(1935-2024)

My desire to enter grows from the realization that no matter what I find good and true and just in the world, it seems to be only a small part of a greater Goodness, a greater Truth, and a greater Justice. When I tried to explain this feeling to one of the Sisters she told me, “It is God whom you are seeking.”

Mercedes Luisa Campos of Puerto Plata, the Dominican Republic, wrote these words as part of the letter she sent to Mother Gerald in 1961 seeking entrance to the Congregation with which she was already acquainted through the Sisters who taught at the Colegio Santo Domingo.

Luisa, as she known, was born on February 24, 1935, in Puerto Plata to Francisco Campos Perez, who was a merchant, and Dolores “Lolín” Villalón. She was one of four children born to the couple, along with two more girls – Lourdes and Maria Teresa – and a boy, Francisco.

She attended grade school and high school in Puerto Plata, graduating from Jose Dubeau High School in 1954. While attending the University of Santo Domingo, she studied law and earned a certificate in journalism. She was first introduced to Adrian Dominican Sisters when she joined a Catholic Action group at the university that taught catechism alongside Sisters from the Colegio, and she began taking classes at the Colegio in order to learn English.

She entered the Congregation on September 8, 1961, and spent the next two years in Adrian as a postulant and novice. When she was received as a novice in August 1962, she was given the religious name Sister Marie Lolín after her mother’s nickname.

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Memorial gifts may be made to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, MI, 49221. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Anderson-Marry Funeral Home, Adrian.

Sister's Memorial Card (PDF)

Vigil and Funeral Recordings

Recording of Sister Luisa's Vigil Service - After clicking the link, download the recording by clicking on the three dots at the bottom right corner of the screen and choosing "Download." Worship Aid (PDF)

Recording of Sister Luisa's Funeral Mass - After clicking the link, download the recording by clicking on the three dots at the bottom right corner of the screen and choosing "Download." Worship Aid (PDF)

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