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April 14, 2025, Seattle, Washington – In its April/May 2025 issue focusing on the 175th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Seattle, The NW Catholic offers a profile of Sister Sharon Park, OP, under its “Notable Women” section. 

Sister Sharon was a member of Edmonds Dominican Sisters until the Edmonds Dominican and the Adrian Dominican Congregations merged in 2003. Sister Sharon served in ministry as the first female Executive Director of the Washington State Catholic Conference. The Conference represents the Washington Bishops in lobbying at the state level on behalf of the common good. In all, Sister Sharon has been lobbying for 40 years.

“It is a privilege to advocate for the poor in Olympia on behalf of the church,” Sister Sharon said.

Read the entire story.
 

March 3, 2025, Washington, D.C. – Cardinal Wilton Gregory, who retired in January 2025 after serving as Archbishop of Washington, D.C., since 2019, recalls the Catholic roots he found in his native Chicago. Before he was a Catholic, young Wilton Gregory was inspired to be a priest by the priests of St. Carthage Parish and the Adrian Dominican Sisters who taught him there. 

Read more about Cardinal Gregory’s life as a priest and bishop in this article printed in The Catholic Standard, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. 

Caption for above feature photo: Sister Donna Markham, OP, and Cardinal Wilton Gregory

Adrian Dominican Sisters File Photo