Sister Catherine Mary began her religious life teaching grade 3, first at St. Frances Cabrini School, Springfield, 1973-1977, then at Holy Family School Decatur, 1977-1979, before she headed north, where she taught grades 3, 5, and computer at St. Edward School, Chicago, 1979-1990. She moved on to grade 8 at St. Thomas More School, Elgin, 1990-1991, and grade 7 at Ss. Peter & Paul, Cary, 1991-1993. At St. Bernadette School, Evergreen Park, she had several roles including teaching […]

Sister M. Paulette has a sister and two aunts who are also Springfield Dominican Sisters and has served in the Archdiocese of Duluth, Minn., and her home diocese of Peoria as well as the diocese of Springfield. She is currently assistant principal, Holy Family School, Decatur, but next school year will teach junior high at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Regional Catholic School, Herrin, Ill. For 26 years she served at St. Malachy Parish, Rantoul (1994-2021) as junior […]

Sister Geraldine’s longest ministry was the 23 years she served as principal at Holy Family School Decatur, Ill., (1992-2015)-nearly half of her life as a Dominican Sister of Springfield. Since 2015 she’s become a familiar face at Rosary High School in Aurora where she is outreach coordinator and facilities manager. She welcomes families to the school, is ever-present at alumnae events, and is a great booster for the value of a Rosary college prep education. She began her […]

A native of Taylorville, Ill., Sister Kristin spent decades in health care ministry as a respiratory therapist at St. Mary-Rogers Memorial Hospital, Rogers, Ark., St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, Miss., and as a pastoral visitor at St. Catherine’s Village, Madison, Miss. Her early years of ministry were spent in primary grade classrooms. She taught grades 1-2 at St. Walter School, Chicago, 1962-1969, then, after a year at St. Thomas School Newton in grade 1, she went to St. Michael […]

Sister Beverly Jeanne Howe’s years of ministry can be considered in three phases: elementary education, canon law, and English language instructor. She taught elementary school at St. Margaret Mary School, Algonquin, Ill., (1962-1963 and 1978-1983); Our Lady of Grace School, Chicago (1963-1969); Our Lady of Lourdes School, Decatur, Ill., (1969-1971); and St. Christina School, Chicago (1971-1978 and 1983-1985). She transitioned to pastoral ministry at St Malachy Parish, Rantoul, Ill. (1985-1993); and at St. Edward Parish, Chicago (1993-1995) before […]

Sister Rosemary McGuire is a lifelong educator who enjoyed learning as much as she enjoyed teaching. Her first teaching assignment was a double classroom of first and second graders at St. Thomas School, Crystal Lake, Ill., 1962-1969. From there she moved on to St. Augustine School, Richmond, Mich., 1969-1970, then St. Vincent De Paul, Peoria, where she taught for a year. After a year of study at St. Ambrose College, she returned to the primary classroom at St. […]

Caring for children has been at the heart of Sister Josetta’s vocation. If she was not teaching primary grade students she was supporting families by caring for their children in day care settings in Bourbonnais, Ill., or Rogers, Ark. After 18 years serving her sisters at Sacred Heart Convent, where she was a driver oversaw the distribution of medicines and medical supplies, she has returned to the ministry of childcare at a learning center in Belleville, Ill. Sister […]

Many years of ministry in elected leadership have kept Sister Rose Miriam close to her home diocese of Springfield-and provided a global perspective. Quincy born and raised, she’s taught and studied in Chicago and New Orleans, where she completed a counseling degree, and served for a time in Duluth, Minn. During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic she put her counseling skills to good use by providing a webinar on dealing with grief that can be accessed […]