December 1, 2017
The Book Store at Dominican Center is a sacred corner on the Marywood Campus in Grand Rapids. Book titles call out to the curious and the seeking: Heaven Starts Now, Becoming a Saint, day by day; The Church of Mercy; Dementia: Living in the Memories of God; A Field Guide to Nature as Spiritual Practice; […]
November 22, 2017
Puzzling is one of the contemplative practices enjoyed by Sisters at Marywood. The puzzle table attracts the diligent puzzlers and the drop-in puzzlers. The Korson Sisters: David Therese, Lydia, and Peter Mary are great puzzle fans. Sister Carmella Conway is also a regular. Sisters Margaret Kienstra and Carol Ann Nowak are avid puzzlers. Sister Linda […]
November 3, 2017
I stand in awe of my students at Notre Dame, what their dreams and aspirations are for themselves and the world. The young women with whom Sister Mary Donnelly, OP lives in community, as rector at the University of Notre Dame, are searching for identity: answers to Who am I? Who do I want […]
July 12, 2017
Lindsey Bacigal (’17), a junior communications major at Aquinas College, and and Alice Wittenbach, OP first met with curiosity and uncertainty. The pair were just one of several who met and formed friendships as part of the national SisterStory oral history project. My own lack of religious devotion was part of what led me to […]