Dismantling Racism:
collaborative study at its best
This story by John Freml first appeared in the winter 2018 issue of Just Words. “Just because there are more people at the table, it doesn’t mean they all feel safe.” “One anti-bias training can’t undo a lifetime of bias training.” “If you’ve never seen anti-racism before, how do you know what it looks like?” These were just a few of the poignant comments heard during a gathering of anti-racism activists, thinkers, and leaders at Sacred Heart Convent […]
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Healing Earth
Earth heals us As preachers, the first thing we acknowledge is that we do not heal Earth. We do not have the power, the breadth of knowledge, nor often the will. Earth is actually self-healing, just as she is self-educating, self-nourishing, and self-governing. And, in fact, Earth heals us. Who of us has not experienced the healing power of lake, ocean, prairie, mountain, sunset, garden, redwood, puppy, birdsong? Who if us has not been healed by sunlight, herb, […]
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Dominican Sisters welcome kids, teens, families, and adults for
National Catholic Sisters’ Week
Fifth annual March Observance highlights the contributions of Catholic Sisters to Church, Society Kids, families and adults will find a welcome among the Dominican Sisters during the March observance of the annual event. Raucous games, genteel teas, nature hikes, and a social media blitz are all on the schedule for the Dominican Sisters of Springfield’s National Catholic Sisters Week activities in March. Oh yes, and there’s Evening Prayer. Here is what’s on the schedule. What works for you? […]
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Sister Mary Dolorita Brown, OP
Springfield Dominican Sister Mary Dolorita Brown died January 23, 2019, at Sacred Heart Convent. She was born in Chicago, Ill., in 1934, and named Dolores Rosalie by her parents, James and Evelyn (Krawzak) Brown. She made her profession of vows in 1952 at Sacred Heart Convent. Sister M. Dolorita ministered in Catholic schools in the Illinois dioceses of Springfield, Peoria, and Joliet. She taught primary grades at Sacred Heart, Pana; Holy Family Granite City; Christ the King, Springfield; […]
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Mother-Daughter Tea
Mother-Daughter Tea March 8, 2020 1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. A Mother-Daughter Tea and a kid-friendly tour of Sacred Heart Convent Chapel are scheduled for Sunday, March 8, at 1:30 p.m. Springfield Dominican Sisters will welcome moms and their daughters age 10-13. The interactive tour will be followed by a fancy tea and a delicious take-home gift. Sacred Heart Convent and Chapel are accessible facilities.
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Sisters to the Land
View this post on Instagram "We come from the land. Our elements, our minerals are the same as the land’s and we’ve always known that until the last couple of centuries when we’ve really compromised our relationship to the whole of the land. And that’s really what this day is about. … To try to help us remember… our relationship to the land. " ~ Sister Sharon Zayac Attend Sister Sharon’s presentation, Journey to the Heart: Falling in […]
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Meet Sister Colette Barker:
Prayer Central Director, Sacred Heart Convent
Request Prayer Now Every day an email containing a litany of prayer needs arrives in the inboxes of every Springfield Dominican Sister and associate in the world. These requests pour in regularly at Sacred Heart Convent in Springfield—motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters and home to nearly 100 sisters. Eventually all these requests, collected from the four winds by Dominican Sisters near and far, land on the desk of Sister Colette Barker, whom we’ve given the light-hearted title “prayer […]
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