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Dominican Sisters of Tacoma Creating “Something New”–Celebrating a Covenant Relationship

The Sisters of Providence Council and the Dominican Leadership Team with Sister Jo Ann and her advisers. L to R: Sisters Judith Desmarais, SP; Peg Murphy, OP; Senaida Rivera, OP, Advisor; Jo Ann Showalter, SP, Congregation Leader; Patricia Morisset, OP, Advisor; Josie Ramac, SP; Sharon Casey, OP; and Joan Galloper, SP. Missing: Sister Philomena McCarthy, OP, Advisor.

By Sharon Casey, O.P.

June 29 was a significant moment for the Sisters of St. Dominic of Tacoma. We gathered at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Burien, WA, for the formal installation of Sister Jo Ann Showalter, SP, as our Pontifical Commissary. (Commissary is not a word we associate with a leader, but in Italian, commissario does mean leader, or one who is sent. Using more familiar language, we will refer to her as our Congregation Leader.)
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Photo of the Week: ‘Rise for Refuge with Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids’

On Saturday, August 3, 2019, Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters, Associates, and employees gathered “to stand strong against illegal and immoral refugee and asylum bans in the United States . . . Together with Rise for Refuge and We Are ALL America, we are calling Members of Congress to do everything in their power to end the administration’s attacks on asylum seekers and return refugee resettlement to historic norms.” Read article

Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids Welcome New Associates

Associates 2019 (Photo by Jarek Kozal)

We welcomed and celebrated 10 new Associates on Friday, August 2, in Dominican Chapel at Marywood in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Each new Associate gives voice to their deepening faith journey, sharing with our community of Sisters and Associates, and family and friends, their public expression of solidarity with the Dominican Sisters~Grand Rapids.

They have spent the past year learning about Dominican spirituality and the pillars of prayer, study, community, and service. This formal commitment to Dominican Associate Life is the final step of their mentored year of study.
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‘Springfield Dominican Sister Kelly Moline Renews Vows’

Sister Kelly Moline, OP, prepares to sign her handwritten vows at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel on August 5, 2019. With her are Sister Barbara Blesse, OP, (left) director of sisters in temporary vows and Sister Rebecca Ann Gemma, OP, (right) prioress general of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois.

Springfield, Ill.—Springfield Dominican Sister Kelly Moline renewed her profession of vows during Solemn Evening Prayer at Sacred Heart Convent [on] August 5, 2019.

Surrounded by her Springfield Dominican Sisters, she pronounced, for the second time, the ancient formula of Dominican profession that every member of the Order of Preachers makes.
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‘Dominican Young Adults Help in Aftermath of Hurricane Maria’

By Gina Fleming, OP

“During the week of July 16, 2019, ten young people, who are members of Dominican Young Adults USA traveled to Puerto Rico to offer their time and talents to the people who had been most affected by the devastating hurricane.”

The Young adults were Eileen Connolly and Sal Ubaldini from the Molloy Chapter; Mary Elizabeth Dristle and Christina Maretzo from the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapter; Natalie Infante, Sinead Reilly and Nicolette Agresta from the Dominican College Chapter and Solanyi Rodriguez, Suheily Rodriguez Anamika Sharma Paudel from the Caldwell Chapter. These young adults are part of the Dominican Youth Movement whose aim is to continue the tradition of preaching through word and action, using their own unique talents. Read article

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