Six Tips for Back-to-School Season
Whether your children or grandchildren are heading back to elementary, high school, or college soon, the return to school will look much different than it did last year-and certainly different than it did two years ago, in the world before our daily lives included mask-wearing, temperature checks, social distancing and in the days before conversations about infection rates, virus variants, and hospital COVID case loads became as commonplace as discussion about the weather. The added stress these new […]
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Grounded for [the]
Life [of the World]
Sometimes I’m surprised when a friend or colleague asks, “You’re so grounded, Sister Kelly…how do you do it?” After my initial surprise passes, I share what I’ve come to learn: “It’s a grace of this [religious] life.” As I prepare to renew my vows as a Dominican Sister of Springfield, groundedness in my relationship with God and in vowed Dominican life allows me to give my daily “Yes” for the life of the world. It’s the fruit […]
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The Becker Family’s Epic Journey: Reconnecting Family in a Post-Pandemic Season
In March 2020 the world suddenly became very small for all of us. My family was no exception. The girls, Leah and Clare, stayed home every day and accessed school via video conference. Josh and I still worked but had limited contact with co-workers and no contact with anyone else. Elisabeth, who lives in Chicago, went from work to home and could not come home for Easter, birthdays, or weekends. Josh and I thought, we need to go… […]
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Sister M. Loyola Miller, OP
Sister M. Loyola’s Services Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m., July 15; Sacred Heart Convent Chapel. A notice for our friends Until further notice, visitors to Sacred Heart Convent will be required to complete a contact information form, answer screening questions, and have their temperature taken. Forms are available at the convent. You may choose to print and complete this form and bring it with you when you come for a sister’s funeral. Doing so will streamline the process of […]
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Perpetual Vow Ceremony Scheduled
for Sister Kelly Moline, OP
-Article 1, Constitutions of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield The Dominican Sisters of Springfield are pleased to announce the perpetual profession of vows of Sister Kelly Moline during the Eucharistic Liturgy at 10 a.m., Sunday, August 8, 2021, Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Springfield, Ill. A limited number of fully vaccinated guests, including Sister Kelly’s parents, Kevin and Cindy Moline, her brother Jay, other family and close friends plan to be present in the chapel for the ceremony. Celebrate […]
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Sister Janet Marie Pfile, OP
Sister Janet Marie’s Services Visitation: 4:00-5:00 p.m., Monday, July 12, 2021, Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704. Visitation begins with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m., July 12; Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Father Joseph Molloy, Father David Beauvais, and Dominican Father Michael DeTemple, concelebrants. Burial: Calvary Cemetery, 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 13. Springfield Dominican Sister Janet Marie Pfile, OP, died peacefully, Wednesday July 7 at Sacred Heart Convent in the 60th year […]
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General Assembly: (Almost) Everyone under One Roof
For a delightful change of pace, nearly all Springfield Dominican Sisters were home for our annual summer gathering in June, a meeting that provides time to think and talk together about our mission and enjoy one another’s company. Last year, because of the pandemic our gathering was virtual, with no one home but the sisters who already live at the motherhouse. There were a number of people missing, this year, too, including our sisters from Peru, where the […]
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Springfield Dominican Sister Rebecca Ann Gemma is President-Elect of LCWR
Sister Rebecca Ann Gemma, OP, prioress general of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, is the president-elect of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) for a 3-year term that begins in August 2021. LCWR members voted online June 5 to June 26; the results of the election were announced June 28. The LCWR presidency is a three-person team of Catholic sisters which includes the president, president-elect, and past president who collaborate to lead the conference. Sister Rebecca Ann […]
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