Adrian Dominican Sisters
The Adrian Dominican Sisters is a Catholic religious institute of Dominican sisters in the United States. Their motherhouse is in Adrian, Michigan.
Abbreviation
OP
1923; 1944 (pontifical status)
Congregation of women religious
Adrian, Michigan, U.S.
22 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, the Philippines,[1]
451 (as of 2022)
Sister Elise D. Garcia, OP
Current Mission[edit]
The Congregation serves in ministries education, health care, pastoral and retreat ministry, the arts, social work, ecology, and peace and justice advocacy. Adrian Dominicans serve in these ministries in 22 U.S. states and three countries: Dominican Republic, the Philippines, and Norway.[2]
The Adrian Dominican Sisters have an Associate Life program consisting of women and men who make a non-vowed commitment to the Congregation, sharing in the mission and vision of the vowed members and in the Dominican spirituality.[3] The Congregation sponsors two universities, two hospitals in the Dignity Health system, an elementary school, a high school, and seven literacy centers.[4]