Dominican Sisters of Adrian: ‘Aftermath of Shooting Brings Trauma and Support to Hospital Community’

October 12, 2017, Henderson, Nevada – As national media attention surrounding the October 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas centers on the facts of the tragedy, gun rights, and mental health issues, Dignity Health – St. Rose Dominican Hospitals continues to model compassion as its employees care for those affected by the tragedy.

St. Rose Dominican – sponsored by the Adrian Dominican Sisters – includes three hospital campuses, located in Las Vegas and nearby Henderson, Nevada, that received and cared for a total of 79 victims needing emergency care, critical care, and surgical services.
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October 24, 2017

Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose: ‘Dominicans Together’ on Laudato Si

S. Mary Mark Shoenstein and Kieu Dung Tran.

October 14, 2017, provided an opportunity for collaboration and mission driven conversation among Dominican sisters and lay guests at Mission San Jose motherhouse on Laudato Si: A story of Right Relationships. Key presenter, Pat Siemen, OP, Adrian Dominican and civil attorney, gave an overview of Pope Francis’ encyclical which focuses on the long term ecological and spiritual health of all humans and all members of Earth community. Sister Pat was joined by two lay women, Andra Yeghoian and Erica Kudyba, who spoke on ways to educate via academic curriculum and to initiate parish ‘Green Teams.’ Pat Siemen was joined by a number of Adrian Dominicans, along with Oakford and Mission San Jose Dominicans.
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October 24, 2017

Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids Megan McElroy, OP Earns Doctor of Ministry in Preaching

GRAND RAPIDS, MI, October 12, 2017 – The Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids are pleased to announce that Megan McElroy, OP has successfully completed her studies and admirably defended, completed, and presented her thesis at Aquinas Institute, St. Louis, MO.

Over the past five years, while being the Co-Director of the Collaborative Dominican Novitiate, Sr. Megan has been taking classes, pondering the call to praise, to bless and to preach, interviewing Dominican nuns, and writing about the Holy Preaching happening in our world.
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October 10, 2017

Dominican Sister of Caldwell Pat Daly, OP Receives Legacy Award

Sr. Pat Daly, OP, receives the Legacy Award at the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility Annual Event last night! Also honored was Michael Crosby, OFM Cap., who passed away in August.

In photo: Reg McKillip, OP (Sinsinawa); Mary Brigid Clingman, OP (Grand Rapids); Eileen Ivory, OP (Caldwell); Eileen Gannon, OP (Sparkill); Pat Daly, OP (Caldwell); Didi Madden, OP (Blauvelt); Ann Monica Seemann, OP (Caldwell); Deborah Lynch, OP (Caldwell); Catherine Waters, OP (Caldwell). Celebrating but not in photo: Linda Hincken, OPA (Amityville) and Judy Byron, OP (Adrian). Read more

October 10, 2017

Dominican Sister of Peace Margaret Ormond, OP Receives Breukelein Institute’s Award of Merit

Fr. Dennis Corrado, Provost of the Brooklyn Oratory, with the winners of this years’ Breukelein’s Gaudium Awards: Award of Merit Winner Sister Margaret Ormond, O.P. – President, Dominican Academy, New York, NY, former Prioress, Dominican Sisters of Peace; and Gaudium Award Winners Caroline Woo, Recent President of Catholic Relief Services, Dean, Notre Dame University, Executive VP, Purdue University; Bebe Neuwirth – celebrated Tony and Emmy award-winning actress, dancer, singer in television and theatre; Garry Trudeau – Pulitzer Prize winning creator of Doonesbury, Tanner, Alpha House; Farrell Evans – Sports Illustrated/ESPN golf journalist, Co-Founder, The Bridge Golf Foundation, Harlem, New York.

New York, NY – On Monday, September 18, 2017, Sr. Margaret Ormond, OP, was presented with the Breukelein Institute’s Award of Merit. The award was given at the Breukelein’s annual Gaudium Awards Dinner held at the Yale Club.
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