“Armchair Tour” Panelists Named
About the photo: Armchair Tour video recording session at Union Station Park, near the 1908 Race Riot monument. From left, T’ena Haile, Robert Blackwell, and Dominican Sister Rosemary McGuire. Collaborative public event hosted by Ursuline, Franciscan, and Dominican Sisters Registration open through Nov. 1. Springfield, Ill.- Panelists have been chosen for the Nov. 7 “Springfield Sisters’ Armchair Tour,” an evening of storytelling and inspiring conversation hosted by the Ursuline, Franciscan, and Dominican Sisters, who have been transforming generations […]
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Diverse thoughts about divisive conversations
These four friends tell us how they stay present when tensions flare Ann Garrido: Remaining in conversation It has not been easy! Even though I regularly offer workshops on managing challenging conversations, I still find it difficult to be in the middle of them myself! What keeps me “hanging in there” is an experience I had at twenty years old. I spent six months as an exchange student in Sierra Leone on the edge of that country’s civil […]
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Bethany House of Hospitality celebrates 7th anniversary
A celebration of Bethany House of Hospitality was observed recently in Oak Brook. Nearly 200 people joined the festivities to observe the 7th anniversary of Bethany House. Bethany House executive director Sister Kathlyn Mulcahy said she is proud of the number of women they have helped in their journey. “I believe after seven years, Bethany House has been home to 122 women with 47 children from 29 different countries of origin. It is a tremendous privilege to accompany […]
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Monthly donations helps keep focus on values
By Sister Kathleen Anne Tait, OP Susan Hickman didn’t realize that a working relationship with one Springfield Dominican would open her life to a long and meaningful relationship with the Springfield Dominican community. However, as Susan and her friend, Catherine Leyser, enjoyed the spiritual exchange and friendship in a prayer group with Sister Barbara Blesse, Susan began to realize her interactions with Sister Barbara felt like home to her. Susan and Catherine were first hooked into our Dominican […]
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Sister John Vianney Rudolph, OP
Sister John Vianney’s Service Visitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704. Visitation will begin with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m. on Monday, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel. Burial: 10:00 a.m. Tues., Oct. 22, Roselawn Memorial Park. 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 John Vianney Rudolph died […]
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“The joy of our hope”
By Sister Sharon Zayac, OP “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” ~ Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities Dickens could be speaking about today. And it is surely easy these days to get stuck talking about the worst of times, isn’t it? We […]
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Reflections on cross-cultural ministry
A sister and an associate talk about their ministry in cross-cultural settings By Carolyn White Indigenous Americans Sister Barbara Bogenschutz recently returned to Fort Belknap Reservation, Mont., where she first began her ministry among Native Americans in 1999. Since then, she also served as a pastoral leader among the Anishinaabe at Red Cliff, Wisc., and among the Lakota in Oglala, S.D., on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Sister Barbara says she has grown to appreciate the perspective she’s gained […]
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50th anniversary observed at Mississippi Heart & Vascular Institute
Our sisters recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Mississippi Heart and Vascular Institute at St. Dominic’s, Jackson, Mississippi. As early as 1965 St. Dominic Hospital established a Coronary Care Unit which later would become the Mississippi Heart Institute. Thanks to the help of Sisters, Josephine Therese Uhll, John Vianney Rudolph, Dorothea Sondgeroth and M. Trinita Eddington who were instrumental in creating a long-standing commitment to cardiovascular excellence in Mississippi. Sister M. Trinita Eddington in the new Coronary […]
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