The Year in Review: Our Top 50 Stories of 2020
A Year We Won’t Soon Forget We all will have memories of 2020 that will define the rest of our lives. We have so many stories to tell about our year it is baffling to think that everything we listed in our top 50 stories happened within 365 days. We had to adapt to a new digital reality after canceling many events at the motherhouse and Jubilee Farm. We continued to meet the needs of the community in […]
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Living Hope Testimonial: Using Our Talents for Good
I took art all four years of high school with Sister Regina Marie and achieved the Golden Palette Award. She was my favorite teacher at Sacred Heart Academy. She was always happy and welcoming. She encouraged her students and would find something positive about their artwork even when they thought it wasn’t great. I learned that art could be used to make others happy. I see the theme is “Living Hope.” It made me think of this photo […]
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Guidance for Fruitful Living
“You called. I answered a joyful yes as I moved to help transition elders to a life blossoming into eternity, and walked with those whom the world scorns, as well as others who are locked behind the bars of their own heart.“ ~Sister Regina Marie Bernet Sister Regina Marie took on another important task by assisting her Dominican Sisters with transition from active ministry to retirement. After she completed a degree in gerontology, she and Sister Ann Regina […]
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Living Hope Testimonial: A Box of Senior Photos
If you are lucky, you have a teacher or mentor that holds a special place in your heart. Mine is Sister Regina Marie. If you’re interested in helping the Dominican Sisters continue to hold those in need in their prayers, consider making a donation here to help support Sister Regina Marie and the Dominican ministries around the country and in Peru. I was one of her art students at SHA from 1982 – 1986. As a teacher, she was […]
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Dominican Month for Peace: Peace Building Efforts
Week 1 focused on introducing the Dominican history in Ukraine. Week 2 focused on Dominican efforts to help young persons to heal and learn peace building skills, skills that will positively impact Ukraine’s future. This week will focus on current, international peace-building efforts. These efforts are part of a larger effort in the European community to bring peace. International Peace Conference In 2018 – 2019, an international conference took place in France and Ukraine consisting of 4 seminars […]
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Sister Regina Marie’s Prayer Techniques for Prisoners—Could They Work for You?
“We’re all prisoners,” Sue Brosmith mentioned off-handedly. “It’s only the bars that are different.” With this comment, Sue spoke of the spiritual guidance she witnessed Sister Regina Marie Bernet share over many years of volunteer ministry at Jacksonville Correctional Center. For years Sue joined a “trio” of Dominican Sisters and other dedicated volunteers at the prison for weekly Mass on Saturdays and a semiannual 3-day retreat called Residents Encounter Christ. The sisters included Sister Regina Marie, Sister M. […]
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Growing Relationships with the True Artist
“You called. I answered and crawled out from under the burdens of life and began to embrace the creative budding of young ones opening the door to a new beginning.” ~Sister Regina Marie Bernet For the next 11 years of ministry, Sister Regina Marie trained dozens of art students in her studio at Sacred Heart Academy. Can you imagine all those students who’ve had lifetimes of satisfaction and joy in their craft and art thanks to the skilled […]
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Christmas Greetings from Sister Rebecca Ann Gemma, OP
Dear Friends, On behalf of all Dominican Sisters of Springfield, I greet you joyfully and offer our prayers for your peace and good health at this moment for courageous hope, this moment when we affirm and celebrate the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, Son of God and Son of Mary. Perhaps it is difficult this year to find your Christmas cheer or give yourself over to the joy you’d like to feel. That is okay. As Pope Francis said […]
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