A Summer Full of Celebrations
Found in the Fall 2023 JUST Words magazine. Enjoy this peek into some of our summer celebrations in 2023. Clockwise from upper left of facing page: Sister Edith Vila Alania dances in the gifts of Eucharistic bread and wine during the 150th anniversary Mass on August 19; Sister Rebecca Ann Gemma, Prioress General, welcomes guests to the liturgy; Sisters Elyse Marie Ramirez and Mila Diáz Solano lead the responsorial psalm; Sister Bernice Juip offers the universal prayer. Below: […]
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Jubilee Farm added to Sangamon Conservancy easement portfolio
Dominican Sisters’ commitment protects 164 acres in perpetuity Springfield, Ill.-Finally-and forever-when Sister Sharon Zayac wakes to the sunrise over Jubilee Farm she can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that what she has been advocating for 23years is now accomplished. In August 2023 the Dominican Sisters of Springfield entered into agreement with Sangamon Conservancy Trust to protect from development Jubilee Farm’s 164 acres of forest, wetlands, savannahs, and native Illinois flora. The conservancy made the announcement in their […]
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Irish Dancers visit Sacred Heart Convent
Members of the Irish Dancers of Springfield visited our sisters Friday at the Motherhouse.
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A Light for My Path: Witnesses to the Spirit-Led Life
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light for my path. I make a solemn vow to observe your righteous judgments. I am very much afflicted, LORD; give me life in accord with your word. Psalm 119: 105-107 Is Sister Phyllis, right? Is the chaos of our age a privileged place to witness the action of the Spirit? To put her theory to the test, we invited seven JUST Words readers to share their wisdom for […]
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Walking the path of vocation discernment? This might be your next step
More women than you might realize sense God drawing them toward a life of fulfilment and happiness as Catholic sisters, but often they miss the opportunity to explore because they aren’t sure what to do once they are tuned in to this prayerful intuition. Walking the path of vocation discernment begins, for many women with a “Come & See” weekend at a residence of Catholic sisters. The Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Ill., have eleven such events scheduled throughout […]
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Sister M. Harold Herrmann, OP
Sister M. Harold’s Services Visitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Monday, October 23, 2023, 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, Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Dominican Father Michael DeTemple, celebrant. Wake and Mass will be livestreamed. Burial: 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 24, Calvary Cemetery. Livestreamed on Facebook at @springfieldop. Livestream Links Wake Service Funeral Mass Burial Springfield Dominican Sister M. […]
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“The Healthy Restlessness of Incompleteness”: Groundings for a Synodal Future
By Sister Phyllis Schenk We find ourselves in a time of all-encompassing unrest. There are great divisions in our world with violence and inflation; pandemic and immigration; political and religious beliefs which are poles apart. Those things we counted on in the past now appear uncertain. There is so much fear and insecurity. All our endeavors are moving at such a fast pace. Where is the firm ground where we can feel rooted and centered? At one time […]
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Catholic Sisters invite you to join them in prayer and fasting for the Middle East
Dominican Sisters of Springfield are among the hundreds of women religious joining the Church of the Holy Land and people throughout the world in a day of prayer and fasting for peace in the Middle East on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. In a letter sent to its membership On Monday, October 16, 2023, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) wrote: ” The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, on behalf of the bishops of the Holy Land has asked […]
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