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The annual Way of the Cross for Peace and Justice will take place Good Friday, April 14, 2017 at noon. The first station of the cross will take place at the Supreme Court Building (Second & Capitol) in Springfield, Illinois. Two-hour prayerful ecumenical walk recalling Jesus’ passion and its connection with the injustices experienced by

Friends, with sadness we share the news of the death of our Hermana Margarita Valentin Contreras, OP, in Lima, Peru the evening of March 16, 2017.  Affectionately known as “Hermana Marga,” she was the first Peruvian to join our congregation, making profession in 1990. Her funeral Mass will be in Lima on Saturday, March 18,

Pray for Sister Sharon in New Zealand today as she shares her knowledge about the climate challenge to Dominican Sisters, college professors and people interested in learning how to care of our common home. Sister Sharon Zayac, OP presents Seeds of Hope: Renewing Ourselves in a World of Chaos on Friday, March 17 and Saturday,

Pray that the Spirit will touch the heart of the President and lead him to follow a path of peace.   100 Days of Prayer • Day thirty-two Happy President’s Day 2017!  

Springfield, Ill. –Springfield Dominican Sister M. Carmen Cesario died February 6, 2017, at Sacred Heart Convent. She was born in Chicago, Ill., in 1918, and named Grace by her parents, Carmen and Rose Coconate Cesario. She made her profession of vows in 1952 at Sacred Heart Convent. Sister M. Carmen is remembered by many Dominican

BROTHERS AND SISTERS, GO FORTH! Remember the beauty of your first call. Jesus continues to call you today with the same full love and untamed grace. GO FORTH! There is always more to do, to encounter, to be grateful for, to be astonished by.  Begin and end with the joy of prayer—the marrow of consecrated