Thank You to Sister Katherine O’Connor, completing her years of service at SHG
Dominican Sister Katherine O’Connor, OP, announced this week she will step down from her role as president of Sacred Heart-Griffin High School at the end of the 2022-2023 school year. She will leave her post in June, bringing an end to a nearly two-decade career as a leader in Catholic Dominican secondary education in Springfield. In an announcement to faculty, staff, board of directors, and families of SHG she shared, “My heart is filled with love and gratitude […]
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Oglala Update: News from Sister Barbara Ann
As she periodically does, Sister Barbara Ann Bogenschutz shares news about life at Our Lady of the Sioux Church in Oglala, South Dakota, where she is Parish Life Coordinator, through a newsletter to her friends and supporters. At the top of her list most recently was news of an unexpected message from Pope Francis, who in July encouraged the Lakota Catholics to live their faith while preserving their culture. The pope sent his welcome greeting with Father Arturo […]
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Seeing the Work of the Spirit: East St. Louis and Peru
By Sister Rose Miriam Schulte, OP In our Prayer for the Life of the World, we daily ask that our hearts might be freed “to recognize and attend to Christ in hidden and unexpected places.” Some of these hidden places are lodged in our congregational past. Not unlike any organic process, a congregation’s earlier plantings of heirloom seeds can burst forth in today’s fruits and tomorrow’s hopes. Such plantings appear serendipitous. Reflection lays bare the work of the […]
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Finding Christ in Unexpected Places
By Cynthia Callan Three years ago, my husband and I began walking at the park before work. At that time, I did not realize the many graces which would be received each day. The graces received went beyond the natural landscape and changing seasons; it also included the faces of God in the people I met. When passing someone, we shared greetings; eventually learning names of some we met. Now our park friends add joy to the start […]
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Addressing the Devastation of Climate Change?
The Dominican Sisters and Associates Have a Plan for that. The Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Ill., took Pope Francis up on his climate change challenge. They have just approved the first of a series of plans that they and their associates will put into action through 2023. The plan has three goals: Recognize and interrupt economic injustices that harm Earth. Live more simply and consume less. Approach care for Earth through the lens of faith in a loving […]
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Jubilee Farm Honored
with Gold Level Award for Sustainability Leadership
Springfield, Ill.-For their leadership in integrating sustainable practices at Jubilee Farm, the Dominican Sisters were honored with a Gold Level certificate from Sustainable Springfield. This grass roots organization promotes and inspires sustainable solutions by local governments, the business community, and Springfield area citizens. Sister Rose Marie Riley, director of Jubilee Farm and Sister Sharon Zayac, a pioneer founder, received the award during an event at Maldaner’s restaurant in Springfield on Wednesday, Sept. 7. “It was heartwarming to see […]
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Celebrate the Season of Creation Sept 1-Oct 4
The Season of Creation is the annual Christian celebration to listen and respond together to the cry of Creation: the ecumenical family around the world unites to pray and protect our common home. The Season “Celebration” begins on 1 September, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and ends on 4 October, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology beloved by many Christian denominations. This year we will unite around […]
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New Video: Dominican Family Opens the Springfield Dominican’s 150th Anniversary Year with Festive Liturgy
The Dominican Sisters of Springfield opened their anniversary celebration with a festive liturgy on the 149th anniversary of their founding. On Friday, August 19, the sisters were joined for the celebration by the Dominican Nuns of the Monastery of Mary the Queen, members of the Dominican Laity, Dominican Associates, and the local ordinary, Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. The livestream recording of the Mass is available here. During his homily Bishop Paprocki […]
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