News | Live Stream | Video Library
Contact Us | Employment | Donate
September 23, 2024, Adrian, Michigan – In response to unfounded statements against Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, made during and following the September 10, 2024, presidential debate, the Leadership Council of the Adrian Dominican Sisters issued the following statement on behalf of Adrian Dominican Sisters and Associates.
As we enter the final weeks of a national election in a deeply divided nation, with dangerous undercurrents of violence and threats to our democracy, we are deeply troubled by hateful language in political discourse – especially when fabricated to demonize immigrants. It not only violates their inherent dignity as persons made in the image of God but also places them and countless others in peril. This mean-spirited discourse is incendiary, giving rise to bomb threats that have closed or locked down schools, hospitals and other public spaces in our neighboring state of Ohio.
As women of faith who know and have worked with Haitians and many other migrants forced to leave beloved homes for the safety of their families, we are sickened and alarmed by the unfair, painful characterizations that endanger people already fleeing violence. In a nation gifted by the richness of our diversity, we pray for and are committed to building a beloved community.
We call on all candidates for public office, especially those seeking our nation’s highest office, to engage in civil discourse characterized by respect, decency, and basic human kindness. “In God’s hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of every human being” (Job 12:10).
Members of the Adrian Dominican Sisters Leadership Council include Sisters Bibiana Colasito, OP, General Councilor; Margaret Coyne, OP, Chapter Prioress; Sara Fairbanks, OP, Mission Prioress; Judith Friedel, OP, Chapter Prioress; Elise D. García, OP, Prioress of the Congregation; Mary Jane Lubinski, OP, Mission Prioress; Marie Yolanda Manapsal, OP, Chapter Prioress; Frances Nadolny, OP, General Councilor; Mary Priniski, OP, Chapter Prioress; Lorraine Réaume, OP, Vicaress and General Councilor; Corinne Sanders, OP, General Councilor; and Mary Soher, OP, Mission Prioress.
July 14, 2024, Adrian, Michigan – On behalf of the Adrian Dominican Sisters and Associates, the Congregation’s General Council issued the following statement in response to the attempted assassination of Former President Donald J. Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania July 13, 2024.
Statement of Adrian Dominican Sisters on Attempted Assassination of Former President Trump
We join Americans of all political persuasions in condemning the horrific and terrifying assault on the life of former President Donald Trump, praying with great gratitude for his safety and in deep sorrow for the family of the man who was killed and the healing and recovery of the two individuals who were critically injured.
Our democracy rests on rigorous engagement of difference through dialogue, debate, and mutual respect and on the faithful exercise of our differences through the ballot box. Political violence is totally contrary to our democratic way of life, with cruel and deadly consequences.
As the Republican National Convention begins, we join in the 24-hour contemplative prayer that the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) has organized for all the days of both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, as well as the days leading to the November election. This virtual prayer space, as LCWR has written, “is open to all, bridging the divide between culture, religion and politics through the witness and commitment women religious make to the power of collective contemplation.” (See https://www.lcwr.org/social-justice/priority-justice-concerns/virtual-prayer-space-for-us-national-conventions-and.)
Our prayers for the transformative common good of all are needed now more than ever.
Members of the Adrian Dominican Sisters General Council are Sisters Elise D. García, OP, Prioress; Bibiana “Bless” Colasito, OP, and Frances Nadolny, OP, General Councilors; Lorraine Réaume, OP, Vicaress and General Councilor; and Corinne Sanders, OP, General Councilor.