Susanne Tracy OP
Staff Chaplain and Public Speaker at Spectrum Health
Sister Sue Tracy, OP, has been a Grand Rapids Dominican Sister for over 50 years. Her former ministries include being a teacher, vocation director, parish minister, hospital pastoral care director and director of holistic health. Since 2000 she has served as an oncology chaplain at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids where she offers spiritual care to those coping with cancer plus their families. She is a four time cancer survivor/thriver (breast cancer twice, Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, skin cancer).
Sister Sue is a local, state and national speaker on a variety of topics and a certified laughter leader with the World Laughter Tour. She is a contributing author in Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul (1996) and Praying Through Cancer: Set Your Heart Free from Fear (2006).
For more information see:
- Charley Honey’s Article of July 28, 2014: Cancer, chemo all part of spiritual journey for Sister Sue Tracy
- The Grand Rapids Press Article on Cancer July 2014 by Sue Schroeder
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The Faith Magazine article on pages 18-21 at http://fcweb1.faithcatholic.net/digital/grandrapids/GR1013/ (Click on the lower right corner to go directly to the article.)
- The Grand Rapid Press Article written by Sue Schroder published June 2015
For a slideshow of photos taken by the Grand Rapids Press, see http://photos.mlive.com/4469/gallery/profile_sister_sue_tracy/slideshow/index.html.
Sister Sue Tracy 
Dearest Sister Sue,
I so admire your inner strength, and the ability to continue on, helping others, after having gone through the battle of cancer four times. I will always look up to you, and Thank God for sending you to me, when I needed you most. God does hear and answer many of our Prayers. I often wonder what may have happened to me that day, had you not come to my room. You were and still are my Inspiration.
My Love,
Corlyss
Sister Sue,
My wife and I caught your hilarious LaughFest show tonight. Keep ’em laughing.
All the best,
Mike
I saw the article about you in the Kalamazoo Gazette and wanted to connect with you. We met years ago when I was doing Chrysalis Cancer Retreats as an art therapist. I have come across your name several times recently, so when the article appeared I had some sense of what was happening. I am glad you are still being such a beacon of hope and humor to the people who have experienced this journey. I am a survivor of 2 kinds of cancer during the last 16 years and continue to collect stories from people who are thrivers as you are. Thanks for being who you are and such an example of resiliency. I know it isn’t easy, but I admire your example and compassion. What a gift you are to the world with your life, living with joy and humor
Sending you a hug…
Gay Walker
Paz y Amor siempre, Abrazos y besos y oracionesy bendiciones Mi Hermana Sue departe de Lucio Moreno Jr el hijo de su madre del YMCA