2025 Chapel tour dates scheduled
Four public tours on schedule; private group tours also available Enjoy an intimate look at the Dominican Sisters’ magnificent mid-century modern chapel. Springfield, Ill.-Visitors will have four opportunities to tour the renowned art and architecture of Sacred Heart Convent Chapel in 2025. The convent chapel, completed in 1968, is one of Springfield’s’ most significant examples of mid-century modern architecture, art, and design. The 2025 schedule includes four free public events. The first tour is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. […]
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Merry Christmas from the Dominican Sisters of Springfield
“Though he was in the form of God, he did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in our human likeness …” Phil. 2:6 A child lying among stalks of straw in an ox’s manger reminds us today how God is both fullness and emptiness. Merry Christmas friends! Why would our God do such a thing? Empty God’s self to be one with […]
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The P.I.E. was a big hit
A collaborative event sponsored by the Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union, the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, and our community, the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Ill., was a big hit in Springfield on Nov. 7, 2024. That night we welcomed more than 160 people for the Springfield Sisters’ Armchair Tour. Friends from all walks of life joined us: associates, former students, colleagues, civil servants, retirees and young people. A 17-year-old who feels drawn to religious life begged […]
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O, come let us adore Him:
Advent adoration at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel
In the midst of the holiday rush, give yourself the gift of peace and quiet. You are invited to join the Dominican Sisters for O, Come Let Us Adore Him Advent Adoration, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, December 19, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, 1237 W. Monroe Street, Springfield, IL 62704. This special event will give your spirit time to bask before the Blessed Sacrament in the quiet majesty of our beautiful chapel, and to remember what we really celebrate […]
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Finley’s Tap House picks Dominican Sisters for holiday promotion
Everyone enjoys a holiday treat but when the treat is tied to an organization that gives back to the community, it makes it even sweeter. Finley’s Tap House, 3236 Gineger Creek Drive in Springfield, is treating the Dominican Sisters by offering a portion of the sale of their holiday dessert menu for the sisters’ ministries. Jessica Hebert, Finley’s, general manager, said the restaurant has consistently helped organizations that help others. “I approached the owner with the idea, and he […]
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Dominican Sisters support students seeking Indigenous People’s Day proclamation
Springfield, Ill.-Students at the Springfield Learning Academy sought support from the Dominican Sisters of Springfield for their effort to have the city council proclaim the second Monday of October Indigenous People’s Day. They found it in the form of an intervention from Sister Marie Michelle Hackett. She was invited to join the students at the City Council meeting by their teacher, Mrs. Michelle Cruz Hine. Sister Marie Michelle, who had a 54-year-career as an educator, has long been […]
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Sister Norma Somers, OP
Sister Norma Somers Service Visitation: 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704. Visitation will begin with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel. Burial: 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 at Roselawn Memorial Park. Livestream Visitation prayer service and Mass of Christian Burial will livestream from springfieldop.org/live-stream Burial services livestreamed at facebook.com/springfieldop Springfield Dominican Sister Norma Somers […]
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Walking backward: Seeking common ground in a Kenyan refugee camp
By Margaret Lombe, PhD. My reflection centers on my engagement, along with six students from Boston University School of Social Work (BU-SSW), with refugees in Kenya: dignified-citizens-turned-objects-of-charity by conflict and civil unrest. The largest refugee camp in the world, called Kakuma, lies on the edge of the Sahara Desert in northwestern Kenya. Kakuma holds about 350,000 people displaced from 21 African countries including Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, and Djibouti. Most people in the […]
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