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Sister Samuella Talks about
Jesuit Brother Billy Menor’s Arrest

Leave a Comment / Featured, For the Life of the World, Nonstop Mission / By Aaron Tebrinke

When Springfield Dominican Sister Samuella Volk learned of the arrest of her first-grade student, Jesuit Brother Billy Menor, she was concerned! That seemed so out of character for him! Once she learned Billy’s arrest was an act of conscience in protest of the conditions of migrant camps at the U.S. Mexico Border, she had something …

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Solidarity in Mississippi

1 Comment / Anti-racism, Cor Unum, Featured, News, Nonstop Mission / By Sister Mila Diaz Solano

About the photo: Sister Georgiana Stubner, center, and Sister Anita Cleary, right, visit after the prayer vigil in Forest, Miss., Saturday, August 17. Sister Mila Diaz Solano, a member of the Springfield Dominican Leadership team, organized a delegation of Springfield Dominican Sisters who traveled to Mississippi over the weekend to be in solidarity with the …

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Leadership Team Signs on to LCWR Letter to U.S. President

1 Comment / Be an Anchor of Hope, Featured, For the Life of the World, News, Nonstop Mission / By Sister Beth Murphy, OP

Learn about our nonstop response to God’s mission! Three members of the Springfield Dominican Sisters were among the 663 Catholic sisters who yesterday sent the U.S. President an open letter decrying his divisive rhetoric and asking him to engage, as most sisters do, in a daily examination of whether his thoughts and deeds match his …

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For Founders’ Day:
A precious Keepsake

1 Comment / Featured, News, Nonstop Mission, Sister Stories / By Sister Barbara Blesse, OP

A Boy Named Jack Once upon a time there was a young boy named Jack who lived with his parents in Joliet, Ill. On a table in the sitting room of their home there was a small stack of books important to their family that his father would read to Jack once in a while. …

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Sister Kelly Moline
Makes Renewal of Vows

1 Comment / Featured, For the Life of the World, News, Nonstop Mission, Religious Life, Sister Stories / By Sister Beth Murphy, OP

Springfield, Ill.—Springfield Dominican Sister Kelly Moline renewed her profession of vows during Solemn Evening Prayer at Sacred Heart Convent chapel today. Surrounded by her Springfield Dominican Sisters, she pronounced, for the second time, the ancient formula of Dominican profession that every member of the Order of Preachers makes. Born in Minneapolis, Sister Kelly and her …

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Grounded for [the]
Life [of the World]

Leave a Comment / Featured, News, Nonstop Mission, Religious Life, Sister Stories / By Sister Kelly Moline, OP

About the photo: Sister Kelly, second from the left in the back row, enjoys a moment with her Springfield Dominican Sisters during General Chapter. Row 1: Sister María Luisa Ñaupari Gutiérrez, Patrica de la Ó Llanos, Dorís Terrel Jiménez, Edíth Vila Alania Row 2: Sisters Mary Jo Sobieck, Patricia Stark, and Elizabeth Castro Cruz. You’re …

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Sister Mary Blaise Galloway, OP

Leave a Comment / Featured, In Memoriam, News / By Sister Beth Murphy, OP

Sister M. Blaise’s Services Visitation: 4:00 p.m.—6:15 p.m., Tuesday, August 6, 2019, Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, 1237 W. Monroe St. in Springfield. Visitation begins with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 6, 2019, Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Dominican Father Peter Witchousky, celebrant. Morning Prayer, Remembering, and Final Commendation: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, August …

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Fletcher Farrar:
High Adventure, Old Houses,
and Giving

Leave a Comment / Featured, JUST Words, Partners in Mission / By Sister Kathleen Anne Tait, OP

Spirituality and Money? These two concepts don’t often rub shoulders. For spouses Fletcher Farrar and Mary Jessup, however, it’s a connection continually made. Fletcher learned from his parents who were integrally tied to church and community in Mt. Vernon, Ill., where Fletcher Farrar Sr. worked as an oil producer. Frequently the product was a dry …

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A Beacon of Hope at Jubilee Farm

Leave a Comment / Featured, For the Life of the World, Justice & Peace / By Sister Beth Murphy, OP

Who was there: Row 1: Roy Williams, Veronica Espina, Patricia Kloppenburg, Sister Marcelline Koch; Row 2: Sarah Scheufele, Anne Hilofsky, Sister Sharon Zayac, Sister Simone Campbell, Sister Mila Díaz Solano, Ana Manrique, Sister Rebecca Ann Gemma; Row 3: Leahy Bennet, Teresa Bennet, Dave Steward, John Freml, Sister Elizabeth Wrenn, Jim Dixon, Wesley McNeese, Erica Smith. …

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Sister Mary de Paul Kane, OP

Leave a Comment / Featured, In Memoriam, News / By Sister Beth Murphy, OP

Sister M. de Paul’s Services Visitation: 4:00 p.m.—6:15 p.m., Monday, July 22, 2019, Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, 1237 W. Monroe St. in Springfield. Visitation begins with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m., Monday, July 22, 2019, Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Dominican Father Peter Witchousky, celebrant. Morning Prayer, Remembering, and Final Commendation: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, …

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