COVID-19 and Giving to the Dominican Sisters
COVID-19 Stimulus Package / CARES Act CARES Act for Nonprofits – Friday, March 27, the Congress passed and the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a $2 trillion economic stimulus package legislated to provide immediate relief for nonprofits like the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Ill. Overview New Deduction Available: Up to $300 per taxpayer ($600 for a married couple) in annual charitable contributions. This is available only to people who take […]
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July 4: Interdependence Day
What if we declared July 4th Interdependence Day? You think you know how our founding declaration begins? “When in the course of human events…” Turns out, that’s not strictly true. The original document, housed now in pride of place at the National Archives, begins like this: “The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America…” After that comes the part you memorized in school. Before independence could be declared, a unanimous recognition of the interdependence was invoked. […]
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Sister Samuella’s advice in time of crisis
After the recent construction in the courtyard at Sacred Heart Convent Sister Samuella Volk, OP, took it upon herself to fill in some of the areas with gravel and grass to help make the steep drop-offs near the new sidewalks less dangerous.  Sister Samuella is a regular gardener of the grounds and maintains a lot of the flower beds around the building. “We are all doing what we can in this time of crisis,” Sister Samuella said. “It’s […]
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DSI Directs Solidarity Funds to Alleviate COVID-19 Suffering in Latin America
Dominican Sisters International (DSI) is a global confederation of Dominican Sisters. The DSI Solidarity Fund is supported by many congregations of Dominican Sisters for use in emergency situations such as faced in Peru, Brazil, and Argentina today. Dominican Sisters of Springfield serve in Peru where, according to Sister Mila Diaz Solano, “The pandemic is affecting the indigenous communities in the Panamazonian region (nine countries including PerĂş). Companies that extract minerals in the region are still operating. Their workers […]
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Springfield Dominican Leadership Team stands with LCWR statement on DACA
The leadership team of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield stands with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in this statement of gratitude for a Supreme Court ruling that buys more time for Dreamers whose lives would be dramatically altered by a change in policy. Read the full statement here. Read the Statement Here The statement reads in part, “this is not a permanent solution.” The statement asks for members of Congress to quickly move to pass legislation that […]
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Springfield Dominican Sisters Take the Struggle for Equity
To Wall Street
One of Sixteen Dominican Congregations Announcing Dominican Sisters Climate Solution Movement, a Partnership with Morgan Stanley, on Fifth Anniversary of LAUDATO SI’ Springfield, Ill.—On the fifth anniversary of the publication of Laudato Si’, the Dominican Sisters of Springfield announce their participation in Dominican Sisters Climate Solution Movement, a strategic green investment initiative to address climate change and its effects on marginalized communities disproportionately impacted by global warming. Sixteen Dominican Sisters’ congregations have committed $46.65 million to the initiative, […]
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Leaving the Upper Room of Fear:
Post Lock-down Life and Hope
This preaching on Romans 8:14-28 was given for The Community Room, a virtual gathering of Springfield Dominican Sisters and Associates, on May 28. That was after the murder of George Floyd but before the nation and world erupted in protests that are changing the landscape of racial injustice around the globe. A few years ago, I received a great birthday card. It had a cartoon picture with a girl blowing out the candles on her birthday cake surrounded […]
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Black Lives Matter
“THROUGH THE EYES OF OUR PARTNERS”: A STATEMENT ON RACIAL KILLING FROM THE DOMINICAN SISTERS OF SPRINGFIELD June 1, 2020  The Dominican Sisters of Springfield watch in horror and sadness each incidence of racial violence in the U.S. They see through the eyes of their sisters of color and the men and women who are their partners in a quest to dismantle racism within their own congregation and ministries. “We experience the recent tragic killings of Ahmaud Arbery in Sattila Shores. Ga., and George Floyd […]
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