Barbara Hansen has been a member of Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids for 63 years. She has ministered at Aquinas College as Chemistry Faculty, 1970-75; Aquinas College Academic AVP 1975-83; Pastoral Associate at St. Rose of Lima, Gaithersburg MD 84-88, Congregational Leadership as Councillor 88-94 and Prioress 94-2000; Outreach Coordinator at GRTV 2001-13; TV Program Producer at GRTV 2003-13. She is currently retired and ministers as a volunteer in several capacities.
Ellie Hutchison serves as the co-facilitator of Sisters and Seekers, a local gathering of the national Nuns and Nones movement, where she partners with religiously-diverse millennials and the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids to build intergenerational, spiritual community.
Katie Gordon is a graduate student at Harvard Divinity School studying and exploring communal and spiritual life, politics and ethics, and media and storytelling. She is one of the national organizers of Nuns & Nones, a movement of Catholic Sisters and spiritually diverse millennials exploring together what new forms of prophetic community might look like. Additionally, Katie works with the How We Gather team at the On Being Impact Lab as an intern, primarily supporting their Formation Project, an experiment in spiritual formation for the 21st century.
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Cindy Kamp is the host and creator of Your True North radio show and podcast.
Sean O’Melia is currently the producer of Your True North.
The three participants whose backgrounds were somewhat dissimilar still highlighted a common need to affirm their individuality,
but not to the degree that today’s society would have. Their desire to be connected with others in a satisfying and creative manner was a need they also held in common. The different ages of three, and times of life did, however, show a noteworthy contrast. Katie and Ellie,the two younger women, exhibited a deep need to find a way to reconcile their individuality with their need to be part of a greater whole. Sister Barbara seemed to have come to terms with the two seemingly disparate needs in her life, perhaps as a result of her commitment to a life of service.