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April 11, 2024, Adrian, Michigan – Adrian Dominican Sister Jeanne Wiest, OP, Director of Worship for the Diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota, was not always involved in liturgical ministry. 

In an article in The Central Minnesota Catholic, magazine of the Diocese of St. Cloud, Sister Jeanne tells of her personal history, from her study of exercise science at Eastern Michigan University to her call to become an Adrian Dominican Sister to her ultimate call to liturgical ministry. 

“When people participate in the liturgy, they get to experience a relationship with God,” she told Amber Walling, staff writer of The Central Minnesota Catholic. “They come to experience God’s great love for them.”

Read the entire article.
 

By Ileana Cintron
Chief Economic Empowerment Strategist, Enterprising Latinas, Inc.

Enterprising Latinas, Inc. (ELI), a nonprofit organization led by women of color, announced that it received a grant from Spectrum Digital Education to establish a new computer lab to boost people’s digital skills, with a focus on women.  

ELI, founded in 2009 and operating since 2014, has been a lending partner of the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ community investing fund since 2023. Its focus is to create pathways to prosperity for women and low- to moderate-income families in the Wimauma, Florida, community and throughout Tampa Bay. 

ELI’s enduring commitment to empowering women by equipping them with new skills is well aligned with the Adrian Dominican Congregation’s 2022 Enactment on Women, to “strive to attain gender equality and women’s full and equal participation and decision making in Church and society.” 

For more information, read the article by Lizabeth Gutierrez on Spectrum News.