GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Sister Mary Aquinas Weber, a beloved Dominican nun whose seven decades of service transformed Aquinas College and the Grand Rapids community, died this week after a brief illness, according to the college. She was 102.

In the school's announcement of her passing, they described Sister Aquinas as a faithful servant who embodied the Dominican pillars of prayer, study, service and community throughout her remarkable life.

"The passing of Sister Aquinas is the end of an era," said Sister Megan McElroy, Prioress of the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids. "She was legendary in her leadership and, especially, in her faithfulness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to the Dominican charism of truth."

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