fbpx

Justice & Peace

Dominican Sisters Praise Declaration on "Inadmissibility" of Death Penalty

Leave a Comment / Featured, Justice & Peace, News /

End of Death Penalty, Mandated by Pope Francis, is sign of Evolving Human Consciousness Springfield, Ill.—In 1999 the Dominican Sisters of Springfield spoke out against the death penalty in an official, congregationally approved document called a corporate stance. Today they rejoice in the fruit of their prayer and advocacy with the announcement by the Vatican […]

Dominican Sisters Praise Declaration on "Inadmissibility" of Death Penalty Read More »

Springfield Dominicans Rally for Families

1 Comment / Anti-racism, Featured, Justice & Peace, News /

Seeking asylum is a human right Springfield, Ill.—Springfield Dominican sisters and associates, co-workers and antiracism team members were among the diverse crowd braving dangerously hot temperatures in the capitol city on Saturday to participate in the Families Belong Together rally here on Saturday June 30. An estimated crowd of 300 gathered on the historic Old

Springfield Dominicans Rally for Families Read More »

group of sisters holding signs

Re-membering the Body of Christ

Leave a Comment / Anti-racism, Featured, Healing the World, Justice & Peace, Mission & Outreach, News, Sister Beth Murphy /

This essay first appeared in the June 3, 2018, edition of the Springfield State Journal-Register, in the Beliefs column, to which Sister Beth Murphy is a frequent contributor. Tu eres mi otro yo. You are my other self. It was Msgr. Arturo Bañuelas speaking, the pastor of St. Mark’s in El Paso, Texas, who last

Re-membering the Body of Christ Read More »

Dominican Literacy Center
Responds to Increased Call
for Citizenship Education

Leave a Comment / Featured, Healing the World, Justice & Peace, Mission & Outreach, News /

This story was written by Sister Geraldine Kemper, OP, and originally published in JUST Words, Vol. 17, No. 3. “You shall treat the alien who resides with you no differently than the natives born among you: …love the alien as yourself: for you too were once aliens…” –Leviticus 19:33-34 Fear and anxiety have risen throughout

Dominican Literacy Center
Responds to Increased Call
for Citizenship Education Read More »

Dominican Literacy Center
Responds to Call for Citizenship Education

Leave a Comment / Anti-racism, Featured, Healing the World, JUST Words, Justice & Peace, Mission & Outreach, News /

“You shall treat the alien who resides with you no differently than the natives born among you: …love the alien as yourself: for you too were once aliens…” –Leviticus 19:33-34 Fear and anxiety have risen throughout immigrant communities in the U.S. under the current administration. The president’s January 25, 2017, executive order, commonly called “the

Dominican Literacy Center
Responds to Call for Citizenship Education Read More »

Collaboration Changes the World: Sisters’ Antiracism Work Honored by National Organization

Leave a Comment / Anti-racism, Be an Anchor of Hope, Featured, Justice & Peace, Mission & Outreach, News /

LeadingAge Recognizes Sisters’ Anti-racism Efforts The Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois, have been selected to receive the 2016 Hobart Jackson Cultural Diversity Award from LeadingAge, a national association representing 6,000 nonprofit aging-services organizations throughout the United States. The award recognizes the Dominican Sisters’ “Conscious, committed effort to dismantle racism wherever it exists,” according to the

Collaboration Changes the World: Sisters’ Antiracism Work Honored by National Organization Read More »

Video: Billy and Sister Samuella

Leave a Comment / Featured, Healing the World, Justice & Peace, Life & Prayer, Life and Prayer, News, Religious Life, Sister Stories /

One Dominican Sister, One First Grader, One Life-changing Relationship   An Update on Jesuit Student Billy Menor & His Relationship with Sister Samuella Volk, OP Now he’s studying philosophy and sociology at St. Louis University, but in the spring of 2016 Billy Menor was on a cross-country pilgrimage with only $35 in his pocket. He

Video: Billy and Sister Samuella Read More »

Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois logo
Scroll to Top