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January 20, 2026, Adrian, Michigan – While it has not been easy in recent years for immigrants in the United States to obtain legal status or U.S. citizenship, immigrants in the United States today face greater difficulties in this area, said immigration attorney Sister Attracta Kelly, OP, during a recent public forum at Weber Retreat and Conference Center.

Sister Attracta spoke from her experience as the founding director of the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ Office of Immigration Assistance. Now retired but still working in the office, she is the Director Emerita. 

Sister Attracta discussed the additional challenges that many face today under the current administration, including the elimination of a humanitarian program for people fleeing from nations such as Cuba, Venezuela, and Haiti; the practice by ICE agents of arresting people in previously protected areas, such as churches, schools, and shelters; and the Supreme Court ruling that people – including U.S. citizens – can be detained simply for the color of their skin, their accents, or where they work.

Read the entire article, which includes a link to a recording of the program, written by Erik Gable and published in the January issue of The Lenawee Voice.   
 

July 14, 2024, Adrian, Michigan – On behalf of the Adrian Dominican Sisters and Associates, the Congregation’s General Council issued the following statement in response to the attempted assassination of Former President Donald J. Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania July 13, 2024.

Statement of Adrian Dominican Sisters 
on Attempted Assassination of Former President Trump

We join Americans of all political persuasions in condemning the horrific and terrifying assault on the life of former President Donald Trump, praying with great gratitude for his safety and in deep sorrow for the family of the man who was killed and the healing and recovery of the two individuals who were critically injured.  

Our democracy rests on rigorous engagement of difference through dialogue, debate, and mutual respect and on the faithful exercise of our differences through the ballot box. Political violence is totally contrary to our democratic way of life, with cruel and deadly consequences.    

As the Republican National Convention begins, we join in the 24-hour contemplative prayer that the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) has organized for all the days of both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, as well as the days leading to the November election. This virtual prayer space, as LCWR has written, “is open to all, bridging the divide between culture, religion and politics through the witness and commitment women religious make to the power of collective contemplation.” (See https://www.lcwr.org/social-justice/priority-justice-concerns/virtual-prayer-space-for-us-national-conventions-and.)

Our prayers for the transformative common good of all are needed now more than ever. 

Members of the Adrian Dominican Sisters General Council are Sisters Elise D. García, OP, Prioress; Bibiana “Bless” Colasito, OP, and Frances Nadolny, OP, General Councilors; Lorraine Réaume, OP, Vicaress and General Councilor; and Corinne Sanders, OP, General Councilor.