Spring Appeal 2024: “Jubilee Farm is Caring for Earth and Caring for you”
Without clean air and water, healthy soil, and a reduction in the consumption of Earth’s gifts, Earth cannot sustain life. That is why our sisters everywhere, in the U.S. and Peru, work to reduce our carbon footprint. Sometimes our efforts don’t seem enough. But without them, change will never come. Help us with a gift that will sustain our efforts to use fewer of Earth’s gifts. Thank you for your generosity and kindness! To donate visit springfieldop.org/mission. Donate […]
Read More“Together, We Will!”
Dominican Sisters of Springfield set direction for coming years General chapter focuses on interculturality, collaborative Dominican future “For the life of the World” Springfield, Ill.-During a week of prayerful conversation and contemplative deliberation, the Dominican Sisters of Springfield on April 5, 2024, affirmed a chapter statement in which they agreed to respond to the needs of the Church and the world by committing to intercultural living and participative Dominican governance as they look toward the next five years. […]
Read MoreNew Leadership Team elected, Term begins June 15, 2024
We are pleased to announce that at the conclusion of General Chapter, on Sunday April 7, 2024, these women said yes to our calling them forth for leadership: Sister M. Paul McCaughey Prioress General-elect Sister Joanne Delehanty Vicaress General-elect Sister Elyse Marie Ramirez Second Councilor-elect Sister Kathlyn Mulcahy Third councilor-elect “We come to a time of closing the 2024 General Chapter so a new beginning may emerge. With eyes and hearts open to all that is unfolding, […]
Read MoreDeclaración del Capítulo 2024
Ingles Nosotras, las Hermanas Dominicas de Springfield, guiadas por el Espíritu Santo, nos unimos a otros y otras para reimaginar un futuro de promesa y esperanza. Enraizadas en nuestra oración por la vida del mundo y en el cuidado de nuestra casa común, nuestros asociados/as y colaboradores en la misión, estamos fortalecidas para caminar juntas hacia un futuro de auténtica vivencia intercultural. Confiadas en la transformación que ya está actuando dentro de nosotras, entramos en los desafíos, las […]
Read More2024 General Chapter Direction Statement
español We, the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, guided by the Holy Spirit, join with others to reimagine a future of promise and hope. Rooted in our prayer for the life of the world, and in our care for our common home, we are strengthened by our Associates and partners-in-mission to walk together into a future of authentic intercultural living. Trusting in the transformation already at work within us, we step into the challenges, riches, and grace of the […]
Read MoreSister Myra Flahive, OP
Sister Myra’s Services Visitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., Wednesday, April 10, 2024, Aquinas Center, Sacred Heart Convent, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704. Visitation will begin with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Father Robert Kelly, OP, celebrant. 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 Myra Flahive died March 27, 2024, at Sacred Heart […]
Read MoreSister Mary Gael Daley, OP
Sister M. Gael’s Services Visitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704. Visitation will begin with a prayer service. Mass of Christian Burial: 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Father Robert Kelly, OP, celebrant. 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 M. Gael Daley died March 27, […]
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