Happy Easter! Enjoy Sister Pauletta Overbeck’s Easter Tale
Sister Pauletta Overbeck’s Easter Tale At 101 years of age Sister M. Pauletta Overbeck is still preaching the Good News of the Gospel by radiating the joy of Christ’s’ love in her daily actions. In this delightful video she shares an Easter story, gives a “tour” of the old motherhouse where she lived as a boarder at Sacred Heart Academy, and tells the story of the day, as a 17-year-old, she decided to become a Dominican Sister. Sister […]
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Walk the Way of the Cross
Today, as has been the case for many years, several of our Sisters participated with an interfaith group in hosting the Way of the Cross in Springfield’s downtown. We start with the first station, Jesus is condemned to death, at the Illinois Supreme Court and finish up with Jesus is taken from the cross at the bus station. In between are many other poignant stops that remind us that Jesus still suffers in the people of the world. […]
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Vince Krydynski: First Lay President of Marian Catholic High School
Springfield, Ill.—The Dominican Sisters of Springfield Illinois are pleased to announce that Mr. Vince Krydynski will become the first lay president of Marian Catholic High School, Chicago Heights, Ill. Since 2013 Mr. Krydynski has been the Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Marian Catholic. He is a 1981 graduate of the school and a former member of the Board of Directors. He worked for much of his career as an attorney. “The sum of my life’s work—every success, […]
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World Water Day
Today is International World Water Day. International World Water Day is held annually on March 22 as a means of focusing attention on the importance of fresh water and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. The United Nations estimates that more than 1 billion people worldwide currently lack access to safe drinking water and that by 2025 two-thirds of the world’s population will not have access to drinking water. Catholic Health Association has developed a Reflection […]
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Our Dominican Family in Iraq: 13 Years after the War
March 19, 2003, the day the United States began its invasion of Iraq, put in motion a series of events that has meant only terror, chaos, and death for millions—Iraqis, and Syrians most of all—but also thousands of military and civilian personnel from the United States and many other nations. Thirteen years later, we can easily see the far-reaching, dire consequences. Yet, in the midst of the terror, trauma, chaos and death, our Iraqi Dominican Family continues to […]
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Kerry Calls ISIS' Attack on Christians "Genocide"
Kerry’s Acknowledgement of ISIS’ Genocide Gives “Moral Weight” To Dominicans’ Call for Protection of Iraq’s Minorities, Expansion of Refugee Programs A Dominican justice group today recognized the value of Secretary of State John Kerry’s statement this morning that the radical group controlling much of Iraq is “Genocidal by self-proclamation, by ideology and by actions, in what it says, what it believes, and what it does” and that its genocidal intent includes Iraq’s Christians, Yezidis, and certain Muslim minorities. […]
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Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the Sisters and staff at Sacred Heart Convent! Click on the image above to see Sister Jean Patrick Ehrhardt, OP and Sister M. Jeanine McGinley, OP talk about their St. Patrick’s Day outfits. See the Periscope video here. Sr. Marilyn Jean Runkel, OP was named an “Honorary Leprechaun” at St Patrick’s Blarney Bash for her many years of service and support for St. Patrick School. Go raibh maith agat!
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Sister Regina Graham, OP
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Regina Graham, OP who passed away early this morning. May she enjoy her eternal reward. Well done, good and faithful servant! Arrangements for Sister Regina Graham. All services are at Sacred Heart Convent, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield. Gathering 3 p.m. Sunday March 20, 2016 Wake service 6:30 p.m. Office for the Dead is 9 a.m. Monday, March 21 Mass of Christian Burial, 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, […]
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