Pray for Climate Conference
Sisters, Associates and friends prayed for success of the Climate Conference in Paris. The Climate Change Conference opening in Paris today. In solidarity with people all over the world we joined the People’s Climate March. We invite you to pray at 10 AM with us each day until December 12, 2015 by closing your eyes, holding the vision of the healthy, peaceful, equitable world we all want while consciously breathing the vision in and out.
Bearing Witness at the SOA/WHINSEC
Sisters Marcelline Koch and Kathlyn Mulcahy represented our congregation at the 25th annual School of the Americas Watch vigil at the gates of Ft. Benning, Georgia, Nov. 21-22, 2015. Here is their reflection on their experience. Saturday morning we drove the 40 miles to Lumpkin, Georgia, for the rally and 1.7 mile march to the Stewart Detention Center, one of the largest for-profit immigrant prisons in the country (1,752 beds). There are more people inside the prison than […]
Let The Light In
Sister Mary Edwina Finnegan, OP shares life-giving water with the flowers in late September as the sunlight pours in over the bell tower and the oak tree inside the Sacred Heart Convent courtyard. Visit our Instagram page to see more photos and videos of Sisters in ministry by clicking here.
Be a Promoter of Encounter
Jesus: Prophet of Encounter, a daily reflection by Sr. Rose Marie Riley, OP, North American Coordinator on the Council of Dominican Sisters International. Read more at: http://www.op.org/en/lectio
Peruvian Dance Lesson
This morning Sisters were given an impromptu dance lesson by Hermana Nérida Guardamino Pajuelo, OP of Perú.
Care of Creation Quote: Laudato Si: 2
We have forgotten that we ourselves are dust of the earth (Genesis 2:7); our very bodies are made up of her elements, we breathe her air and we receive life and refreshment from her waters. – Pope Francis, Laudato Si: 2
Winter Solstice Celebration at Jubilee Farm
Come join us for the Winter Solstice Celebration Dec.21 at Jubilee Farm! Read more about it here!
800 years old? Lookin' pretty good!
Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL celebrates 800 years of Dominican Life in the Order of Preaches! Click here to view the opening of the Order of Preachers’ 800th Jubilee Celebration on November 07, 2015 at 4:30 PM. More Dominican Order celebrations held by Dominican Sisters across the county can be found here.
