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A chronicle of the history of the congregation from its beginning in New York, to its mission in Traverse City, Michigan in 1877, a move that eventually resulted in the Grand Rapids Foundation of Dominican Sisters. More than a chronicle, it contains the narrative of expanding mission work of 2,000 women who provided education, health care, social services, and caretaking throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Written Sr. Mona Schwind OP (1936 – 2013), the book was published in 1991.

Picks up where Period Pieces leaves off. It is a collective memoir of the lives of the sisters as they lived out their commitment to prayer, study, common life, and service into the 21st century. The collective effort of a team of sisters, the book was edited by Sr. Mary Navarre (1943 -), and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., in 2015.

Written in the genre of a sourcebook, this volume contains narrative, images, and texts from primary sources documenting the congregation’s life during the late 19th through early 20th centuries. An index and endnotes are included. Written by Sr. Michael Ellen Carling (1933 -), the book was published in 2019.

Seventeen years after a band of the Dominican Sisters from New York came to Michigan, the Grand Rapids Dominicans became a separate congregation from the motherhouse in New York. The Adrian Dominicans remained part of the New York group for several more years. The story of the separation is revealed in this telling of how and why it happened. A joint effort of the Adrian and Grand Rapids Dominicans traces the story through primary sources. Historian and writer Arlene Bachanov untangles the complex events that unfolded during this time of rapid growth and powerful bishops.