“It is not safe anywhere”—Stories from the Dominican Family in Myanmar
On an early December morning in Central Illinois, 100 Dominicans from around the globe were virtually to hear from their Dominican brothers and sisters in Myanmar. By now accustomed to the standard operation of such electronic gatherings, while the speakers addressed the causes of conflict and enumerated the tragedies of displacement, mass executions, and institutional collapse in Myanmar since the military coup there in February, participants contributed in chat. As it drew on toward night in Myanmar, one […]
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Late on Holy Days!
Listen to Sister M. Alberta reminisce about the circumstances that brought her parents together, and what it meant to be the only Catholic family in the public school in rural Morgan County. It was during Sister M. Alberta’s early days in religious life that our sisters began an innovative program to address the challenge of faith formation for children living in rural areas. In 1950 the first of four Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Centers opened in Arcola, Ill. […]
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The Power of Education, Spirituality, and Psychological Support In Myanmar
The Impact of COVID on Education Schools were closed in 2020 due to spreading of COVID19. After seizing power, the military junta tried to open schools in 2021 but was not successful because most of the teachers refused to collaborate with them and students didn’t enroll for classes. This year too, though the military government opened the schools, many students refused to attend and teachers refused to collaborate. At this moment, home schooling and online classes are available […]
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“Thank you for your continual prayers”: Unrest in Peru leads to death, destabilization
Sister Mila Díaz Solano, a member of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield’s leadership team, provided an update for the sisters and associates on the difficult situation in Peru, her home nation and a place of ministry for the congregation since 1965. “As of today (December 14), seven people have died due to the demonstrations and more than a hundred have been injured,” she wrote, saying that in 14 of Peru’s 25 regions people have blocked the highways in […]
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Sister M. Alberta’s Dominican Family Tree
Family genealogists know that when researching deceased relatives, it is often possible to catch glimpses of their interests and personalities in their living descendants. This is absolutely true of Sister M. Alberta and her deceased Dominican-Sister relatives. To read the biographies of Sister M. Alberta’s three aunts and her sister, Sister Rene, is to locate something of the fire for Dominican life and service that we see present in Sister Alberta’s life, too. These biographies have been gleaned […]
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Always an adventure at Christmas
Sister Mary Alberta’s big Catholic family enjoyed gathering at her grandparents’ house for the Christmas festivities. Her memories include attending midnight Mass, and the rhythms of a house brimming with playful cousins, aromatic treats, and epic family stories. Here she shares a special family Christmas memory. Don’t miss it! It was just this family atmosphere in Sister Alberta’s home that led her and her sister, Sister M. Rene, to choose life as consecrated religious women. Sister Alberta’s passion […]
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How the Dominicans are Responding in Myanmar
Our Response to the Humanitarian Crisis With the donation received from the different communities of our Province and from the friends of the Friars both local and foreign, we, Myanmar Dominicans, have been able to respond to the humanitarian crisis under the following categories since 2022. Food Relief Since March 2021, Fr. Paul Aung Myint Win, OP, had been delivering food and other relief aid to poor families, to the jobless families, to the families who lost their […]
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Peru Unrest: Dominican Sisters of Springfield Support Call of Peru’s Religious Sisters and Brothers for Rule of Law, Peace,
and Stability
Today the Dominican Sisters of Springfield in Peru and the United States affirm their support for a statement by the Conference of Religious Men and Women of Peru and pray for a peace in Peru during these critical days. Yesterday, December 7, 2022, the Dominican Sisters of Springfield in Lima alerted their sisters in North America to the political crisis facing their nation and asked for our prayerful support. Sister Beatriz Vila Alania, OP, who is based in […]
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