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What's Happening

Weber Center’s Dine and Discuss Book Club Focuses on Mother of Son Killed by ISIS

May 23, 2025, Adrian, Michigan – The Dine and Discuss Book Club at Weber Retreat and Conference Center focuses on American Mother, the true story written by Colum McCann with Diane Foley, whose son Jim Foley was imprisoned and ...

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Celebrate Summer Solstice at Weber Center

May 23, 2025, Adrian, Michigan – As Earth reaches the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, all are invited to join in the ritual celebration of the Summer Solstice from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, ...

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Sisters Rejoice at Transformation of Former School to Affordable Housing

May 21, 2025, Detroit – The site where children once attended St. Matthew School in Detroit will now be home to another group of children and their families. Representatives of the City of Detroit, the Archdiocese of Detroit, Catholic Charities ...

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Mantle of Hope

By Katie Montes, MSW, Executive Director of Mary’s Mantle May 15, 2025, Detroit – Mary’s Mantle, a home for expectant mothers located in Metro Detroit, opened in 2010. It is a nonprofit organization and an apostolate of the Archdiocese of Detroit ...

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Dominican Sister Speaks of her Ministry with the Transgender Population

May 9, 2025, Adrian, Michigan – “Oh, Sister, I’m not hungry for food. I’m hungry for talk. I’m hungry for somebody to listen to me. I’m hungry for somebody not to judge me.” Those were the words of Dawn, a ...

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Lenawee Christian School Students Spend Day In Service to Adrian Dominican Sisters

May 7, 2025, Adrian, Michigan – For the second year in a row, Joanne Wood, Spanish teacher at Lenawee Christian School in Adrian, brought her service group of eight seniors to the Dominican Life Center (DLC) at the Adrian ...

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Catholic Sisters Pay Tribute to Pope Francis

April 24, 2025, Adrian, Michigan – In a recent Global Sisters Report article, Catholic Sisters from throughout the United States paid tribute to Pope Francis in response to his death on April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. ...

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Upcoming Lunch and Learn Sessions Focus on Parks, Loneliness, Goodwill, and Massage

April 14, 2025, Adrian, Michigan – Lunch and Learn sessions for May to August 2025 focus on a variety of topics, from parks in Adrian to the Goodwill organization and the benefits of massage. Lunch and Learn sessions are ...

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Visitor Protocols
We welcome family and friends for in-person visits with resident Sisters at the Adrian Dominican Motherhouse campus. Please follow guidelines established for congregate care facilities to make sure our campus community is safe and healthy.

Weber Retreat and Conference Center
Make a retreat, join us for some great programs, or consider using the warm, hospitable and technologically-equipped facilities for your own meetings and conferences

Our Dominican Lives: A Sister's Story
The Adrian Dominican Sisters live incredible lives in Mission and ministry and have taken many paths to vowed life. This series of video interviews explores the rich and varied lives of our Adrian Dominican family.