When the new St. Dominic Hospital opened on Lakeland Drive, it was a dream come true for the Dominican Sisters and the community which had rallied behind them. Recently, I related the story of some of the Jackson businessmen and Catholic clergy who advocated on behalf of the new hospital. Today, I want to tell […]
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Sister María Luisa Ñaupari Gutiérrez, OP, was born in La Oroya in 1975. She is the daughter of Enrique Ñaupari and Francisca Gutiérrez, and was baptized in the parish of the Immaculate Conception. From a very young age, she felt God’s call to service and to the consecrated life. She entered the Dominican Order
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Sister Kathleen Ryan was born in 1946 in Chicago, Ill., and was baptized Kathleen Mary at St. Ladislaus Church there. She joined the Dominican Sisters of Springfield in 1964 and made her final profession of vows in 1971. She started her teaching ministry at St. Cabrini, Springfield, 1967-1969; Holy Angels, Aurora, 1969-1976; St. Isidore, Farmersville,
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Sister Katherine O’Connor, OP, previously known as Sister Gilmary, was born in 1946 in Evanston, Ill., and was baptized Katherine Regina at St. Jerome Church in Chicago. She joined the Dominican Sisters of Springfield in 1964 and made her first profession of vows in 1966. She began her ministry teaching at Our Lady of Grace,
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Sister Paul Mary Janssens was born in 1935 in Rock Island, Ill., and was baptized Patricia Ann at St. Joseph’s Church there. She joined the Dominican Sisters of Springfield in 1964 and made her first profession of vows in 1966. Sister Paul Mary was already teaching before she joined the Dominicans. She taught grade six
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Sister Linda Hayes, OP, was born in 1946 in Richmond, Mich., and baptized Mary Linda at St. Augustine Church there. She joined the Dominican Sisters of Springfield in 1964 and made her first profession of vows in 1966. She taught students in elementary grades at St. Malachy, Rantoul,1967-1969; St. Walter, Chicago, 1969-1971; St. Mary, New
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Sister Judith Curran was born in 1946 in Chicago, Ill., and was baptized Judith Mary at St. Mel-Holy Ghost Church in Chicago. She joined the Dominican Sisters of Springfield in 1964 and made her final profession of vows in 1971. Sister Judith served in education for 59 years, starting with third grade at Holy Angels,
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Sister M. Samuella Volk, OP, was born in 1931 in Mount Sterling, Ill., and was baptized Phyllis Jean at St. Joseph Church, Mount Sterling. She joined the Dominican Sisters of Springfield in 1949 and made her first profession of vows in 1951. Sister Samuella gave 52 years to classroom teaching, first at St. Patrick, Springfield,
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Springfield, Ill. — A commitment ceremony for the 2026 Springfield Dominican Associate class was held at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel on Sunday, May 3, 2026. During the homily of the Mass Father Bob Kelly, OP, chaplain for the Dominican Sisters, compared the new associates to the apostles listening to Jesus’ farewell. “Through prayer, study, community and service, the
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Seen in the photo from left: Father John Verrier, Sisters Mary Paulette Joerger, Kathleen Anne Tait, Arlene Chole, and Mary Jo Sobieck, and Father Joel Phelps. Several sisters recently participated in the groundbreaking event for a new St. Dominic Hall at St. Malachy Church in Rantoul, Ill. The sisters have a long history of service at St. Malachy Parish
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The memories we hold of our spiritual upbringing can last a lifetime. The impact of Dominican Sisters of Springfield was remembered recently at the Mother of Dolors Church in Vandalia when Sisters Maristella Dunlavy and Mary Jo Sobieck visited with those enrolled in public school religion classes. The sisters who taught there included Sisters M. Thecla Kuhnline, Margaret McCormick (M. Lucia), and Margaret Ann Cox (Sister
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Sisters Denise Glazik and Mary Jo Sobieck, Ministers of Vocation Accompaniment and Animation for the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, were on the road again, this time participating in av ocation fair hosted by Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, IL on Friday, Apr. 17. Two Viatorian priests, an associate representative for the Claretian Missionaries,
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The Library at Sacred Heart Convent hosted an open house Thursday to show the recent updates made to the space. Sister Beverly Jeanne Howe honored the work of the sisters who have helped over the years including: Sisters Bernadette Marie McGuire, Catherine Mary Curry, Elizabeth Wrenn, Judith Ann Haase, Julia Theobald, Linda Sue Turner, and
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We are so happy to invite you to participate in the foundation of a new initiative that will help strengthen our ministry in Lima. The new St .Rose of Lima fund will give our sisters who serve there the flexibility and discretion to provide charity in emergency situations, support students’ spiritual growth, and spark self-sufficiency
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By Sister M. Paul McCaughey, OP, Prioress General My mom loved Easter with the passion of Eostre (or Eastre), the pagan goddess of spring and dawn. Appropriated by early Germanic Christians for what we celebrate today as the Feast of Resurrection, Jesus’ Passover from death to life, Eostre speaks to promises kept for new life. Mom looked for
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