Reflections Magazine Issue #60 - Fall 2003 | Page 6

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Adrian Dominicans Welcome West Coast Congregation

T

he Adrian Dominican Sisters,

health care and social justice. Each

founders and sponsors of

sister has an “OP” after her name,

Siena Heights, officially welcomed

signifying the Order of Preachers

the Dominican Sisters of Edmonds,

and honoring the heritage of the

WA, into the congregation at ritual

order and its 12th century founder,

merger celebrations held in Wash-

Dominic de Guzman.

ington state in June and in Michigan
in August. Symbolic of the merger,
both congregations renewed their
In front of Madden Hall, a rangoli symbolized the
merger process. A rangoli is a traditional Indian
art form in which a colorful design is made near

vows as Adrian Dominican Sisters.
The two congregations share simi-

the entrance to a house to welcome guests.

lar traditions, values and charism;

The merger rangoli included ecological artifacts

and spent more than two years

native to areas where the sisters reside.

considering the merger before the
55-member Edmonds community
voted to officially join the larger
Adrian congregation.
The Adrian Dominican Sisters have
more than 1,000 vowed members
and associates ministering worldwide in the areas of education,