Springfield Dominican Sister Beth Murphy and Father Joe Molloy, a priest of the Springfield, Ill., diocese, talk about “call,” what happened when they were ready to give up, and the way family and parish can impact women’s and men’s decisions to discern vocations to priesthood and religious life. Father Joe’s interest in the priesthood wasn’t […]
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This infographic from the Synod office at the Vatican is simple and profound. Take your time as you view it. What does it say to you about your own place in the Church, the People of God?
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Registration for the January virtual chapter preparation gatherings PLEASE NOTE: Registration is requested no later than December 31, 2023.
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The Dominican Literacy Center in Aurora, IL, was recently selected as a 2023 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program Successful Practices Honoree. The Center will receive a $5,000 award and be honored at the Successful Practices Conference at the Library of Congress on October 18. The award recognizes the successful practices of building one-on-one relationships
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Sister M. Angelita’s ServicesVisitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. on Friday, September 1, 2023, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704. Visitation will begin with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m. on Friday, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Father Michael DeTemple, OP, celebrant. Wake and Mass will be livestreamed.
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The excitement was in the air as Sacred Heart-Griffin students went back to school August 17. SHG campus minister Molly Murphy invited some of our sisters to welcome the students and arranged for this fun back-to-school photo station. SHG’s new president, Dr. Bill Moredock photo bombed a few of the groups!
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Saturday, August 19, 2023 – Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Springfield, Ill.—The culmination of a year-long celebration of 150 years of ministry for the life of the world took place at 10 a.m. this day, as more than 450 Springfield Dominican sisters, associates, friends, and honored guests celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving for the many gifts
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Por Hermana Kelly Moline, OP Un manantial se origina cuando el agua que se mueve bajo tierra encuentra una grieta en la superficie y emerge, a veces como un chorrito, a veces solo después de una lluvia, como un flujo continuo. Un manantial se forma cuando la ladera de una colina, el fondo de un
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By Sister Kelly Moline, OP (English version) A spring is created when water moving underground finds an opening to the surface and emerges, sometimes as a trickle, maybe only after a rain, and sometimes in a continuous flow. A spring is formed when the side of a hill, a valley bottom, or other excavation intersects
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Sister Carole’s ServicesVisitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. on Monday, July 31, 2023, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704. Visitation will begin with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m. on Monday, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Dominican Father Michael DeTemple, celebrant. Wake and Mass will be livestreamed. Livestream
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“Even if you are just a little bit curious, you are welcome,” said Sister Denise Glazik about eleven upcoming opportunities for single Catholic women to explore religious life. The sisters have planned six in-person Come & See weekends and five virtual events, called “Zoom & See” weekends, from September 2023 through December 2024. Single Catholic
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Do you ever wonder, what, exactly, is a vocation? One of the best definitions comes from Frederick Beuchner, who said “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” What makes you the happiest? What does the world long for? That is where you need
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By Alexis Williams My husband Rickey and I recently traveled to Alabama to visit family, staying in Montgomery in the heart of civil rights history. We embarked on a journey through some poignant chapters of this era. As African Americans, we felt compelled to pay homage to the tragedies and triumphs of this time. The
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A review of Susan Flansburg’s Feels Like Home: Finding Your Way to Catholic Sisterhood Though I’ve been quite aware of the shortage of Catholic sisters in the United States for some time, an experience last year took me by surprise. Our vocation director Sister Denise Glazik and I were at my alma mater—Eastern Illinois University—for a
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