Connie Lind: Sisters Make a Difference
Imagine the challenge for a thirteen-year-old: Connie Hannagan arrived at Sacred Heart Academy decades ago, floundering under a burden of family difficulties that sent her to boarding school. Sister Maria Eck provided the firm foundation she needed to thrive. Fifty years later, Connie Hannagan-Lind arrived in Springfield looking for the teacher who was her rock. Their emotional reunion prompted Connie to tell Sister Maria “I was only good because I wanted you to be proud of me.” Connie […]
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Sister Mary Alan Russell, OP
Sister Mary Alan’s Services Visitors are welcome. Visitation: 4:00 p.m.—6:15 p.m., Monday, May 6, 2019, at Aquinas Center, Sacred Heart Convent, 1237 W. Monroe St. in Springfield. The visitation begins with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m., Monday, May 6, 2019, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Father Peter Witchousky, OP, celebrant. Morning Prayer, Remembering, and Final Commendation: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel. Burial follows at Calvary Cemetery. Springfield Dominican Sister […]
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Dominican Sisters
Elect Leadership,
Strengthen Commitments,
Share the Fruit of Their Contemplation
The new Springfield Dominican Leadership team will begin their responsibilities after the planned June 15, 2019 installation ceremony at Sacred Heart Convent. From left to right are Sister Rose Miriam Schulte, OP (vicaress), Sister Marie Michelle Hackett, OP (third councilor) Sister Mila Diaz Solano (second councilor), and Sister Rebecca Ann Gemma, OP (Prioress General). A Prayer for the Life of the World promises solidarity with the marginalized, attention to the interconnected reality of creation, and a renunciation of […]
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Happy Earth Day 2019!
Happy Earth Day from the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois! Here is an Earth Day Prayer adapted from the Green Church Project, Montréal, Canada: Leader: Creator God, we pray for our brothers and sisters of the air: chickadees, cardinals, blue jays, owls, crows, seagulls… ALL: Give us a sign through them to decrease the pollution in the air we breathe. Creator God, let us pray. Leader: Creator God, we pray for our brothers and sisters of water: shellfish, […]
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What is General Chapter?
What’s Significant about theDominican Sisters’ Meeting This Week? “General Chapter” is one of those terms Catholic sisters use that makes almost no sense to anyone else. This evening, Monday April 22, 2019, the Dominican Sisters of Springfield begin their “General Chapter.” Why is it such an important time for them? The dictionary defines chapter as a) a division of a book, b) a period of time in a person’s life, c) the local branch of a national or […]
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Happy Easter from the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois
Easter Message from Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois Dear Friends, Do we believe? Can we hope? Is this real? Today, on this Easter Sunday, we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus. But this is far more than a ritual of remembrance! Today, let us lift our voices in faith crying out, “YES, Christ is alive!” Through him, with him, in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, we are the body of Christ allowing Love to flow into […]
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Easter Promises New Life
Lent is a time of sacrifice followed by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Holy week is a time of hope for all humanity despite our human nature to make fearful decisions as a pack. Pilate placed a purple robe on Jesus and asked the crowd, “What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?” “Crucify him!” they shouted. (Mark 15:13) As Lent comes to an end consider the new life, opportunities […]
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Sixth Sunday of Lent—Passion Sunday
Download the PDF. Goal 1 – No Poverty End Poverty in all its forms everywhere. Summary: While extreme poverty has diminished since 1990, the United Nations reports that 11% of the world’s population (nearly 800 million people) still live on less than $1.25 per day and without basic social protection systems. Poverty is an ongoing, daily Way of the Cross for so many women and men, children and elderly, disabled and infirm. May our love and thirst for […]
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