Celebrating Earth Day with Jubilee Farm
Sister Sharon Zayac, OP and Sister Anita Cleary, OP share about the things to experience at Jubilee Farm and how green burial shrouds are made. The Earth Awareness Fair video was produced by the City of Springfield, Illinois Mayor’s Office. Video will premiere on Thursday, April 22nd in honor of Earth Day. What is Jubilee Farm? A peaceful destination, a place of integrity, a home to farm animals and wildlife, an educational resource, a demonstration of living in an […]
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Violet Protest Project: Sister Linda Hayes Participates in Collaborative Textile Art
Opened March 10 – September 5, Phoenix Art Museum, 9500 squares on display with new squares added each week. This project was conceived by Arizona artist Ann Morton, who uses traditional textile techniques as tools for aesthetic, social communication to examine a society of which we are all a part – as bystanders, participants, victims and perpetrators. In addition to her own personal handwork, Morton’s practice includes orchestrating public projects that call for collaboration between herself and community participants […]
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What Difference does Discipleship Make?
Associate Candidates Make Retreat
A journey is soon coming to an end! Twelve candidates for the Springfield Dominican Associate program who have been attending monthly formation sessions since September 2020 participated in a day of retreat on Saturday, April 10th and are now just weeks away from their commitment ceremony. The theme of the retreat was discipleship. Candidates and their sponsors were invited to consider the question “What difference does it really make that I am a disciple of Jesus?” They were […]
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Morning Star Reminds Us: We Belong to One Another
When Mary Kirkpatrick was ready to make a gift in support of Springfield Dominican Sister Barbara Ann Bogenschutz’s ministry at Our Lady of the Sioux Church in Oglala, South Dakota, she remembered seeing the sketch above on the website of her neighbor, artist Gail Hamilton. Mary knew Gail would make a gift of her artwork to anyone who donated to a charitable organization an amount at least equal to the value of the artwork. This drawing, titled Morning […]
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New Book about Immigrants Highlights Dominican Literacy Centers
Purchase “We Are Eagles” Be inspired Watch the book launch to hear first-hand from some of the women their inspiring stories Buy the book A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will support the Dominican Literacy Center. It makes a great gift for anyone, but especially for the women in your life who, like the women in the stories Anna Marie shares, have take bold steps to improve their lives. Purchase the Book Now […]
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Beyond the News: How You Can Welcome and Advocate for Immigrants Now
If you keep up with the daily news in this country, you have surely heard much about the immigration situation and the many unaccompanied children crossing our southern border. We are bombarded daily with the numbers of children and families desperate to begin a new life in this country. Less frequently, we read or hear something of their stories. I have worked for the last year and a half at Bethany House of Hospitality in Chicago, a home […]
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An Easter Message from Sister Rebecca Ann Gemma, OP
Dear Friends, Do we believe this? Might we trust that even amidst suffering and hardship, Christ “lives and reigns for ever and ever?” Will we accept the Spirit’s grace to recognize and embrace Christ within and all around us? Let us pray for one another as we welcome the glory of our God infused in every crevasse of creation and expressed in our songs of praise. May you and your family be blessed as you celebrate this Easter […]
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Sister Catherine Mary Currie Honored by Alma Mater
Sister Catherine Mary Currie returned to her alma mater 36 years after graduation and has now been honored for her 14 years of service at the school. Her Rosary High School classmate Debbie Grommes Olson nominated Sister Catherine Mary for the Dominican Alumnae Spirit Award, given in recognition of Sister Catherine Mary’s service to Rosary, from which she graduated in 1970. “She helps set up events, cleans up, attends Rosary events, including sports events,” the nomination read. “Everywhere […]
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