Dominican Women
Afire!
Living Alleluia: Preaching in the Easter Season
Dominican Women
Afire! began the Easter Season
preaching! During the 50 days of Easter,
a daily shared preaching from one of the members of Dominican Women Afire! (DWA) will be posted on the DWA website.
I invite you to visit the website and reflect on the daily preaching by
Dominican Sisters around the country.
Members of Dominican Women Afire! have teamed up to
preach the Good News in this Easter Season. The daily Scripture readings will be preached
each day by a different Sister through word, song and artistic expression. You will be also find an option to subscribe
to these daily on the website:
About the Dominican Women
Afire!
Dominican
Women Afire! is a collaborative movement of Dominicans under the age of 60 or less
than 10 years finally professed. We seek to energize our Dominican Life through
common study, prayer, and action. Dominican Women Afire! uses virtual
communities to strengthen the bonds of relationship and expand our capacity for
mission and ministry. We represent 16 U.S. Dominican congregations and have
members in 9 countries ministering to the People of God through a wide range of
ministries.
Our beginnings...
Our beginnings...
More
than 140 women, 59 and younger or less than 10 years finally professed, from 16
congregations of the Dominican Sisters Conference, fanned the flames of our
Dominican charism at a multicultural, bilingual gathering in San Antonio, Texas
on Labor Day Weekend 2014. We were
indeed Dominican Women Afire (DWA)!
Vowed Religious Meet With “Nones”
at Dominican Center at Marywood
The Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids are pleased to share an
excerpt of an opinion article written by Katy Gordon for The Rapidian, a community news organization
based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A link to the full article also appears at the
end.
Nuns
& Nones: Conversation at intersection of Contemporary Religious, Secular
Life
Local Dominican Sisters and Millennial Nones met in an
inter-generational space which lead to conversations about how to sustain
ourselves for decades in movements for social justice, how to stay connected
with one another in a technological world that has potential for isolation, and
so much more.
A few months ago, I wrote two articles on the trend in American
religious life that has been dubbed by Pew Research as “the Rise of the
‘Nones.’” This language of the “Nones” is an umbrella term meant to include
anyone who falls into a “none of the above” situation when filling out
demographic information about their religious tradition. Including atheists,
agnostics, and “nothing in particular,” according to recent surveys the Nones
now account for the second largest religious group in America, resulting in
roughly one in four overall, and one in three millennials.
My first article explored how many of these Nones are building
meaningful communities outside of religious institutions, and the second
article suggested what religious institutions and Nones might be able to learn
from one another.
As a so-called None myself, I was interested to see how
religious leaders in our city would respond to these pieces. To my delight, a
Dominican Sister emailed to let me know how she appreciated the perspective and
wanted to learn more about and from the Nones.
When we sat down and talked, the similarities between her group,
the Nuns, and my group, the Nones, became so obvious. Both Nuns and Nones are
on the margins or fringes of our traditions. Both Nuns and Nones have a track
record of challenging institutions in order to promote inclusion and justice.
Both Nuns and Nones are seeking community that is open to questions and the
continuous search for meaning.
Sunday, May 14th
Is 'Second' Sunday!
Are you discerning a call
to religious life?
Do you want to talk to
someone about your vocation?
The second Sunday of each month is set
aside for you!
You are invited to spend
the day with us,
Join us for Morning Prayer, Liturgy, and Dinner!
Call Us | Email Us | Visit Us!
Continued Easter Blessings to you!
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