New Leadership Team elected, Term begins June 15, 2024
We are pleased to announce that at the conclusion of General Chapter, on Sunday April 7, 2024, these women said yes to our calling them forth for leadership: Sister M. Paul McCaughey Prioress General-elect Sister Joanne Delehanty Vicaress General-elect Sister Elyse Marie Ramirez Second Councilor-elect Sister Kathlyn Mulcahy Third councilor-elect “We come to a time of closing the 2024 General Chapter so a new beginning may emerge. With eyes and hearts open to all that is unfolding, […]
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Declaración del Capítulo 2024
Ingles Nosotras, las Hermanas Dominicas de Springfield, guiadas por el Espíritu Santo, nos unimos a otros y otras para reimaginar un futuro de promesa y esperanza. Enraizadas en nuestra oración por la vida del mundo y en el cuidado de nuestra casa común, nuestros asociados/as y colaboradores en la misión, estamos fortalecidas para caminar juntas hacia un futuro de auténtica vivencia intercultural. Confiadas en la transformación que ya está actuando dentro de nosotras, entramos en los desafíos, las […]
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2024 General Chapter Direction Statement
español We, the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, guided by the Holy Spirit, join with others to reimagine a future of promise and hope. Rooted in our prayer for the life of the world, and in our care for our common home, we are strengthened by our Associates and partners-in-mission to walk together into a future of authentic intercultural living. Trusting in the transformation already at work within us, we step into the challenges, riches, and grace of the […]
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Sister Myra Flahive, OP
Sister Myra’s Services Visitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., Wednesday, April 10, 2024, Aquinas Center, Sacred Heart Convent, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704. Visitation will begin with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Father Robert Kelly, OP, celebrant. Livestream Visitation prayer service and Mass of Christian Burial will livestream from springfieldop.org/live-stream Burial services livestreamed at facebook.com/springfieldop Springfield Dominican Sister Myra Flahive died March 27, 2024, at Sacred Heart […]
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Sister Mary Gael Daley, OP
Sister M. Gael’s Services Visitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704. Visitation will begin with a prayer service. Mass of Christian Burial: 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Father Robert Kelly, OP, celebrant. Livestream Visitation prayer service and Mass of Christian Burial will livestream from springfieldop.org/live-stream Burial services livestreamed at facebook.com/springfieldop Springfield Dominican Sister M. Gael Daley died March 27, […]
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Miracle on the Lake: A heart-racing story of near-tragedy for Dominican Sisters of Springfield
Podcast highlights impact of women religious for Catholic Sisters Week March 8-15. Available here March 8. Springfield, Ill.-A heart-racing story about a near-tragedy that befell ten Springfield Dominican Sisters in 1972 is the centerpiece of the congregation’s Catholic Sisters Week observances this year. Two Springfield Dominicans, Sister Margaret Grueter and Sister Marie Michelle Hackett, share an intimate conversation about their recollections of October 7, 1972, when a relaxing holiday in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota nearly ended in […]
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Sister Patricia Burke celebrates 60 years of religious profession
Sister Patricia Burke, for a time known as Sister M. Malachy, made her profession of vows June 19, 1964 and spent most of her 60 years of profession in high school education, though she began her teaching ministry in a primary school classroom. She was born to Patrick and Mary Burke in County Offaly, Ireland, and raised there with her siblings until 1949 when the family moved to Chicago. She attended St. Genevieve grade school, an graduated from […]
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Sister Marie Michelle Hackett celebrates jubilee
Sister Marie Michelle was raised in Chicago. Her parents were Walter “Red” and Olga Hackett and her siblings were Pat and Joan. Her parents named her Norene Mary. She made her profession of vows on June 19, 1964, and a few weeks later she was in the third-grade classroom at Little Flower School, Springfield, Ill., where she taught for four years. She then taught first and third grade at St. Michael School, Duluth, Minn., 1968-1972, and then first […]
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