Happy Easter “Cooperation with the Light of Christ!”
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 those new dawns, the return of the light. She was relentless in pursuit of Easter: Searching for tender shoots of her perennials, talking […]
Dominican Sisters 2026 Summer Immersion Experience
It’s open application time for national service immersion event hosted in Springfield Women who are discerning a call to religious life are invited to Mr. Lincoln’s Hometown in June for a national event hosted by the Springfield Dominican Sisters. Applications are being received now, and up to fifteen women will be selected for participation in the event, scheduled for June 16-20. The group will live at Sacred Heart Convent and experience the rhythms of apostolic religious life, which […]
Together we reimagine our service as a seed in holy ground
This Jubilee Year is an important time for our Church and for the Springfield Dominican Sisters. We are celebrating 25 years of our presence in the Parish of St. John the Baptist in Jarpa and 60 years in Peru. What a great event! We celebrate with our sisters who have experienced the rich fragrance of the highlands during their service in Alto Cunas, the highest part of the region where the River Cunas flows. What better sign of […]
Sister M. Clarice Kniery, OP
Sister M. Clarice Kniery Services Visitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., Wed., Feb. 25, Aquinas Center, Sacred Heart Convent, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m., Wed., Feb. 25, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Dominican Father Robert Kelly, presiding. Wake and Mass livestreamed at springfieldop.org/livestream/ Burial: She will be laid to rest at Roselawn Cemetery, 10:00 a.m. Thurs., Feb. 26. Those services will livestream on Facebook @springfieldop. Springfield Dominican Sister M. Clarice Kniery died […]
Touching our wounds, affirming our dignity
By Alexis Williams, LSCW How does one begin to make sense of the repetitive pain and chaos in the world today? How can one understand the images of immigrants being forcibly detained by federal agents, the fear being stoked about those who look different from you, and the combined anger and disconnect between persons of all races? Deep seated feelings of hatred can seem so pervasive these days. Past experiences One answer may lie in the notion of […]
True Justice: honoring and restoring human dignity
Springfield Dominican Sisters were among those present at the State Capitol on October 18 in protest of the anti-immigrant policies of the Administration. From Left to right: Sisters Judith Curran, Dorothy Marie Solak, Martha Marie Kirbach, Beverly Jeanne Howe, Ann Clennon, Kathleen Ryan, Marcelline Koch, and Elizabeth Wrenn. By Sister Kathlyn Mulcahy, OP Close your eyes and imagine justice. What do you see? Look beyond the Lady Justice statue sometimes seen outside courthouses, blindfolded and bearing a sword […]
SEEK2026: Another First For Me
Hello Readers, Welcome to Vocation on Location with Sister Mary Jo Sobieck, OP SEEK2026: What an experience! Vocation Animation has been a new ministry for me as of the summer of 2025, and Sister Denise has been a wonderful host guiding me through the ropes of these gatherings; each one being a first for me. Soon enough we’ll be on the road again to meet up with the San Jose Dominicans in LA for the Religious Ed Conference […]
Dominican Sisters offer Brown Bag series on social justice themes
The public is welcome to join the Dominican Sisters of Springfield for a series of Brown Bag lunches offered at Sacred Heart Convent in February and March. The noontime events scheduled for February 24, March 5, and March 10 will apply principles of Catholic social teaching to timely challenges facing us today. The events are free; preregistration is requested. Since last spring, the sisters and their friends have kept vigil on the Monroe Street frontage of Sacred Heart Convent, waving at commuters and drawing attention to the wisdom of Catholic Social Teaching [CST]-principles […]
