St. Francis of Assisii

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  Let Justice Flow Like a River Prayer Service

  October 2, 2023

  Saturday morning September 30, Sr Mary Ann Barrett, Lisa Mitchell (Associate Life Director), and Mindy Hills (Director of Dominican Center Marywood and board trustee of St. Francis Sculpture Garden) welcomed the people to the banks of Coldbrook Creek in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sister Mary Ann opened the Season of Creation prayer service with this message: […]

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  #NCSW2019 Raises Awareness of Legacy of Service of Sisters and More

  March 8, 2019

  The Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids founded an orphanage in Grand Rapids and managed it and cared for children beginning in 1889. It was one of their earliest ministries. St. John Orphanage Asylum is now D.A. Blodgett-St. Johns. During National Catholic Sisters Week #NCSW, friends and employees of the congregation will volunteer at D.A. Blodgett-St. Johns on […]