Campus Ministry Dominican Preachers The “O.P.” at the end of our Dominican Sisters’ signatures stands for “Order of Preachers,” a title given to Dominican friars, brothers, nuns, sisters, and lay Dominicans the world over. Rosary has a team of student Dominican Preachers who give a reflection at every mass and prayer service. Each Spring, students are invited to apply to be a Dominican Preacher. The newest preachers travel to a conference with faculty moderators Paul and Sandy Iwanski at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan. This conference is sponsored by the Dominican Association of Secondary Schools to connect Dominican high school students from the United States and Puerto Rico. Our newest preachers are Anna Gayford, Kate Jarecki, Morgan Martinez, Sarah Phipps and Jenna Streich. They join Sophie Barrett, Jill Bottarini, Katie Higgins, Alyssa Mertka, Mallory Rettenmeier and Elayne Young. If you are unable to attend Rosary masses and prayer services, you can experience the preaching of these young women in print. Their reflections are posted on our website in the news archive.
Junior Ring Blessing
Celebrate Seniors
Members of the Class of 2016 received their class rings during a special ceremony October 30. Deacon Paul Iwanski blest the rings and blest the class members, then the students received their rings and a flower from their homeroom teacher. (Rosary students have the same homeroom teacher all four years.) Rosary faculty and staff were encouraged to wear their own class rings that day, including Principal Sister Ann Brummel, O.P., a Rosary graduate.
Rosary seniors kicked off the beginning of their Senior Year with Celebrate Seniors morning September 25. After a special breakfast, the seniors gathered in the auditorium to listen to speakers, see a slideshow, do a service project, and celebrate their Rosary journey. This year’s service project was making baby blankets for Waterleaf Women’s Center. After breaking into small groups for the project, the seniors came together to bless the blankets with their announced gifts of good health, humility, courage, prosperity, safety, protection, security and comfort for the child and parents.
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