What do you do when you are ready for a fresh start?
By Sister Catherine Stewart, OP Throughout our lives, we have multiple experiences of endings and beginnings. We are reminded of this as we daily enjoy sunrises and sunsets. When a new opportunity presents itself, we pause and ask “Am I ready for a new experience?” Most of us, “Just know it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings” (Attributed to Meister Eckhart). New Beginnings When we decide that we are ready for the new […]
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Why on Earth would anyone want to be a Catholic sister?
If you’ve ever wondered why anyone chooses religious life, then you might want to join the Dominican Sisters of Springfield on February 28 to find out. Perhaps you think that God might be calling you to consecrated life. Or-maybe just the opposite-you have difficulty understanding why on Earth someone would choose to be a Catholic sister today. Either way, this virtual event is for you. To satisfy your curiosity, join the Dominican Sisters for Why on Earth Be […]
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Education, advocacy, public witness: Illinois religious stand with immigrants
Among the congregations of Catholic sisters and brothers in Illinois whose members participate in Sisters and Brothers of Immigrants (SBI) is the Domincan Sisters of Springfield, who support this statement of solidarity with immigrants published by SBI on December 19, 2024. STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY In accord with Catholic Social Teaching, we believe that each person has an inherent dignity and is made in the image of God. The present situation around the globe is such that people are […]
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Sister M. Michaela Collins, OP
Sister M. Michaela’s Services Visitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 23, Aquinas Center, Sacred Heart Convent, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m., Jan. 23, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Bishop Kevin Vann, presiding, Dominican Father Robert Kelly, concelebrant. Wake and Mass livestreamed at springfieldop.org/livestream/ Burial: Calvary Cemetery, 9:00 a.m. Fri., Jan. 24. Those services will livestream on Facebook @springfieldop. Springfield Dominican Sister M. Michaela Collins died January 15, 2025, in the […]
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“Egregious problem of plastic pollution” is focus of Dominican Sisters’ 2025 Climate plan
Every January for the last four years the Dominican Sisters of Springfield have made a fresh commitment to care for Earth. Not a New Year’s Resolution, exactly, but the plans do serve to refocus the sisters and their associates on the global Church’s commitment to care for Earth by making a path toward a healthier Earth and a healthier Earth community. This year’s plan calls on the sisters and their associates to reduce single-use plastic waste and advocate […]
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Sister M. Gabriella Luebbers, OP
Sister M. Gabriella Luebbers’ Services Visitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., Wed., Jan. 15, Aquinas Center, Sacred Heart Convent, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704. Mass of Christian Burial: 6:30 p.m., Wed., Jan. 15, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Dominican Father Robert Kelly, celebrant. Sister M. Gabriella’s remains will be interred at Calvary Cemetery, Springfield, on a date to be determined. . Livestream Visitation prayer service and Mass of Christian Burial will livestream from springfieldop.org/live-stream Burial services […]
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2025 Chapel tour dates scheduled
Four public tours on schedule; private group tours also available Enjoy an intimate look at the Dominican Sisters’ magnificent mid-century modern chapel. Springfield, Ill.-Visitors will have four opportunities to tour the renowned art and architecture of Sacred Heart Convent Chapel in 2025. The convent chapel, completed in 1968, is one of Springfield’s’ most significant examples of mid-century modern architecture, art, and design. The 2025 schedule includes four free public events. The first tour is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. […]
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Merry Christmas from the Dominican Sisters of Springfield
“Though he was in the form of God, he did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in our human likeness …” Phil. 2:6 A child lying among stalks of straw in an ox’s manger reminds us today how God is both fullness and emptiness. Merry Christmas friends! Why would our God do such a thing? Empty God’s self to be one with […]
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