Stop the Inhumanity! Take Action for Immigrant Children!
Rosary in Solidarity with Catholic Day of Action for Immigrant Children 6:00 p.m. Thursday, July 18 Sacred Heart Convent Chapel 1237 W Monroe Street Springfield, IL 62704 We are alarmed by the way the U.S. Government is treating children and families at our border. This erosion of human rights is unacceptable. This is not who we are as a people. We are called by the gospel to help the least among us as citizens of this country. As […]
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Sisters Join SIAN;
Call for Solidarity
With Local Immigrants
Springfield Immigrant Advocacy Network (SIAN) Calls City to Stand Together and Strengthen Immigrant Support As members of the Springfield Immigrant Advocacy Network (SIAN), the Springfield Dominican Sisters join the call to all community organizers, faith, civic organizations, and advocates and partners in the city to stand with local immigrants and refugees as Immigrant and Customs Enforcement (ICE) begins raids across the country. “As SIAN, we stand together with our immigrants and refugees through Springfield and Illinois against fear, […]
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Encourage our Vocation Director:
Sister Denise Glazik, OP
Sister Denise Glazik, OP, is our new vocation director! We’ll share more about her soon, but for now, we invite our friends to encourage her as she prepares for this new and important ministry. This month she is at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, participating in the National Religious Vocation Conference’s 2019 Summer Institute. Sister Denise is an experienced pastoral minister who served most recently for 18 years as pastoral associate, St. Joseph Parish, Bradley, Ill. The Summer Institute […]
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Dominican Friars Elect
First Asian Master General
On July 13, 2019, the Order of Preachers welcomed the 87th successor of St. Dominic de Guzman, in the person of Father Gerard Francisco Parco Timoner III, OP, a member of the Dominican Province of the Philippines and first Asian Master of the Order. The election took place during the Elective General Chapter of the men’s branch of the Dominican Family held in Bien Hoa, Vietnam. This was the first General Chapter for the Dominican men held in […]
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Three Things You Can Do to Help People in Detention on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Every day we learn more about the appalling conditions facing children, women, and men in detention centers along our southern border. The situation is unconscionable. If you are like me, you might feel overwhelmed and paralyzed by the images of children and adults housed in overcrowded filthy conditions, conditions that fail to respect their dignity as persons. Please do not look away. You can help. Tell your members of Congress you support legislation to provide emergency funding for […]
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Exploring the Feast:
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
The feast of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart was May 25. When our sisters moved to Springfield from Jacksonville in 1893, the new convent was named the Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and we became known as the Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. So you could say May 25 is our patronal feast day. This obscure title of Mary has long intrigued me, so I offer this short reflection. Every […]
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How to Avoid the Paralysis Trap:
What to do when you think
You can’t do anything
This is one of life’s challenges: When we realize the magnitude of danger facing humanity and Earth because of climate change, it seems sensible to hide under the covers rather than get out of bed. When we notice our values and freedoms being eroded everyday by people who purport to protect them, it is easiest to joke about seeking asylum across our northern border. When we face news stories about the in human treatment of children, women, and […]
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Izzy Farris Spends “Gap” Time with Sisters in Peru
Isabella “Izzy” Farris wasn’t keen on jumping from Sacred Heart-Griffin High School into college, so she made a deal with her parents, Blanca and Steve. They agreed that she could delay college if she filled the bulk of the year with meaningful, life-stretching service. Her first stop was Tanzania, where she gave five months of service at St. Nicholaus Children’s Center in the Bukoba Catholic Diocese. Then after a few months back in Springfield, in May she flew […]
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