Dominican Sisters Grand Rapids
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Come Back to God During Lent
February 20, 2024
Change your life, not just your clothes. Come back to God, your God. And here’s why: God is kind and merciful. He takes a deep breath, puts up with a lot, This most patient God, extravagant in love, Always ready to cancel catastrophe. Who knows? Maybe he’ll do it now, Maybe he’ll turn around and […]
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Swimming
June 27, 2023
My 2-year-old son, Ozzie, loves the water. He’s moved from exploring and splashing in the shallow parts of the YMCA pool to tentatively traveling with me into deeper waters. Over time and with experience, he’s grown more comfortable. He is so comfortable that he jumps off an underwater bench and glides to me a few […]
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Join Us in a Care for Earth Challenge
March 7, 2023
Dominican Sisters are Refusing to Use or Buy Single-Use Beverages in Plastic Bottles During Catholic Sisters Week We decided to join the Sisters and invite friends of Dominican Center and Aquinas College to join the challenge. The Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids, Michigan are one of many congregations of Catholic Sisters taking up the “Refuse […]
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Show Dominican Sisters Love & Appreciation During Catholic Sisters Week
March 2, 2023
Let's show the Sisters who have taught us, mentored us, and stood by us -- lots of love and appreciation during Catholic Sisters Week! Transformative spirituality is a living, breathing power in our world -- Catholic Sisters – through their lives, their ministries -- show us love, hope, and possibility through faith. During Catholic Sisters […]
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Living the Lenten Encounter
February 21, 2023
The Lenten season invites us to reflect and reaffirm our commitment to be consciously divine changemakers in this Body of Christ. Thomas Merton wrote, "We do not find the meaning of life alone, we find it with another." I imagine how this message might influence how I enter into Lent. I plan to accept it […]
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Come let us climb the Lord's Mountain
December 8, 2022
“The mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it; many peoples shall come and say, ‘Let us climb the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob.” I had a glimpse of this vision last Monday night at […]
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Mindy Hills Named Director of Dominican Center Marywood at Aquinas College
August 2, 2022
The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids named Dr. Mindy Hills new director of Dominican Center Marywood at Aquinas College. Mindy is passionate about the ministry of Dominican Center and looks forward to helping it to grow and develop new programming while maintaining the quality programs offered in person and virtually. She is dedicated to the […]
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The Yearly Return of Life: Lent
March 2, 2022
Is it time for Lent again? It seems like the year just flies by. No one ever says: Is it time for Spring again? We long for the melting of the ice and snow revealing the frozen ground and the dead, dried-up leaves. Because under that mulch the snowdrops and the crocuses are pushing up […]
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O Wisdom “Seek wisdom, look around, see it everywhere”
December 17, 2021
Wisdom is better than jewelry; no treasures can compare with her. Oh! Wisdom, how we need you now more than ever! You, Sophia, the breath, the power of God, the feminine face of God. Come and show your people the way to salvation. Below, the reading from Proverbs is one of several books of wisdom […]
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Dominican Center ~ New Place, New Name, New Opportunities
December 15, 2021
A Message From Sister Diane Zerfas Dear Friends, You are an important part of who we are! So we want to share some exciting news — and pictures! We Are Moving! Dominican Center at Marywood, a ministry of the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids, is moving west down the street from the Marywood Campus at […]