It is National Leap Day!
For National Leap Day we are leaping back a year to share a video:”Stations of the Cross artwork created from egg-shells“. What are your plans for #NationalLeapDay? Here is the original text from the post: Published on Apr 7, 2014 Stations of the Cross created from egg-shells by Sister Stella Marie for the convent chapel at Holy Angels in Aurora, IL. See the artwork on display in the Heritage Room at Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL Sacred Heart […]
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New Van for Sisters Possible from Donations
MV-1 Van Arrives! Thanks to all who donated to our fall appeal and made the purchase of a new van for our wheel bound sisters possible! The new MV-1 Van arrived on Thursday, February 18, 2016 and Sisters began practicing how to secure the wheelchairs in the vehicle. The van can take two wheelchairs and three other passengers. The automatic ramp facilitates ease of getting in and out of the van! After a few mock-runs of securing the […]
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"By a Strange Coincidence…" a memory of Sister Rachel Conway
Today is the day we Springfield, Ill., residents get to take special pride in our association with our most famous and beloved resident, Abraham Lincoln. Today is the 210th anniversary of the 16th President’s birth. We Springfield Dominicans like to claim a special link to Mr. Lincoln, but until today, after 35+years in the community, a big part of the story slipped through my consciousness. In 1874 when the city dedicated the recently completed monument above Mr. Lincoln’s […]
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Sister Maria Eck helping out at Mercy Communities during this year of Mercy!
Photo: Sister Maria Eck, OP helps out at Mercy Communities during this year of Mercy! They have a wonderful program! God Bless them for all they do for others!
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Map: Traveling to Sacred Heart Convent during President Barack Obama’s trip to Springfield, Ill.
Parking for the President’s visit will be difficult on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 for most of the day if you are traveling to Sacred Heart Convent during President Barack Obama’s trip to Springfield, Ill. Please take a look at the map below if you are making arrangements to visit Sacred Heart Convent.
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Help end slave labor on the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita
Today, February 8, is the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, a survivor of human trafficking and a Canossian sister. On the day that we commemorate her struggle and triumph, we remember all those caught in slavery and renew our commitment to abolish all forms of human slavery. Today we are asking Catholic sisters and their colleagues, supporters and friends to act on that commitment. We hope to direct thousands of calls to members of Congress asking them to […]
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Explosive Poem by Sister Catherine Ann Yager, OP
The seven Sisters at Marian Catholic have been through a very rough patch with their housing – their boiler exploded and left them temporarily homeless. At the General Assembly this week Sister Jean Patrice Schnigel, OP gave details about their ordeal and their gracious hosts, the Franciscan Sisters, that took them in until they were able to return home. Sister Catherine Ann Yager, OP recited a poem she wrote about the whole experience that paints an amazing picture […]
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Sister M. Cecilianne Duello
Springfield Dominican Sister M. Cecilianne Duello died on Tues., Feb. 2. 2016. She was born in Alton, Ill., in 1940 and named Mary Ann, the eldest for four children born to Clement and Helen (Mass) Duello. She took the name M. Cecilianne when she made her profession of vows in 1960 at Sacred Heart Convent, Springfield. For 56 years Sister Cecilianne served the people of God as an elementary school teacher, director of religious education, and pastoral minister. […]
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