Sister Jean Patrick Talks About Rosary-Making
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Sister Mary Jean Traeger, OP: Faith Matters, A Retreat Reflection
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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Weaving Your Story Retreat
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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Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons Makes International Statement
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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Sister Mary Dorothea Sondgeroth, OP Lifetime Achievement Award
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Springfield Dominican Sisters Response to the Withdraw from the Paris Agreement
We are sharing a press release sent out Thursday, June 1, 2017 from the Catholic Climate Covenant with the response of national Catholic organizations, including LCWR, to President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Accord. If you would like to partner with our mission to care for our planet, keep working for our common home with us
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Healing with Dialogue
Healing with Dialogue Election Year Strained Friendship by Aaron Tebrinke with reflections by Shirley Johnson and J. Graham Thompson, LMFT Aaron Tebrinke, our Multimedia Specialist, and Shirley Johnson have been friends since 2013. Aaron feared that their friendship was damaged by the general election last November. He was eager to try an exercise in contemplative
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JUST Words: La Oroya, Peru, Healing with Dialogue, Brown Bag Seminars, and More!
Click on in the image of JUST Words to read about what is new in the mission and ministries of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois. Read the Spring/Summer 2017 issue: JUST Words Vol 17 No 2
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Good Friday Way of the Cross for Peace and Justice 2017
The annual Way of the Cross for Peace and Justice will take place Good Friday, April 14, 2017 at noon. The first station of the cross will take place at the Supreme Court Building (Second & Capitol) in Springfield, Illinois. Two-hour prayerful ecumenical walk recalling Jesus’ passion and its connection with the injustices experienced by
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Hermana Margarita Valentin Contreras, OP
Friends, with sadness we share the news of the death of our Hermana Margarita Valentin Contreras, OP, in Lima, Peru the evening of March 16, 2017. Affectionately known as “Hermana Marga,” she was the first Peruvian to join our congregation, making profession in 1990. Her funeral Mass will be in Lima on Saturday, March 18,
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Sister Sharon Speaks in New Zealand
Pray for Sister Sharon in New Zealand today as she shares her knowledge about the climate challenge to Dominican Sisters, college professors and people interested in learning how to care of our common home. Sister Sharon Zayac, OP presents Seeds of Hope: Renewing Ourselves in a World of Chaos on Friday, March 17 and Saturday,
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Early-bird discount for Strategies for Reading the Bible
Strategies for Reading the Bible: Peacemaking in a Post-Truth World A Workshop for Engaged Christians by Pastor Paul Nuechterlein (Discipleship Seminars in Mimetic Theory) Saturday, March 18, 2017 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Sacred Heart Convent 1237 W Monroe Street Springfield IL 62704 217-787-0481 Early Bird (Before March 1) $40.00 After March 1 $50.00 Executive Box Lunch
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Happy President's Day 2017
Pray that the Spirit will touch the heart of the President and lead him to follow a path of peace. 100 Days of Prayer • Day thirty-two Happy President’s Day 2017!
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World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life 2017
Sister Teresa Marron, OP asks why Springfield Dominican Sisters love religious life for World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life. Sisters in order of appearance: Sister Teresa Marron, OP Sister Margaret Therese Hebert, OP Sister Suzanne Donner, OP Sister Kathlyn Mulcahy, OP Sister Paul Mary Janssens, OP Sister Marilyn Jean Runkel, OP Sister Mary
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