Sister Patricia Stark, OP
Sister Patricia’s ServicesVisitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., Thursday, July 18, 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 Thursday, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel. . 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 Patricia Stark died July 8, 2024, at Sacred Heart Convent, during the 59th year […]
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Eucharistic Pilgrimage Stops at Sacred Heart Convent
Pilgrims expected at 11:30 a.m. July 11. Springfield, Ill.-Organizers for the national Eucharistic Pilgrimage passing through Mr. Lincoln’s hometown on July 11 have said we can expect the pilgrims to arrive at Sacred Heart Convent, the Dominican motherhouse at 1237 W. Monroe St, between 11:30 and Noon that day. To join the pilgrimage at Sacred Heart Convent The Diocese of Springfield in Illinois asks that those wishing to join the pilgrimage anywhere along the route through the diocese […]
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Mission and Truth: New Springfield Dominican Sisters leadership team takes office
Springfield, Ill.-The Springfield Dominican Sisters’ leadership team, elected last April during general chapter, began a five-year term of service last week after their formal installation during Mass at Sacred Heart Convent here on Saturday, June 15. During a brief, moving ritual, Sister Rebecca Ann Gemma, the outgoing prioress general, formally questioned Sister M. Paul McCaughey, the prioress general-elect: “Sister Mary Paul, the general chapter of the Dominican Sisters has called you to serve as prioress general for a […]
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National Eucharistic pilgrimage stops at Sacred Heart Convent
Come in Faith. Leave with Hope. In 2022 the United States Council of Catholic Bishops launched a three-year initiative to revitalize Catholic understanding of and appreciate for the Eucharist. In Mid-July, after a series of pilgrimages from all corners of the nation, a representative sample of Catholics will gather in Indianapolis for the Eucharistic Congress. We are participating in this unique national event and invite you to join us! Eucharistic preaching Between early June and mid-July, we’ll […]
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Opening Minds through Art helps sisters with dementia
Creating art is one way our sisters with dementia are keeping their minds active. A program called Opening Minds through Art, offered by the Springfield Art Association, is helping build a bridge across age and cognitive barriers for our elderly sisters. The OMA program was developed at Scripps Gerontology Center, an Ohio Center of Excellence at Miami University, in 2007. The program pairs trained volunteers and sisters with the goal of using imagination instead of memory with a […]
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Spring Appeal 2024: “Thank you! for supporting our environmental efforts”
Your generosity will have an impact on our ability to be witnesses to another way, a way that can transform our world If you get overwhelmed, as we ourselves do sometimes, with the magnitude of the challenge, how about some comfort food? In the video we shared last week you saw how our kitchen staff and the sisters collaborate to turn vegetable waste into “black gold” compost for the garden. You can do that, too, if you like! […]
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Spring Appeal 2024: “No bottled water in my home. Period.”
“No bottled water is allowed in my home.” Jean Ann’s daughter was dumbstruck. She grew up with bottled water in her house. She always drank bottled water. Why, now, was her mother banishing the plastic wrapped case of water she was accustomed to using? WHAT changed? Kate didn’t’ know it yet, but her mother had fallen under the eco influence of the Dominican Sisters. You can learn the rest of Jean Ann’s and Kate’s story in a minute, […]
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