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 …
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light for my path. I make a solemn vow to observe your righteous judgments. I am very much afflicted, LORD; give me life in accord with your word. Psalm 119: 105-107 Is Sister Phyllis, right? Is the chaos of our age a privileged place to witness …
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By Sister Phyllis Schenk We find ourselves in a time of all-encompassing unrest. There are great divisions in our world with violence and inflation; pandemic and immigration; political and religious beliefs which are poles apart. Those things we counted on in the past now appear uncertain. There is so much fear and insecurity. All our …
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The Dominican Literacy Center in Aurora, IL, was recently selected as a 2023 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program Successful Practices Honoree. The Center will receive a $5,000 award and be honored at the Successful Practices Conference at the Library of Congress on October 18. The award recognizes the successful practices of building one-on-one relationships …
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Por Hermana Kelly Moline, OP Un manantial se origina cuando el agua que se mueve bajo tierra encuentra una grieta en la superficie y emerge, a veces como un chorrito, a veces solo después de una lluvia, como un flujo continuo. Un manantial se forma cuando la ladera de una colina, el fondo de un …
By Sister Kelly Moline, OP (English version) A spring is created when water moving underground finds an opening to the surface and emerges, sometimes as a trickle, maybe only after a rain, and sometimes in a continuous flow. A spring is formed when the side of a hill, a valley bottom, or other excavation intersects …
By Alexis Williams My husband Rickey and I recently traveled to Alabama to visit family, staying in Montgomery in the heart of civil rights history. We embarked on a journey through some poignant chapters of this era. As African Americans, we felt compelled to pay homage to the tragedies and triumphs of this time. The …
Twenty-five years ago, several sisters from the Mexico-based Daughters of Mary Immaculate of Guadalupe accepted a mission to teach at Immaculate Conception School in South Chicago. Because of the cultural and language challenges the sisters would face, Springfield Dominican Sister Judine Hilbing was asked by Father Michael Enright to assume the leadership of the school …
Jubilee Farm staff has begun to study permaculture and engage consultants to establish permaculture gardens at the farm, through a Nature-Based Climate Solutions grant from Faith in Place, an Illinois-based nonprofit. “Since the establishment of Jubilee Farm in 1999, the staff has worked diligently, with the help of volunteers, to plan and execute restoration projects,” …
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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By Carolyn White God placed Sister Cecilianne Duello in my life in such a subtle way that I cannot remember the first time I met her…it just seems like she was always a part of my life. As I reflect on the blessing of her presence in my life, I’m in awe of God’s amazing …
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By Sister M. Clare Fichtner, OP From the time I first knew Catholic sisters, I knew I was called to be one. They all impressed me one way or another. Sister Philomena, OP, my sixth- grade teacher, helped me decide which community to enter. She was one of the twelve sisters who traveled 500 miles …
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By Father Joseph Brown, SJ The Covenant by which we are bound was completed—from its proclamation, in Exodus: “You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. You shall not afflict any widow or orphan…”—by the rendering spoken by Jesus, as He reordered our very identities: …
Relationships that matter: Sister M. Rose Schleeper a covenant of liberation Read More »
