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By Nancy Mason Bordley Director, Office of Dominican Charism
March 19, 2026, Adrian, Michigan – The Holy Spirit is stirring again in the Dominican Family.
The Dominican Life Collaborative is an organization rooted deeply in the charism of St. Dominic and freshly responsive to the needs of our time. This new expression of Dominican life, this authentic Dominican vocation, invites women and men to live the Gospel through prayer, study, community, and preaching, woven intentionally into the realities of everyday life.
This new form arises from the same Dominican fire that has burned for more than 800 years:
Members of this new form are not stepping away from the world but stepping more deeply into it – as contemplatives in action; witnesses of hope; and companions to the poor, the searching, and the forgotten. Their preaching flows not only from words, but from lives shaped by the Gospel and attentive to the cries of our world.
On November 18, 2025, a livestream for Sisters and Associates outlined a pathway for moving into the future, since Associate Life, as we have known it, will be coming to an end. We are now delighted to announce the emergence of the Dominican Life Collaborative, a new form of Dominican Life that will offer current Associates and new seekers an opportunity to discern their call to continue living the charism in a new vocation.
We invite you to pray with us, to listen for God’s call, and to walk with us as this new expression of Dominican life takes shape. Whether you are discerning, curious, or simply grateful for the ongoing creativity of the Spirit within the Dominican Family, we welcome your presence and your prayers. Contact the Leadership Team (listed below) through me with any questions or suggestions.
St. Dominic, pray for us! May this new form of life bear fruit for the Church and for the world.
Leadership Team Jane Bertsch Jo Curran Judi Engel Dee Joyner Laura Law James Mallare Rosemary Martin Celeste Mueller Kathy Woods
March 9, 2026, Adrian, Michigan – Radiance, the ability to see beneath the surface of matter to its heart, is the hallmark of a true contemplative. During an in-person retreat, Growing in Radiance with Teilhard de Chardin, Sister Kathleen Duffy, SSJ, draws on some of the beautiful, mystical essays of the Jesuit paleontologist to explore the inner glow that Teilhard experienced in his encounters with Christ in matter.
The retreat begins at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26, 2026, at Weber Retreat and Conference Center and concludes at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
Sister Kathleen, Professor Emerita of Physics and Director of the Institute for Religion and Science at Chestnut Hill College, is President of the American Teilhard Association. Her research focuses on the religious essays of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the relationship of his synthesis to modern developments in science.
The cost is $125 for commuters (includes lunches), and $225 per person double occupancy and $325 single occupancy (includes all meals). Registration is required. Visit www.webercenter.org and click on “programs,” call 517-266-4000, or email [email protected]. Limited scholarships are available.
Weber Center is located on the campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse, Adrian, Michigan. On East Siena Heights Drive, turn into the driveway between Adrian Rea Literacy Center and the solar panel-covered carport. Follow the signs to Weber Center. For information, call the Weber Center at 517-266-4000.