A Call to Holiness: A 2018 Guide for Voters Summary
This material is taken from “A Call to Holiness: A 2018 Guide for Voters” created collaboratively by religious congregations and national Catholic justice organizations. “Vulnerable ourselves, we choose to stand with the poor, accompany those on the margins, and to work toward systems that promote life.” “A good Catholic meddles in politics.” A Call to Holiness As Catholics, we are called to carefully consider the many critical issues facing our nation. Pope Francis reminds us, “We cannot uphold […]
Read MoreMid-term Voters' Resources
Here are some resources you might consult to help inform your mid-term vote. Photo shows suffrage hikers participating in a walk from New York City to Washington, D.C. which joined the March 3, 1913 National American Woman Suffrage Association parade. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) (Source: Flickr Commons Project, 2009) 01 Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Foundational for understanding the role of faith in political participation. Available for purchase and […]
Read MoreChange afoot for St. Dominic Health Services
St. Dominic Health Services enters into sponsorship discussions with Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Sisters Reduced number of Dominican Sisters of Springfield, St. Dominic’s sponsor for more than 70 years, made continued sponsorship unsustainable (September 28, 2018, Jackson, Miss.) St. Dominic Health Services (St. Dominic’s) announced today that it has entered into exclusive discussions with the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Sisters to assume sponsorship of St. Dominic’s. The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Sisters sponsor the Franciscan Missionaries […]
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Take it to Prayer: A Spiritual Reflection for Voters
Take it to Prayer A Spiritual Reflection for Voters You are invited to spend a few moments with God before you go into the voting booth. Take it to Prayer: A Spiritual Reflection for Voters, was developed by the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Ill., and is distributed through the Dominican Sisters Conference to help busy people prepare themselves spiritually before they vote. ‘Why does my ballot matter?’ you might think. Because we are citizens of the […]
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How did we get here? Power, Shame—and at Long Last, Mercy
This essay was first published in the August 26, 2018 edition of the Springfield State Journal-Register, in the Beliefs column, for which Sister Beth Murphy writes regularly. How many tears have been spilled over the latest scandal in the Catholic Church? It is deeply disturbing, painful beyond imagining, to think of the thousands of children who’ve suffered at the hands of clerical abusers. What frightens me most is this: I don’t think there is something especially toxic in […]
Read More“This Wound in the Body of Christ”
Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Speak Out Pennsylvania grand jury report leaves Catholic Sisters “sickened and ashamed” Springfield, Ill.—Today the leadership of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield released a statement addressing the scathing report from the Pennsylvania grand jury regarding the extent and brutality of clergy abuse of minors and the bishops’ cover-up of the crimes. In conjunction with a comprehensive statement from the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), which follows, the Springfield Dominican Sisters’ statement reads: [box] […]
Read MoreFaith Matters for Sunday, August 19, 2018
“Brothers and sisters, watch carefully how you live, not as foolish persons but as wise, making the most of the opportunity, because the days are evil.” These words from the letter to the Ephesians cause us to stop in our tracks. These are not words we want to hear from our God. We look, instead, for a message of love and compassion, for we all feel the need for comfort in these difficult days. Yet there are times […]
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