Sister Mary Bride Quinn celebrates Jubilee
Sister M. Bride Quinn, OP, was born in 1932 in Newport, County Mayo, Ireland and was baptized Bridget Mary at St. Patrick Church in Newport. She joined the Dominican Sisters of Springfield in 1950 and made her first profession of vows in 1951. After earning a bachelor’s degree in Education from St. Norbert College in 1969, her first ministry was teaching elementary students at Sacred Heart, San Diego, 1951-1952. She returned to Illinois and taught at Cathedral School, […]
New Associates welcomed by Springfield Dominican Sisters
Springfield, Ill. – A commitment ceremony for the 2026 Springfield Dominican Associate class was held at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel on Sunday, May 3, 2026. During the homily of the Mass Father Bob Kelly, OP, chaplain for the Dominican Sisters, compared the new associates to the apostles listening to Jesus’ farewell. “Through prayer, study, community and service, the Dominican Associate candidates have responded to Jesus’ invitation to continue your mission in the world,” said Father Bob. The new associates prepared for […]
Dominican legacy grows in Rantoul
Seen in the photo from left: Father John Verrier, Sisters Mary Paulette Joerger, Kathleen Anne Tait, Arlene Chole, and Mary Jo Sobieck, and Father Joel Phelps. Several sisters recently participated in the groundbreaking event for a new St. Dominic Hall at St. Malachy Church in Rantoul, Ill. The sisters have a long history of service at St. Malachy Parish and School which began in 1914. Father Joel Phelps shared a reflection of the sisters and their call from St. Dominic to continue sowing the seeds […]
“Come, and you will see.” ~ John 1:39
Sisters Denise Glazik and Mary Jo Sobieck, Ministers of Vocation Accompaniment and Animation for the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, were on the road again, this time participating in av ocation fair hosted by Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, IL on Friday, Apr. 17. Two Viatorian priests, an associate representative for the Claretian Missionaries, and a priest from the Archdiocese of Chicago joined them to offer a day of encounter for grades 11-12. During each theology class […]
Sister M. Emmeric Emerick, OP
Services for Sister M. Emmeric Emerick, OP Visitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., Wed., April 29, Aquinas Center, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704. Mass: 6:30 p.m., Sacred Heart Convent Chapel Both services livestreamed at springfieldoo.org/livestream Burial: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, April 30, Calvary Cemetery. Service streamed on Facebook Springfield Dominican Sister M. Emmeric Emerick died at Sacred Heart Convent on April 19 at the age of 92, in the 73 year of profession. Sister M. Emmeric was born […]
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 […]
