"Whose Hands did You hold?"
New Dominican Associates are challenged to “Construct the Village” Make Commitment to Prayer, Service, Study, Community Springfield Dominican Associate Class of 2018. New associates are noted in bold type. All others in the photo are sister- and associate sponsors of the new associates. Row 1: Sister Catherine Mary Currie, Nancy Kaz, Sister Agnes Ann Pisel, Sister M. Gael Daly, Sister Ancilla Caulfield, Shirley Harrison, Sister Mary Jean Traeger. Row 2: Dietgard Hunsley, Sister Anita Cleary, Joe Beltz, […]
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New Director: Jubilee Farm is a Place to Care for and Reverence the Land
Springfield, Ill.—Sister Rose Marie Riley, the new director for Jubilee Farm, says she is looking forward to continuing the long Springfield Dominican tradition of holding the eco-spirituality center’s 164 acres as a “place to care for and reverence the land and all of the creatures who inhabit it.” Sister Rose Marie, who begins her new role in August, was on the congregation’s leadership team when the land was purchased in 1999, oversaw its management during two terms as […]
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Sister Marion Sitkiewitz, OP
Springfield Dominican Sister Marion Sitkiewitz (formerly Sister Peter Claver) died May 14, 2018, at Sacred Heart Convent. She was born in Chicago in 1928 to Peter and Lucy Bonk Sitkiewitz. She made her profession of vows in 1951 at Sacred Heart Convent. Sister Marion ministered for most of her life as an educator. First, she was a primary school teacher, then spent many years as a religious education specialist in parishes in central and northern Illinois. She loved […]
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Sister Mary Alice Mannix, OP
Springfield Dominican Sister M. Alice Mannix died May 3, 2018, at Sacred Heart Convent. She was born in Little Falls, Minn., in1930 and named Margaret Ann. She made her profession of vows in 1950 at Sacred Heart Convent. Sister M. Alice ministered as a middle school and junior and high school teacher for 37 years, primarily in Illinois and in Minnesota and Michigan. She was director of religious education at Mother of Perpetual Help Parish, Maryville, Ill., 1988-1998. […]
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Facing Cancer with Mary
A Cancer Diagnosis Transformed Sister Catherine Stewart’s Life Springfield Dominican Sister Catherine Stewart has a new book out, much different from her two previous works about teaching the faith to children. This one was personal. “I’m a cancer survivor,” she said in a pre-press interview. “It took me a little while to get used to that reality.” On August 6, 2014, the feast of the Transfiguration, Sister Catherine had emergency surgery for stage three colon cancer. She was […]
Read MoreSDART Honors life and mission of Rudy Davenport
Pillar of Springfield Died April 7 at age 89. When it came time to invite partners to join us in our efforts to dismantle institutional racism in our religious community, Rudy Davenport was among the first we called upon. Renowned for his one-time presidency of the local NAACP branch and for his landmark role in a successful federal Voting Rights Act lawsuit that changed the form of government in Springfield, for the Dominican Sisters Rudy was more friend […]
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First Bird Banding Event at Jubilee Farm
The public is welcome to the first-ever bird banding event at Jubilee Farm, 6760 Old Jacksonville Rd, New Berlin, IL 62670. Join us 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Saturday, May 12, 2018, to watch Tony Rothering, a licensed bird bander with the Lincoln Land Association of Bird Banders (LLABB), capture and band birds at the farm. During this family-friendly event you’ll learn about the scientific process of banding and how the data is used to study topics such as bird […]
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Rosary High School Announces New Head of School
Anthony Wilkinson to Lead Rosary into the Future Aurora, Ill.—Rosary High School Governing Board Chairperson Austin Dempsey today announced the appointment of Rosary’s new Head of School, Anthony Wilkinson, who begins his new position July 1, 2018. Mr. Wilkinson has more than 25 years of experience as a leader in education. “In cooperation with Rosary’s Governing Board and the leadership team of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Ill., I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Anthony […]
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