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The Adrian Dominican Sisters invite you to contemplate what it means to "reverence life" and what actions you engage in to express this.

January 25, 2026

We Dominican Preachers of Adrian, impelled by the Gospel and outraged by the injustices of our day, seek truth; make peace; reverence life. 

- Adrian Dominican Sisters Vision Statement

Part of the Adrian Dominican Sisters Vision Statement is "reverence life.” What does it mean to reverence life?  What does it look like in an ever-shifting and evolving world/culture? This week, we explore some of the ways in which Sisters approach this call to care for God’s Creation. Visit this webpage or our social media accounts daily for updates.

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January 23, 2026, Adrian, Michigan – In a letter sent to every U.S. Senator and Representative, leaders of the Adrian Dominican Sisters expressed deep concern over “the direction we are taking as a nation. It runs contrary to the core values we hold as women of faith and uphold as citizens of our democracy.”

The Sisters wrote that they are “deeply troubled by the abdication of checks and balances we are witnessing in Washington that is resulting in unchecked acts of cruelty, violence and oppression against our people at home and threatening friends and world and economic order abroad.” They called on Members of Congress to be “true to your oath of office and to the people you were elected to serve.”

The leaders of the Congregation further added, “As members of the Dominican Order of Preachers whose motto is veritas, truth, we are deeply troubled by the pervasive mendacity in our national discourse. It is dangerous and demoralizing.” They called on Members “to help restore the virtue of truth-telling in governance.”

“We pray,” they added, “that you will take whatever steps you can to end the daily blurring of fact and fiction in our nation’s capital and to help restore the virtue of seeking and speaking truth, so essential to living and governing with integrity – and love.”

Read the entire January 20, 2026, letter.

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Members of the Adrian Dominican Sisters Leadership Council are: Sisters Elise D. García, OP, Prioress; Mary Margaret Albert, OP, and Margaret Coyne, OP, Chapter Prioresses; Sara Fairbanks, OP, and Durstyne Farnan, OP, Mission Prioresses; Patricia Leonard, OP, Chapter Prioress; Frances Nadolny, OP, Lorraine Réaume, OP, and Corinne Sanders, OP, General Councilors; and Mary Soher, OP, Mission Prioress.