Prayer with Remembering Service: Monday, July 8 at 7:00 pm Dominican Chapel at Marywood Funeral Mass: Tuesday, July 9 at 11:00 am Dominican […]
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Going Where Help is Needed: Support at the U.S. Border and Beyond
June 27, 2019
For the past five months, Ada Dominguez, OP has been volunteering one day a week to help with the steady flow of people arriving in the United States. She volunteers in Albuquerque at a location coordinated by Albuquerque Interfaith. She is joined in effort and prayer by Sister Eva Silva and Dolorita Martinez, as well […]
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Sister Inspiration: Eva Silva, OP
June 14, 2019
My primary role in my ministry as a psychotherapist is to be the listener and privileged witness to the stories people share. CG Jung had these words inscribed over the entrance to his house in Kusnacht. It is the same knowing that I have, as I welcome a client into my office. Bidden or not, […]
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Sister Inspiration: Dorothy Ederer, OP
May 31, 2019
See the Person Before You “It is a mistake to stereotype women who are at risk, addicted to drugs, prostituted, or living on the street,” cautions Catholic Chaplain Dorothy Ederer, OP. Sister Dorothy counsels women as young as 18 up to age 65. Lately the majority at Holy Cross Services in Lansing and Corcoran House […]
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2019 National SisterStory Project Captures Stories About Sisters by Aquinas College Students
May 28, 2019
“One of the most important things I’ve learned from this project is that the differences between people don’t really matter as much as we think they do,” wrote Erin Dwan in the first of her essays for the 2019 SisterStory project. Her writings are based on the evolving relationship with Verona Wangler, a Dominican Sister […]
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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 […]
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Sister Inspiration: Marie Michael Jacobs, OP
May 10, 2019
Sister Marie Michael Jacobs loved golf. She was determined to share her love of this sport with as many people as possible -– and she thought she would do it through an outing to benefit the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids. In 2006 she began planning the first Dollars FORE Dominicans golf outing; friends gathered to play […]
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Sister Inspiration: Tereska Wozniak, OP
May 3, 2019
“I delight in proclaiming scripture, a gift that God has given me,” says Sister Tereska Wozniak, OP, 60 years a vowed Dominican Sister and member of the Order of Preachers. As she considers her life of ministry, she is also grateful for the prophetic role of Catholic Sisters around the world. “As prophets, we are […]
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OP Lenten Journey: Easter Triduum
April 18, 2019
Lent is a time of grace, renewal, and conversion. The summit of the Liturgical Year is the Easter Triduum—from the evening of Holy Thursday to the evening of Easter Sunday. Though chronologically three days, they are liturgically one day unfolding for us the unity of Christ’s Paschal Mystery. The single celebration of the Triduum marks […]