Stories related to the Dominican Sisters of Springfield’s 150th anniversary celebration August 19, 2022-August 19, 2023.
Found in the Fall 2023 JUST Words magazine. Enjoy this peek into some of our summer celebrations in 2023. Clockwise from upper left of facing page: Sister Edith Vila Alania dances in the gifts of Eucharistic bread and wine during the 150th anniversary Mass on August 19; Sister Rebecca Ann Gemma, Prioress General, welcomes guests […]
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Saturday, August 19, 2023 – Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Springfield, Ill.—The culmination of a year-long celebration of 150 years of ministry for the life of the world took place at 10 a.m. this day, as more than 450 Springfield Dominican sisters, associates, friends, and honored guests celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving for the many gifts
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Whether intentionally or not, the opening hymn chosen for Mass at Our Saviour Parish, Jacksonville, Ill., on April 22—a day for celebrating 150 years of the Springfield Dominican Sisters’ mission—was the same one sung 25 years ago when the sisters and the parish celebrated the 125th anniversary of the Dominican Sisters’ founding. “River of glory,
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The first Dominican sisters in central Illinois walked off a train in Jacksonville on Tuesday, August 19, 1873, and into the life of the city, where, the next day, they began organizing for the school year at St. Patrick’s. They couldn’t have known then, but that was the first day of ministry for a new
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Sister Denise Glazik, OP, director of the Springfield Dominican vocation office, organized a Busy Persons Retreat for parishioners at St. Malachy Parish, Rantoul, Ill., and they showed up! About 40 persons participated. The Dominican Sisters are very familiar with the people of St. Malachy, having served there for more than 100 of our 150 years
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Please join us in prayer! Each month, we’ll post a prayer written by our sisters for use on the 19th (Because it was August 19, 1873 when our mission For the Life of the World began in Jacksonville, Ill.) Each prayer focuses on a unique expression of our preaching ministry. You are invited to print
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February 2 Event Celebrates 150 Years of Dominican Consecrated Life in Central Illinois Springfield, Ill.—Those seeking an oasis for prayerful contemplation can find it at Sacred Heart Convent on February 2, 2023, when the Dominican Sisters open their luminescent chapel for Sacred is the Call: A Taizé Prayer in Celebration of Consecrated Religious Life. It
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The Winter issue of the JUST Words publication is here. Click the link below to see more. JW Template 1 23
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Above: Sister M. Alberta, left, and her sister, Sister M. Rene, who died in 2016. Listen carefully and you will hear Sister M. Alberta mention the reason she asked to move from her ministry as principal at Alleman High School in Rock Island, Ill., closer to her family in Morgan County. She mentions her sister,
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Sister Mary Alberta’s big Catholic family enjoyed gathering at her grandparents’ house for the Christmas festivities. Her memories include attending midnight Mass, and the rhythms of a house brimming with playful cousins, aromatic treats, and epic family stories. Here she shares a special family Christmas memory. Don’t miss it! It was just this family atmosphere
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Students at Marian Catholic High School along with members of The Emmaus Community in Olympia Fields helped 250 families in need during a community service project that gave a Thanksgiving meal before the holiday. Over 60 volunteers worked together to assemble and distribute food boxes filled with Thanksgiving staples that helped many have a full
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If it hadn’t been for Charles Routt, there might not be any Springfield Dominicans. Time and again, he came to the community’s aid. Like the sisters, Routt was a Kentuckian by birth. His family moved to the Jacksonville area in 1834 when Routt was nine years old. They belonged to the Christian Church, now known
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About the photo: Sisters in ministry in Jackson, Miss., join some of our founding sisters on the porch of their first home in Jacksonville, Ill., c. 1873. A yearlong sesquicentennial celebration of the founding of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield begins this summer. The celebration opens at 6:00 p.m., Friday, August 19, with a Mass
Gratitude, Humility, Awe:
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