Building Community: Dominican Sisters, Grand Rapids

Building Community: Dominican Sisters, Grand Rapids

Leader and community-builders Sisters Aquinas Weber and Jean Paul Tilmann made an indelible mark on Grand Rapids. Together with Aquinas College leaders they challenged attitudes and norms that nearly destroyed the Eastown Neighborhood in the 1980s. Through...
Building Community: Dominican Sisters, Grand Rapids

Living Intentionally: Dominican Sisters, Grand Rapids

Dominican Center Marywood at Aquinas College intentionally cultivates an environment of stillness — a space where you can listen, a place where you can simply be. We invite those who want to encounter one another through authentic experiences of prayer, reflection,...
Building Community: Dominican Sisters, Grand Rapids

Serving Community: Dominican Sisters, Grand Rapids

Technology manager Sister Joyce Ann Hertzig manages sound, video, and zoom for mass and prayer services at Marywood in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She adapted swiftly to help bring the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids Liturgy ministry online when the Covid pandemic forced...