Happy National Catholic Sisters Week! Student journalists Logan Evans and Max Hartwig made a short film asking Sacred Heart-Griffin students, “What is the difference between a nun and a sister”? Sister Phillip Neri Crawford, OP, Sister Phillip Neri Crawford, OP, Sister Rosemary McGuire, OP, Sister Martha Carmody, OP, Sister Mary Brendan Gibbons, OP, and Sister […]
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February 8 is the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, a day chosen by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace as a day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking. You may remember that St. Josephine Bakhita was born in Sudan in 1869 and enslaved as a child. Eventually she was sold to an Italian
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“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined. “ ~ Henry David Thoreau If you imagine yourself as a sister, talk to Sister Teresa. To visit us contact Sister Teresa Marron, OP • Phone: (708) 207-1874 • Email: srteresa@spdom.org
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Sister Pauletta was accompanied by her sisters this afternoon for cupcakes and punch to celebrate her 103rd birthday! <iframe src=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fspringfieldop%2Fvideos%2F10159746988470510%2F&width=743&show_text=true&height=520&appId” width=”743″ height=”520″ style=”border:none;overflow:hidden” scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0″ allowTransparency=”true” allowFullScreen=”true”></iframe>
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Personal Transformation: The Heart of Systemic Change Transformational, systemic change does not happen overnight. At its core is personal transformation. Society-altering change begins in the human heart and radiates outward. Policy makers create transformational change when they allow their own hearts to change. Leaders who empower others often experience transformation over time. Through personal experience,
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Giving Tuesday was started as the charitable counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but it’s become so much more. After treating yourself, share the gift of the Dominican charism with others today! This year, we want you to share the love with our sisters and help us reach our goal. Donate now to help
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<blockquote class=”twitter-video” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Some <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/TuesdayThoughts?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#TuesdayThoughts</a>: We’re two weeks out from <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/GivingTuesday?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#GivingTuesday</a>! Tell your family, friends, and coworkers to save the date: Tuesday, November 28, 2017. <a href=”https://t.co/HDYb8V5Y5C”>pic.twitter.com/HDYb8V5Y5C</a></p>— Springfield OP (@springfieldop) <a href=”https://twitter.com/springfieldop/status/930454667108249600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>November 14, 2017</a></blockquote><!– –><script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script><!– –><hr/><!– –><blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Some <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/TuesdayThoughts?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#TuesdayThoughts</a>: We’re two weeks out from <a
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“I say this to you with regret: Many grave sins were committed against the native people of America in the name of God.” “I humbly ask forgiveness, not only for the offense of the church herself, but also for crimes committed against the native peoples during the so-called conquest of America.” ~ Pope Francis, Indigenous
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Happy #WorldTeachersDay from Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL! Take a moment and share with us a memory of a Sister that inspired you as a student. See the Facebook post to read more comments.
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Springfield Dominican Sister Marcelline Koch, OP, is part of a new Springfield area group called Immigrant and Refugee Partners. The group is a coalition of community strategic partners to provide education, advocacy and support to immigrants and refugees in our Springfield, IL. The group is offering a free immigration training. The event, Immigration 101: Immigrant
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Matthew 13: 24–30 As I write this column, some of us here at the Dominican Motherhouse are concluding a most remarkable retreat. The retreat invited us into a vision which both scientists and theologians have been exploring for several years now, a vision that opens us up to what humans are learning about the home
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Last week a small group of Sisters participated in a contemplative retreat. The retreatants integrated elements of the Universe Story with their Dominican stories and the personal experiences they brought to the retreat. Sister Anita guided the Sacred Heart Convent retreatants in the basics of creating a simple woven cloth—weaving the threads of life experiences into
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On July 6, 2017 most of the nations on Earth met at the United Nations to vote on a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. 122 nations voted in favor and adopted the treaty. The historic vote for the non-nuclear treaty was boycotted by most of the members of NATO, including
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