“Does Hope Really Have Feathers?”

Description:

In her poem “Hope is the Thing with Feathers,” Emily Dickinson described hope as a little bird that sings and never stops in the midst of the storm.  It’s a lovely image, but hope is hard work.  It shows its face most prominently in the suffering of the world.  How are we as pilgrims called to embody hope in our day and age?

Biography:

Sister Megan McElroy has been a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids since 1988. She ministered for a total of thirteen years as a pastoral associate. Her first assignment took her to the cradle of the community in Traverse City where she ministered at St. Patrick Parish and lived at St. Francis Convent. After four years in the northern lower peninsula, she returned to her home Archdiocese of Detroit where she ministered for nine years at St. Blase Catholic Community in Sterling Heights. After earning her Master of Divinity from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, Megan taught theology at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart, an all-girls Catholic high school in the north shore area of Chicago.

She was then called to eight years of formation ministry as co-director of the Collaborative Dominican Novitiate in St. Louis, Missouri, forming novices who come together to create their own experience in community with fresh spirit, abundant gifts, and eagerness to grow in the Dominican tradition. During her time in St. Louis, she successfully completed her Doctor of Ministry in Preaching at Aquinas Institute, St. Louis, MO.

Sister Megan is currently serving on the Leadership Team as Prioress.

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