 | Start your New Year by Exploring Life as an Adrian Dominican Sister What better way can there be to begin the new year than by exploring the direction God may be calling you in your life? The Adrian Dominican Sisters invite single Catholic women, ages 18 to 35, to a New Year’s Eve Come and See retreat be held from Thursday, December 31 through Saturday, January 2 at their Motherhouse campus |
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 | Adrian Dominican Sisters to Host Advent ‘Come and See’ Event Advent is a perfect time to explore the ways that God might be calling you in your life. The Adrian Dominican Sisters invite single Catholic women, ages 18 to 35, to “Come and See” the life of a Dominican Sister during a mini-retreat to be held from 4 p.m. Tuesday, December 8 through 3 p.m. Wednesday, December 9. |
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 | Bishop Boyea of Lansing Pays Visit to Motherhouse Campus Bishop Earl Boyea, of the Diocese of Lansing, visited to the Motherhouse Campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters on October 6. During his visit, he celebrated daily Mass in St. Catherine Chapel and joined the General Council for lunch. |
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 | New Formation Director Comes with Variety of Experiences In her years as an Adrian Dominican Sister, Sister Patricia Leonard has had many different ministry experiences. Now, she is serving as Director of Formation and working with the women who are discerning a life as an Adrian Dominican Sister. |
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 | Reflection for the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary Today we celebrate the feast of our patroness, Our Lady of the Rosary. In 1869 when the convent at Second Street in New York City separated from Williamsburg, “the Second Street convent…became the foundation for the Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary.” In June of 1923, St. Joseph Province in Adrian, Michigan became the Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary and in 1907, Mother Camilla dedicated a new chapel, this chapel and she chose the name, Holy Rosary Chapel. |
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 | According to the Rule of St. Augustine We are all familiar with the fact that Dominic was required to choose for his new Order a Rule that was already in existence and he chose The Rule of St. Augustine. And each of us here who is Dominican took a vow, among other things, to the Rule of St. Augustine in a formula that is as old as the Order to which we belong. What can that possibly mean for us today in this 21st century? |
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 | We invite you to experience Dominican Life Please join the Adrian Dominican Sisters, for a “Come and See” Weekend and Workshop for single, Catholic women, 18-35, who are interested in exploring religious life. We begin at 3 p.m. on Friday, September 25 and end at lunch on Sunday, September 27, 2009. |
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 | Looking Back at the Candidate Year Preaching has been an important part of my ministerial experience. While volunteering at a migrant workers’ camp, I was invited to preach at St. Mary Church which I did twice each month. I also preached at a Migrant Workers’ Mass. |
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 | Religious Life – It’s Just like Learning to Swim! When you first learn to swim, it’s all about getting comfortable in the water, a new environment. When you begin the process of religious life, it’s coming to live with a community and learning about each other. It’s called a candidacy or postulant period. |
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 | Dominicans Celebrate Final Profession of Vows Sister Heather Stiverson, OP, and Sister Diana Momeka, OP, pronounced their final profession of vows on Sunday, June 22 in Holy Rosary Chapel on the campus of the Adrian Dominican Motherhouse. |
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