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Partners in Mission: New recognition wall honors donors

By Sister Kathleen Anne Tait, OP Director of Mission Advancement This quote from St. Catherine graces a beautiful new recognition wall, recently installed at the door of Sacred Heart Convent chapel, where every day our sisters remember in their prayer our friends and benefactors, who, having been our companions on the journey in this life,

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Sister M. Alberta Juggles Techno wizardry, Ministry, and Family Care

Above: Sister M. Alberta, left, and her sister, Sister M. Rene, who died in 2016. Listen carefully and you will hear Sister M. Alberta mention the reason she asked to move from her ministry as principal at Alleman High School in Rock Island, Ill., closer to her family in Morgan County. She mentions her sister,

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Christmas blessings from the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois

Dear Friends, We greet this Christmas Season with the honest recognition that our hearts are filled with lament, gratitude, and hope. Lament as we join Earth and her people calling for systemic change to heal the suffering found in our shared global community. Gratitude as we recognize the goodness in all of creation that is restorative, renewing,

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“It is not safe anywhere”—Stories from the Dominican Family in Myanmar

On an early December morning in Central Illinois, 100 Dominicans from around the globe were virtually to hear from their Dominican brothers and sisters in Myanmar. By now accustomed to the standard operation of such electronic gatherings, while the speakers addressed the causes of conflict and enumerated the tragedies of displacement, mass executions, and institutional

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The Power of Education, Spirituality, and Psychological Support In Myanmar

The Impact of COVID on Education Schools were closed in 2020 due to spreading of COVID19. After seizing power, the military jun­ta tried to open schools in 2021 but was not successful because most of the teachers refused to collaborate with them and students didn’t enroll for classes. This year too, though the military government

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“Thank you for your continual prayers”: Unrest in Peru leads to death, destabilization

Sister Mila Díaz Solano, a member of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield’s leadership team, provided an update for the sisters and associates on the difficult situation in Peru, her home nation and a place of ministry for the congregation since 1965. Sister Mila Diaz Solano “As of today (December 14), seven people have died due

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Sister M. Alberta’s Dominican Family Tree

Family genealogists know that when researching deceased relatives, it is often possible to catch glimpses of their interests and personalities in their living descendants. This is absolutely true of Sister M. Alberta and her deceased Dominican-Sister relatives. To read the biographies of Sister M. Alberta’s three aunts and her sister, Sister Rene, is to locate

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Always an adventure at Christmas

Sister Mary Alberta’s big Catholic family enjoyed gathering at her grandparents’ house for the Christmas festivities. Her memories include attending midnight Mass, and the rhythms of a house brimming with playful cousins, aromatic treats, and epic family stories. Here she shares a special family Christmas memory. Don’t miss it! It was just this family atmosphere

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How the Dominicans are Responding in Myanmar

Our Response to the Humanitarian Crisis With the donation received from the different communities of our Province and from the friends of the Friars both local and foreign, we, Myanmar Dominicans, have been able to respond to the humanitarian crisis under the following categories since 2022. Food Relief Since March 2021, Fr. Paul Aung Myint

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Peru Unrest: Dominican Sisters of Springfield Support Call of Peru’s Religious Sisters and Brothers for Rule of Law, Peace,
and Stability

Today the Dominican Sisters of Springfield in Peru and the United States affirm their support for a statement by the Conference of Religious Men and Women of Peru and pray for a peace in Peru during these critical days. Yesterday, December 7, 2022, the Dominican Sisters of Springfield in Lima alerted their sisters in North

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