In Ministry

The Adrian Dominican Sisters serve in a variety of ministries in the United States, the Dominican Republic, the Philippines, and Norway: from ministry with the indigenous Aeta people in the mountains of the Philippines to pastoral ministry in Chicago parishes.

Our Sisters serve in the traditional settings of classrooms and hospitals, but also in social justice and social service agencies, literacy centers, art studios, diocesan offices, retreat centers, parishes, ecology centers, and more.

The Congregation offers support to many of these ministries through Ministry Trust grants. In addition, the Adrian Dominican Mission and Vision is carried out through our Sponsored Institutions.

Sister Maureen O’Connell, OP, Takes Indirect Route to Vocation and Current Ministry

October 23, 2024, Houston, Texas – Sister Maureen O’Connell, OP, Director of the Secretariat for Social Concerns for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas, took an unconventional path to her vocation as an Adrian Dominican Sister. Born into a tight-knit ...

Associate Holly Lyman Finds Calling in Overseeing Community Health Programs

Co-workers at St. Rose Dominican Hospitals who were accepted as Adrian Dominican Associates in March 2020 are, from left, Donna Barnes Riggins, Holly Lyman, Teressa Conley, Aimee Moran Yannis, and Natasha Mulroney. Photo by Thierry Lach October 3, 2024, Henderson, Nevada ...

Sister Lois Paha, OP, Ministers in Formation and Liturgy for Diocese of Tucson

Sister Lois Paha, OP, visits a church during an October 2013 pilgrimage. Preparing liturgy is one of her responsibilities as Director of Pastoral Services for the Diocese of Tucson. Photo Courtesy of Sister Lois Paha October 19, 2023, Tucson, Arizona – ...

What I'm Doing at CommonSpirit by Mary Ellen Leciejewski, OP

Mary Ellen Leciejewski, OP System Vice President for Environmental Sustainability CommonSpirit Health I am ministering in environmental sustainability at CommonSpirit Health, a national healthcare organization of more than 140 hospitals serving 20 million patients in big cities and small towns across the ...

From left, Sisters Trina McCormick, OP, Founding Director; Anita Braganza, IBVM, Executive Director; and Mary Priniski, OP, Chapter Prioress, celebrate Sister Trina’s 36 years of ministry at Springbank Retreat Center.

Sister Trina McCormick, OP, Devoted 36 Years of Formal Ministry at Springbank Retreat

July 7, 2023, Kingstree, South Carolina – For 36 years, Sister Trina McCormick, OP, has had a profound, often transformational, effect on countless women religious and other spiritual seekers through the sabbatical programs she organized at Springbank Retreat: for ...

Sister Spotlight: Marie Carleen Maly, OP

February 6, 2023, Adrian, Michigan – For Sister Carleen Maly, OP, education and the Adrian Dominican Sisters go hand-in-hand – from being taught by them as an eighth-grader to her past 15 years of ministry as Director of Adrian ...