Sacred Heart Convent Evening Prayer Schedule for 2020
Looking for a welcoming place to ground your faith and recharge your spirit? The Dominican Sisters invite you to Join us for Evening Prayer & Preaching at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, 1237 W. Monroe Street, Springfield IL 62704. All Evening Prayer & Preaching events are scheduled for 6 p.m. Call 217-787-0481 for more information. All are welcome! In addition to the Evening Prayer & Preaching events, on Ash Wednesday we have an 11:25 a.m. Mass that may be convenient […]
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Our Top Ten: Most popular posts of 2019
2019 was a big year for the Dominican Sisters of Springfield. Here’s a short list of some of our—and your—favorite moments. Let us know what you think! Sister Mary Jo Sobieck gave quite the inspirational interview to Church Pop in July. During Lent, the Justice, Peace, and Care of Creation committee and the Associate Committee joined efforts to provide these thought-provoking reflections to “shake our indifference” toward the world’s greatest sufferings. Here’s a fun peak at the global […]
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Oh! God comes every day!
Oh! I thought to myself as I read kind, reasoned words, cautioning against alienating our immigrant neighbors who contribute so much to our community. Oh, I groaned, at the latest news of unethical and incompetent political leadership. Oh, I marveled, as I watched one of my sisters gently lead another, weaker member of the community to her place in choir. Oh, a friend pondered, as he recognized the magnitude of the work needed to free himself from the […]
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Sister Mary Xavier Kelly, OP
Sister M. Xavier’s Services Visitation: 4:00 p.m.—6:15 p.m., Monday, December 16, 2019, Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, 1237 W. Monroe St. in Springfield. Visitation begins with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m., Monday, December 16, 2019, Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Dominican Father Peter Witchousky, celebrant. Morning Prayer, Remembering, and Final Commendation: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 17, 2019, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel. Burial follows at Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Dominican […]
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What is Pachamama?
Peruvian Dominican theologian Sister Mila Diaz Solano provides a bridge for understanding I was born Catholic, my parents are Catholic, my grandparents, and great-grant parents were Catholics as well. I grew up in very Christian, committed family and before I joined my Dominican sisters, I was an active parishioner in my hometown city, La Oroya, Peru. I have in my veins indigenous blood from the Andean indigenous nation of the Tarumas, and I also have Spanish blood. I […]
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Dominican Justice Promoters: Oppose U.S. Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement
Sister Marcelline Koch Signs National Call To Keep U.S. in Global Agreement About the photo: Dominicans at COP25. From left, Sister Cecilia Espinella, Laurence Blattmer, Sister Marcella Zambrano, Father Xavier Gomez. A strongly-worded letter to delegates attending this week’s UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid includes the signature of Springfield Dominican Sister Marcelline Koch, who represents Dominican sisters and brothers from North America as the co-promoter of Justice, Peace, and Care of Creation. Her co-promoter is Dominican Father […]
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Advent and Christmas:
Seasons that Never End
Once Thanksgiving rolls around, there is hardly a resident of the United States who can escape the tidal wave of excess known as “The Holiday Season.” It carries us forward on a momentum of joviality, food, drink, gift-giving, and good will. Not a bad thing in itself, if it doesn’t obscure the foundational event that gives it its meaning. “Liturgical Excess” In fact, it is not just the retail world that spills its excess all around us. […]
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Why a 30-Year Call
for Closing SOA/WHINSEC?
Springfield Dominican Sisters Pat Stark, Georgiana Stubner, and Marcelline Koch were joined by other Dominican Sisters and hundreds more people at Fort Benning, Georgia, Nov. 16-17 to participate in a vigil at the gates of the fort where for nearly 30 years the faith-based SOA Watch has worked to end training programs for Latin American armies who learned violent techniques they’ve turned against their own people. Springfield Dominican Sisters have been present at most of SOA Watch vigils […]
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