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March 3, 2025, Washington, D.C. – Cardinal Wilton Gregory, who retired in January 2025 after serving as Archbishop of Washington, D.C., since 2019, recalls the Catholic roots he found in his native Chicago. Before he was a Catholic, young Wilton Gregory was inspired to be a priest by the priests of St. Carthage Parish and the Adrian Dominican Sisters who taught him there. 

Read more about Cardinal Gregory’s life as a priest and bishop in this article printed in The Catholic Standard, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. 

Caption for above feature photo: Sister Donna Markham, OP, and Cardinal Wilton Gregory

Adrian Dominican Sisters File Photo
 

March 3, 2025, Adrian, Michigan – During a recent meeting, the Lenawee County (Michigan) Board of Commissioners unanimously declared January Human Trafficking Prevention Month. After the proclamation was read, Laura Schultz Pipis, Executive Director of United Way of Monroe and Lenawee Counties, noted that Adrian Dominican Sister Patricia McDonald was with her throughout her efforts against the scourge of human trafficking, modern-day slavery. She added that the Adrian Dominican Sisters have been involved in anti-human trafficking work for 20 years.

Sister Patricia, a member of the Lenawee County Anti-Human Rights Coalition, has spoken at various events to make people aware of the prevalence worldwide of human trafficking, defined in U.S. law as “the use of force, fraud, or coercion to compel a person into commercial sex acts or labor against their will.” 

The Adrian Dominican Sisters approved a corporate stance against human trafficking in 2008, and in 2009 formed an anti-human trafficking task force. The Sisters are now part of the Lenawee County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force.

Read the entire article and listen to audio clips on the website of WLEN Radio.

Caption for above feature photo: Sister Patricia McDonald, OP