New Video! – The journey to finding wholeness and peace – National Vocation Awareness Week 2014
“Bringing God into every subject is very freeing.” ~ Sister Martha Carmody, OP Sister Martha’s path to finding wholeness and peace made several turns in her life marked with many accomplishments. Her journey took her from teaching elementary education in the public school system for 24 years to attaining a Parish Life Coordinator certificate and becoming a Dominican Associate, but she still felt that something crucial was missing. She found wholeness when she became a Springfield Dominican Sister. […]
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New Video! – Common Life: This life allows me to be my best self
Sister Elyse Marie Ramirez, OP – Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL Formation Director – shares how Common Life allows her to be her best self for National Vocation Awareness Week 2014.
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Vocation video — Mutual Relationships: the heart of ministry and Dominican Life
Sister Rose Marie, OP shares her experience of mutual relationships in religious life during National Vocation Awareness Week 2014.
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National Vocation Awareness Week Video: Dominican Family
For National Vocation Awareness Week 2014 Sister M. Dominica Brennan, OP tells the story about the day she told her family she decided to become a Dominican Sister.
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Opposition to Human Trafficking
October 2014 – The Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois voted to affirm a corporate stance against Human Trafficking. The new corporate stance reads: Building on our Consistent Ethic of Life stance that “we reverence the sacredness of life and address injustice in a spirit of respect, compassion, and solidarity,” we, the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois, oppose the trafficking of all persons, especially that of women and children. We will continue to educate ourselves. We will support those […]
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Please join us in prayer and remembrance of the Sisters whom God called home this past year. We’re sorry, your browser doesn’t support IFrames. You can still visit this item., however.Enlarge this document in a new windowSelf Publishing with YUDU
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Changing Seasons: Fall Tree Animation
Everything that grows on earth, Bless the Lord! The colors of the fall leaves brighten the trees around Sacred Heart Convent on a cool autumn day.
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The latest news from our Sisters in Iraq…
Dear all, Despite the crisis, fear, loss, miserable accommodations, daily worries, and the terrible reality of the unknown destiny that awaits us, we still witness the presence of God’s embrace; truly an oasis of joy and sisterhood. On the 13th of September, two of our young sisters (Muntaha and Nidaa) made their final vows in St Joseph’s Church. The celebration was wonderful and quiet, yet not without tears. We thank the Lord, and we thank our two brave […]
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