SIAN Honored for Defending Human Rights
Assisting and advocating for immigrants in Springfield The volunteer labor of area citizens, including several Springfield Dominican Sisters, our partners and associates, was honored Sept. 21 with an award that recognized the importance of supporting human rights. The Springfield Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union honored the Springfield Immigrant Advocacy Network with its 2019 Larry Golden Civil Libertarian Award for Outstanding Community Service in Support of Human Rights and Civil Liberties. Springfield Dominican Associate Veronica Espina and […]
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Sister Barbara Ann Bogenschutz is Lumen Christi Award Finalist
Catholic Extension Award Celebrates Ministry in Poorest US Dioceses. Springfield, Ill.— Springfield Dominican Sister Barbara Bogenschutz has been recognized by a national Catholic organization for her ministry within the Oglala Sioux community in the Diocese of Rapid City, South Dakota. Catholic Extension recently announced that Sister Barbara, a native of Springfield, Ill., is among eleven finalists for the Lumen Christi Award, which honors individuals and groups working in geographically isolated locations who witness to the Light of Christ—Lumen […]
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Light of the Church
Sunday, September 8 was the first of eight monthly two hours sessions for Associate candidates. The prayer for the first session was called Light of the Church. Take a few moments and read the beautiful prayer the Associate candidates read before their first session. Light of the Church A Meditation on a Hymn to Saint Dominic O, Light of the Church, Doctor of Truth, Rose of Patience, Ivory of Chastity, Freely, have you dispensed the waters of wisdom. […]
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The Difference We Make
Our social media channels and website allow our friends to share their stories, ask questions, and speak words of encouragement for our ministry. Often when one of our sisters dies, we learn amazing things about her from the remarks shared by people she touched throughout her life of ministry. When we share stories on our website and social media about the way we apply the gospel concerns that face our world, we sometimes hear from those who are […]
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Sister Samuella Talks about
Jesuit Brother Billy Menor’s Arrest
When Springfield Dominican Sister Samuella Volk learned of the arrest of her first-grade student, Jesuit Brother Billy Menor, she was concerned! That seemed so out of character for him! Once she learned Billy’s arrest was an act of conscience in protest of the conditions of migrant camps at the U.S. Mexico Border, she had something else to say: “He’s living out what we want for him and what we’ve tried to teach to teach to all our students.” […]
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Solidarity in Mississippi
About the photo: Sister Georgiana Stubner, center, and Sister Anita Cleary, right, visit after the prayer vigil in Forest, Miss., Saturday, August 17. Sister Mila Diaz Solano, a member of the Springfield Dominican Leadership team, organized a delegation of Springfield Dominican Sisters who traveled to Mississippi over the weekend to be in solidarity with the families affected by the largest immigration raid in recent U.S. history. Along with the Springfield Dominican Sisters who minister at St. Dominic Health […]
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Leadership Team Signs on to LCWR Letter to U.S. President
Learn about our nonstop response to God’s mission! Three members of the Springfield Dominican Sisters were among the 663 Catholic sisters who yesterday sent the U.S. President an open letter decrying his divisive rhetoric and asking him to engage, as most sisters do, in a daily examination of whether his thoughts and deeds match his beliefs. “We ask you, Mr. President, if you would consider a similar examination of the practice of your own moral authority.” Sisters Rebecca […]
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For Founders’ Day:
A precious Keepsake
A Boy Named Jack Once upon a time there was a young boy named Jack who lived with his parents in Joliet, Ill. On a table in the sitting room of their home there was a small stack of books important to their family that his father would read to Jack once in a while. One of the books was a “Forget Me Not Album” that belonged to Jack’s paternal great-grandmother, Bridget Schmalz. In the late 1800’s, such […]
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