Imagine the challenge for a thirteen-year-old: Connie Hannagan arrived at Sacred Heart Academy decades ago, floundering under a burden of family difficulties that sent her to boarding school. Sister Maria Eck provided the firm foundation she needed to thrive. Fifty years later, Connie Hannagan-Lind arrived in Springfield looking for the teacher who was her rock. […]
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Sister Mary Alan’s ServicesVisitors are welcome. Visitation: 4:00 p.m.—6:15 p.m., Monday, May 6, 2019, at Aquinas Center, Sacred Heart Convent, 1237 W. Monroe St. in Springfield. The visitation begins with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m., Monday, May 6, 2019, at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Father Peter Witchousky, OP, celebrant. Morning Prayer, Remembering, and
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The new Springfield Dominican Leadership team will begin their responsibilities after the planned June 15, 2019 installation ceremony at Sacred Heart Convent. From left to right are Sister Rose Miriam Schulte, OP (vicaress), Sister Marie Michelle Hackett, OP (third councilor) Sister Mila Diaz Solano (second councilor), and Sister Rebecca Ann Gemma, OP (Prioress General). A
Happy Earth Day from the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois! Here is an Earth Day Prayer adapted from the Green Church Project, Montréal, Canada: Leader: Creator God, we pray for our brothers and sisters of the air: chickadees, cardinals, blue jays, owls, crows, seagulls… ALL: Give us a sign through them to decrease the pollution
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What’s Significant about theDominican Sisters’ Meeting This Week? “General Chapter” is one of those terms Catholic sisters use that makes almost no sense to anyone else. This evening, Monday April 22, 2019, the Dominican Sisters of Springfield begin their “General Chapter.” Why is it such an important time for them? The dictionary defines chapter as
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https://springfieldop.org/wp-content/uploads/Easter_2019_Project_480p.mp4 Easter Message from Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois Dear Friends, Do we believe? Can we hope? Is this real? Today, on this Easter Sunday, we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus. But this is far more than a ritual of remembrance! Today, let us lift our voices in faith crying out, “YES, Christ is alive!”
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https://springfieldop.org/wp-content/uploads/Purple-robe-on-cross.mov Lent is a time of sacrifice followed by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Holy week is a time of hope for all humanity despite our human nature to make fearful decisions as a pack. Pilate placed a purple robe on Jesus and asked the crowd, “What shall I do, then, with the one you
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Download the PDF. Goal 1 – No Poverty End Poverty in all its forms everywhere. Summary: While extreme poverty has diminished since 1990, the United Nations reports that 11% of the world’s population (nearly 800 million people) still live on less than $1.25 per day and without basic social protection systems. Poverty is an ongoing,
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Sister Mary Brendan’s ServicesVisitors are welcome. Visitation: 4:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m., Thursday, April 11, 2019 at Aquinas Center, Sacred Heart Convent, 1237 W. Monroe St. in Springfield. The visitation begins with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 11, 2019 at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Father Peter Witchousky, OP, celebrant. Morning Prayer,
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Mark and Sue Quinn value the witness of the sisters who’ve blessed their lives. For Mark, a teacher of business and finance in the Chicago suburbs, that includes his teachers at St. Walter Parish on Chicago’s south side: Sister Aloysius (Sister Mary Ann Droste) and Sister Monica Finnegan—and Sister Aniceta Skube, whom he met in
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Download the PDF. Goal 5 – Gender Equality Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls Summary: They were ready to stone the woman to death—but not her partner in the act. Discrimination and violence against women—both physical and structural—continues to be all too common in our world. May we hear and heed the call
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Sister Margaret Joanne’s ServicesVisitation: 4:00 p.m.-6:15 p.m., Thursday, April 4, 2019, Aquinas Center, Sacred Heart Convent, 1237 W. Monroe St. in Springfield. Visitation begins with a prayer service. Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 4, 2019, Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Father Peter Witchousky, OP, and Father Clinton Honkomp, OP, celebrants. Morning Prayer, Remembering, and Final
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Springfield, Ill.—Sunday March 31 was the day the Dominican Sisters of Springfield welcomed members of their monthly donor club, dubbed “Bearers of the Flame,” to join them for Sunday Mass and brunch at Sacred Heart Convent. About 15 individuals and families joined in the celebration, including Mark and Sue Quinn from Naperville, Ill., and Alyssa
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Download the PDF. This is part two. Go to part one. Goal 13 – Climate Action Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. Summary: The year 2017 was one of the three warmest on record and was 1.1 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial period. The world continues to experience rising sea levels,
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Download the PDF. This is part one. Go to part two. Goal 6 – Clean water and sanitation Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Summary: “Prodigal” is defined as “spending money or resources freely and recklessly, wastefully extravagant.” All too often we are prodigal in our use of water and
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